Source: google.com via Gone_Social Marketing on Pinterest Speak the Truth, Even if your Voice Shakes By: Susan Deborah Schiller There are wars raging right now in this world that no one sees or hears, for the bloody battles are staged behind barbed wire prison walls that the average person cannot conceive exist. Can there really […]
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Beside Still Waters By: Susan Schiller Into the wilderness David hides, joined by the misfits, rebels, and rejects of society. The solitude of the wilderness – it's where David learned to sing, dance, and pray. It's where the shepherd boy learned the disciplines to be a man after God's own heart, and God's choice for […]
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I Will Be Your Hero By: Susan Deborah Schiller Part 2 of "I Need a Hero" His whole body went stiff and he told me it was as if "someone else" had taken over his arms, legs, and speech. He was fighting to regain control. His limbs were paralyzed and he could barely move. Confusion, dizziness, […]
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The Looking Glass By: Susan Schiller How we see ourselves is what we will sooner or later become, and when we see ourselves through God's eyes we reclaim our true identity… even if it feels preposterous, at first! We are stepping into a new skin, as we dare to get naked and unashamed by discarding the old skin […]
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Silence the Abused – Cover Up the Crime By: Susan Deborah Schiller I was married to a sociopath for two decades. We were active Christian leaders and from all outward appearances we were "normal". That's the scariest part about sociopaths – they look like normal Christians. Like tares in a wheat field, they blend in perfectly. […]
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The words you speak become the house you live in. — Hafiz A life story chapter by: Susan Deborah Schiller Many of us are living as widows and orphans while God has promised us abundant life. Could it be that the experience of poverty, whether in finances, opportunities, or quality of our relationships […]
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Blazing through the Challenges From the "Memoir Mondays" and "Parables" series By: Susan Deborah Schiller Through this chapter of my memoir, I want to hand you four keys that will unlock your destiny, causing you to to blaze through any challenge. In May 2009, I was on the edge of an abyss that nearly engulfed my life. My husband […]
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Behind the Scenes at Team Family Online By: Susan Schiller Every couple of weeks I leave my laptop behind and go out on a 4-wheel adventure, a hike in the woods, or boating on the pristene and pure waters of Montana. Sometimes you just need to stretch your eyes, catch sight of a new path, […]
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Moonlight Escape, Part 8 ~ WeWriWa Snippet August 11 By: Susan Schiller Photo Credit Previously: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Welcome and thanks so much for visiting today – your helpful comments have inspired me to keep writing and are helping me to improve – […]
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The Suicide Notice By: Susan Schiller Photo Source Click Here for An Audio Recording if You Prefer to Listen! From the series, "Escape to Freedom: Diary of a Battered Preacher's Wife" "So I'm sitting here with a broken heart wondering what on earth could bring a sister in Christ to a point that she would […]
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The Other Side of the Story By: Susan Deborah Schiller aka Tender Lily Photo Credit "Would you believe this was all an accident?" asked Louise, doubtful the detective would be interested in hearing her side of the story. I'm talking about the movie, "Thelma and Louise," of course. Louise commits murder, in rescuing Thelma in […]
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Write Through Me By: White Dove Vulnerable. Naked. Unashamed. Transparent. Me??? Anyone who's ever known me personally can bear witness that I love the background. Solitude and quiet are my companions of choice. Let others raise their hands and speak up. It takes me so much longer to formulate my words – it's just best […]
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Seasons of Rain By: Susan Deborah Schiller aka Tender Lily Previous Article: Seasons of Fire Last summer our little pastoral town of Ashland was evacuated. It was Fire Season and hundreds of square miles of forests, farms, houses, cattle, and fields are now but charred remainders of once verdant ranches. This week, I was out […]
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Seasons of Fire By: Susan Deborah Schiller aka Tender Lily A monster-fire broke out in eastern Montana last summer, destroying hundreds of thousands of acres of forest land, grazing land, and burning down homesteads, too. Devastating! This Spring, the ground is already blanketed with brand new, fresh growth. In the shade of the burnt Ponderosas […]
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Grandmother Power: Creating Happiness in Guatemala By: Susan Deborah Schiller The Power of One Grandmother on Fire can change a nation. One little life touching other little lives, one-by-one. This is a story of how one grandmother is creating her world in Guatemala, bringing happiness to widows and orphans. Felipa and Estrellita (photo above) are […]
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– Dance With Me By: Susan Deborah Schiller aka Tender Lily In my darkest hours, when it seemed all was lost in a deep haze of doubts, worries, and fears, all of the sudden my brain fog would clear and Light would come bursting in and what I would hear were three words, "Dance with […]
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Tell your story, color your world. By: Susan McKenzie Photo Credit: Jim Palmer We all want to change the world, but we feel powerless against so much evil. I want to propose we change our perspective. This world is currently run by sociopaths, people who only care about their own agenda. If Jesus is your […]
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When Silence Abuses the Abused By: Susan Schiller Nice people say nice things about other period. I know, because I've been a "nice girl" all my life, as are the majority of Christians. I was raised with the motto: "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all!" Being a nice, […]
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The Art Room: Create Your World By: Susan Deborah Schiller Photo Credit: Akianne Gallery (I purchased a digital copy of her painting many years ago and I cherish it!) "What you speak is what you get," said Papa with a grin. Really? The ageless child inside me is restless to test this out! Words fascinate […]
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I Love Him More Our lives were once "public domain" – with the making of a documentary, and I found that silencing my voice was not the correct way to explain a marriage broken and a ministry abandoned. In school, we are taught the difference between tattle-taling and telling the truth. The former is meant […]
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