Gathering together is a blessing. Hosting a gathering is loving others well. This Thanksgiving 101 is a daily breakdown of hosting a holiday meal so you can sit down, enjoy fellowship and be filled with gratitude rather than stress.
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The church cannot conform to the world. We are called to conform to Christ. We are called to proclaim the truth, boldly and trust that the Lord goes before us. We are commanded to love as Jesus first loved us: to minister to the hurting, to bind up their wounds with the truth. Love doesn’t affirm or validate: it changes everything.
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This month I was asked to be a contributor to Marked Life’s blog series: Bold & Brave. The series runs throughout the month of May to honor and sharpen us mommas. My contribution touches on selfless love, keeping the spark alive in your marriage, some Mom hacks to get dinner on the table when…well, when life is challenging. I also share an easy, family recipe with little clean up. Hope you will check it out and read the other contributors as well.
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“She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come.” Proverbs 31:25
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Original post written March 20, 2020
In the past four months alone, we’ve watched as wildfires ravaged some 18 million acres in Australia, locusts descended on East Africa in one of the worst infestations in 25 years, tornadoes ripped through middle Tennessee, an earthquake hit Utah, and we’re all experiencing the WHO-classified global pandemic that is COVID-19. I do not believe that God has caused these things to happen.
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“But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.” Matthew 6:33
In Matthew, Chapter 6, verse 33, Jesus commands us to seek the Kingdom first and place God above all things.
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When working with clients, one of the foundational questions we have to address is: How can involuntary behaviors and prevailing thoughts/feelings be transformed? The definition of habit reveals much:
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The dictionary defines Authentic as “genuine. Real. True. Worthy. Reliable. Trustworthy.” In our current culture, we should not be surprised that so many are seeking an “authentic life.” We are inundated by the “highlight reel” that is social media.
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I spend this week the same way every year: gathering my recipes, ordering my turkey and planning my shopping. I love Thanksgiving. Growing up, I knew Thanksgiving officially started when my mother’s large, wooden bowl was stacked to overflowing with torn white bread (to sit out and grow stale, overnight, for stuffing).
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I’ve been thinking a lot about freedom lately as I’ve been working on our program: The Common Sense Transformation. Freedom from restrictive diets. Freedom from obsessing about when to eat, how much to eat or what am I allowed to eat. Freedom from the siren call of the latest lifestyle diet trend. Freedom from the guilt and shame connected to food. Freedom from hating our bodies. Freedom from the circus of our diet culture.
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If you are confused about what is good nutrition, what is good to eat, this is for you. If you have tried time and time again to lose the weight and keep it off, this is for you. If you have tried keeping up with the latest “nutrition research” and popular diet advice only to continue to run circles and fall back into your old ways, this is for you. If food, nutrition and body issues dominate your thoughts and influence your actions, this is for you. If you know you need to take a step towards living a healthier lifestyle but feel lost as to how to even begin, this is for you.
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Imagine waking up and not having food rule your thoughts. Imagine not feeling guilty or filled with regret about your food choices. Imagine not white-knuckling your way through a day because today is the day you will start being “good.” Imagine not fearing real food; wondering if a banana has too much sugar or if carbs are making you fat. Imagine trusting that you can eat more than just chicken and salad. Imagine living a life free from dieting.
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This is a real text I've gotten from a client: "I'm so frustrated. Paleo, Whole 30, keto..... VEGAN??? I don't know what is good anymore."
It's a jungle out there.
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True health journeys must begin with WHY. "Why" is deeper than "what." "What" implies a finish line: a goal, once reached and celebrated, is often abandoned or forgotten (examples: a target weight, a body fat percentage, a jean size).
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98% of diets result in the dieter regaining the weight they lost, and then some.
This is an astonishing statistic. An estimated 45 million people each year go on a diet, and 44.1 million of them not only fail to reach their goal weight, they regain every pound that they had lost in the process.
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I grew up in a home where we had liver and onions every Friday. Yep. My Mom, greeted with the joy you can imagine from a child faced with liver as their ONLY dinner choice, would exclaim, “Its good for your blood!” That was my cue. Sit quietly, cut it up into small pieces, bury some of it in my potatoes, stash some in my napkin and move the rest around on my plate so it looked like I ate enough liver to be excused. My Mom was always baffled by my dislike. She loved liver?!?
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I get asked all the time what is the ONE thing I can do to improve my health, my waistline, and my relationship with food? As you might imagine there are multiple answers. Many are of value:
Chances are that you, or someone very close to you, suffers from this silent disease. The prevalence of PCOS is steadily on the rise as more and more women find themselves facing that glass wall of frustration and pain. As someone who has struggled with a very similar condition for a decade, take my word when I say that life with an endocrine disorder is far from normal.
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