Category Archives: Career

Job vs Life

Posted on September 9, 2015 by Jody

What is your job? What pays the bills, keeps food on the table and a reliable roof over your head? This past weekend, a Ph.D professor said, “Teaching is my job. The Gospel is my business, my life.” Does that … Continue reading →

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One Solitary Life

Posted on July 13, 2015 by Jody

Two weeks ago now, a man died. I had never met him personally. I had only met him in the pages of a book. I met him through a pastor of a small church in West Virginia. She took the … Continue reading →

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Don’t Be Afraid to be a Disciple

Posted on May 17, 2015 by Jody

How well God must like you – you don’t hang out at Sin Saloon, you don’t slink along Dead-End Road, you don’t go to Smart-Mouth College. Instead you thrill to God’s Word, you chew on Scripture day and night. You’re … Continue reading →

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What to do with my life?

Posted on April 27, 2015 by Jody

Sometime after we have started school, grandparents, godparents, aunts and uncles will begin to ask, “What are you going to be when you grow up?” As we grow the answers usually change. Some of us from an early age have … Continue reading →

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Passion

Posted on August 10, 2014 by Jody

Do you love your work? Do you get ready for work with anticipation for what the day will bring? (or night – I worked night shifts but never got my internal time clock adjusted!) Do you know that what you … Continue reading →

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Destructive Myth: A Woman Can Have It ALL

Posted on September 28, 2013 by Jody

A truly good wife is the most precious treasure a man can find! 11 Her husband depends on her, and she never lets him down. Proverbs 31:10-11 (CEV) And the Proverb goes on to say that this woman: is good … Continue reading →

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Book Review: She’s Got Issues by Nicole Unice

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Jody

Maybe we know we often create our own messes, so we assume we should clean them up. – Nicole Unice from She’s Got Issues (ISBN#: 1414365101) Wife, mother, ministry leader, and counselor, Nicole Unice brings her giftings, knowledge, and life … Continue reading →

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Too Busy to Put Kids to Bed? There’s 24-hour Day Care!

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Jody

Today’s article on msnbc.com begins with this sentence: Juggling parenting with a high-powered career and hectic social life is a challenge anywhere in the world. And in that first sentence the problems are identified. Parenting is by far the hardest … Continue reading →

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Changed All the Way to my Core

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Jody

It has been awhile since I wrote a note here. Life has reminded me of carnival rides with the Tile-A-Whirl and roller coasters taking top prizes! The devotionals that I have written in the last few months have a discernible … Continue reading →

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Writing A Book

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Jody

My husband and I are partners in a Christian publishing company. It has been an eye-opening experience to work with people to see their dream become a reality. Henry has given guidelines for submissions on our website but I am … Continue reading →