• By Barb Shelton • Inspired by Christina Motley Christina and I are prayer partners for the current two-week span and she sent me this picture of the snowlady she and her...
Melting Down to Your God-given Size
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Preparing for Challenges in Advance – with Jesus
Lord, I have a lot going on today; many things on my plate. You said You'll be with us always, which includes TODAY! So would You help me prepare for these things ahead instead of being a sitting...
Two Rosebuds Flourishing in the Light
Several weeks ago a couple came over for dinner (yes, we had invited them; they didn't just show up) and brought us a potted miniature rose plant. It had some pretty red roses blooming, and was...
Thin Within: Meet Christina!
Christina shares an invitation to join us in our Spring '18 Group Coaching session. Be one of only 120 people each year who can go through our small group coaching! Like what you see in this video?...
8 Tips to Get the Most out of Small-Group Coaching
I have noticed that there are two types of people in Thin Within: Those who stay on the fringes of the ministry, dabbling here and there, reading some, participating in a group or two – which I did...
Thin Within: What To Expect When You Are Expecting!? #02 – A Man and a Plan
Actually, a better title might be: “No Man… but I have a Plan!” During my second month of pregnancy, when I may have been feeling my worst, my husband announced he would be going to London on a...
Steering Without Starlight
The ancient mariners used the stars as their guides. Alone on the dark sea, a bright star or blazing constellation told the sailors which way to steer. True North was never hard to find. And if they...
I Want a PAY Off!
ATM machines. Amazing devices. But, even after all these years, I still view them with distrust. All the more since the unthinkable happened. On a lazy Saturday evening last summer, I stood at the...
Get Rid of “The Little Foxes!”
Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that ruin the vineyards, our vineyards that are in bloom. Song of Solomon 2:15 ...A taste of the spaghetti sauce while it is simmering..."SooOOOOooo good!,"...