by Julie Lefebure | Oct 27, 2020 | #open2020, Encouragement
Am I the only one who feels like I’m losing control these days? Because this season has proven there isn’t much I can control. I can’t control the weather, otherwise I would have stopped the August Iowa derecho. I can’t control this pandemic,...
by Julie Lefebure | Oct 17, 2020 | #open2020, Encouragement
Life can feel a bit uncertain these days. Right? Finding our way through this pandemic, facing the ugliness of the upcoming national election, digging out from devastating natural disasters, reading headlines that are filled with uncertainty, and wondering some days...
by Julie Lefebure | Oct 16, 2020 | #open2020, Encouragement, Ramblings
Without question I say these are uncertain times. We’re living in the midst of a pandemic (remember how that word once scared us?). Do we wear masks or not? (That’s a dissenting issue, itself.) We are just weeks away from a tension-filled, divisive...
by Julie Lefebure | Oct 7, 2020 | #open2020, Encouragement
“I feel so overwhelmed!” My good friend voiced these four words last week. So did someone in my family. I heard them from a co-worker, and I read them in an email from someone else. A friend in ministry said them as well. And to top it off, I silently...
by Julie Lefebure | Sep 29, 2020 | #open2020, Encouragement
I hear it almost daily. “This has been the worst year ever!” “2020 stinks!” “I can’t wait for 2020 to be over!” 2020 has been a trying year for sure. At least for the first nine months. The pandemic that’s turned us all...
by Julie Lefebure | Sep 27, 2020 | #open2020, Encouragement
I can’t remember his name, but my daughter might. I certainly recall the experience, however. We were sitting at the long, white bench-style lunch table, enjoying school chicken nuggets and broccoli. She was in second grade, and I stopped in that day to have...
