Summer Issue:
July, 2006
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Relative Connections - connecting everyday life with biblical perspectives

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Our Leaders...
especially the ones who serve with the love of God and seek His Wisdom in all they do!

Leadership by God's Example
By Shannon Ayers - Author, Next-Step-of-Faith

On my first day of leadership training for a women’s bible study, I can admit I was feeling SCARED TO DEATH. I was thinking to myself:

  • “What have I done?”
  • “I can’t lead; I’m not the type!”
  • “How could I have said yes to these nice ladies?”
  • “That’s it… they were so nice that I temporarily lost my mind and agreed to lead or teach or something.”

One of the best leaders of all time started out with the same doubts, confusion, and feelings of inadequacy. Do you know...[read more]
Featured Devotional... Parenting Corner...

Weeds vs. Fruit
by Nancy Funke
Author, Next-Step-of-Faith

My husband just loves to work out in the yard. Every year he faithfully plants a nice sized vegetable garden in the backyard.

As I went outside this afternoon on this rather warm July 3 rd to check on our garden, I noticed a couple of things. After being watered just a couple of days earlier, the ground was rather dry and clumpy. And no matter how much tilling, smoothing out, and weed killer he put out before the planting... [read more]

Raising Cinderella & Prince Charming
by Teresa Cocke
Author, Next-Step-of-Faith

I couldn’t find him. He didn’t come when I called. And I was in a hurry. Where was my sweet obedient third child? I began to walk back through the house…again. I rounded the corner to the den and there he stood, very still, looking up at the wall. This particular wall is home to our families’ wedding portraits. And there stood Jake, gazing up as if he had never before noticed their presence.

As I took up Sergeant Mommy position, hands on hips... [read more]

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Writer's Coach Corner
by Margaret Cook, M.Ed.
Licensed Professional Counselor & Life Coach

Writing Practice: Correspondence

Writing is a communication skill that says volumes. It is often open to more interpretation than the spoken word and it has the potential to live on the page long after the life of a writer ends. A key to writing that transcends time is that it knows a large audience in a resonant way.

Remember that writing skills develop with practice and one way to hone your skills and make a lasting contribution to your relationships is to write letters. (Modern translations might render this emails.) You might consider some of the famous letters that are wonderful contributions to literature. Many of you will immediately reflect on... [read more]

Helpful Links for Women:

Proverbs 31
Daily Wisdom
Today's Christian Woman

"Our love to God is measured by our everyday fellowship
with others and the love it displays." - Andrew Murray

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