by Julie Lefebure | Aug 17, 2020 | #open2020, Encouragement
Wow. What a week we’ve experienced here in Iowa! Last Monday, with 20 minutes of warning, a derecho (never heard this term before last week) ripped through the center of our state, leaving much damage and destruction is its wake. Unfortunately, we, along with...
by Julie Lefebure | Aug 4, 2020 | Love God, Real Life
My last post got some of us thinking as I shared the story of when I voiced driving to work one day, “there’s got to be more to life than this.” It got me thinking, too, about life today. In these troubled and turbulent times. As the devastation of...
by Julie Lefebure | Jul 31, 2020 | personal journey, Real Life
I remember it as if it happened two weeks ago. I was driving to work in the winter of 1994, maneuvering through the “S curve” of downtown Cedar Rapids, Iowa. In minutes I would arrive to the office and do what I had done every work day for the last seven...
by Julie Lefebure | Jul 30, 2020 | #open2020, Love God
I’ve mentioned before I pray as I walk down our dusty gravel road each morning. As I lift my eyes to the heavens and take in the beauty of the early morning sky, I can’t help but feel God’s presence surrounding me. It’s then the truth of...
by Julie Lefebure | Jul 26, 2020 | #open2020, Real Life
Be the most positive and enthusiastic person you know.H. Jackson Brown, Jr. H. Jackson Brown, Jr., that’s a tall order, sir. It is for me anyway. I want to be the most positive and enthusiastic person I know. Really, I do. But, in all reality, I know I’m...