Let Me Hear Your Roar! By: Susan Deborah Schiller Lying next to my husband in bed after a long day of homeschooling our three little ones, plus running my own business from home (i.e. being the one-woman assembly line of creating Victorian lace bears!), my husband began reciting all of my faults. From top to […]
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Homosexuals, Marriage, and the Kingdom By: Susan Deborah Schiller Rainbows are appearing all over social media. There seems to a wide gap between traditional Christianity and inclusive believers, and I hope this little dream parable may help to bridge the gap. It's how I reconciled embracing homosexuals into my culture. For me, it was like stepping […]
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I Am the King's Bride and He is the King of Peace By: Susan Deborah Schiller (Photo Credit I used to believe, "If only I could prove my love, he would understand and come back to me," but that is not true. Evil people cannot receive or even comprehend love. They are users and abusers. Period. They rarely ever […]
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You are no Ordinary Being! By: Susan Deborah Schiller Who are you to be ordinary? Who are you to deny greatness? You, who were made to be like Christ and love in radical ways. You, who were called by Christ to follow him past the grave and to resurrection. To deny this […]
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"I Dare to Believe" by Susan Schiller Audio Version Available Here Abstract artist, Pablo Picasso said that "the chief enemy of creativity is good sense." What do you think? Yesterday, someone said publicly, "Sue, she's fearless!" Oh, but I am not! Not yet. I simply broke up with Normal. I burned the bridge, you see. I'm […]
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Family is the backbone of society. By: Susan Deborah Schiller I have a dream of building a community, offline and online, where every member is loved to life through the sharing of our stories. Storytelling, in an atmosphere of unconditional acceptance, heals our bodies, minds, and souls. I envision within the whole, many smaller circles […]
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Delayed for a Greater Glory By: Susan Deborah Schiller Photo Credit Something truly big and wonderful is coming and Evil has decided to push back a lot harder. You may be experiencing this, too, when the relief so desperately sought is delayed for yet another day… or month… or year. This week I've been dancing with […]
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The Morning Prayer Poem By: Danielle Bednarcik Imagine you've just had a long drive, moving from out of state and you're really tired, burned out, and you wonder if you've made the right decision. Did you hear God's voice? That was me, 4 years ago. With a clear, confident voice, your 6-year old granddaughter begins […]
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I Call Upon the Lion of Judah By: Susan Schiller "You will meet evil face-to-face and you will not like it. You will be betrayed and abandoned by the people you love, even those you thought were your best friends. Most of all it will be lonely, very lonely. Do you still want to follow […]
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You Might Have Better Luck Talking to a Grizzly than to an Abuser Who Refuses to Acknowledge Personal Responsibility By: Kimberly Dimick Here's how you know when an abuser is refusing to acknowledge personal responsibility: He dismisses your heart and answers your concerns with attacks, justifications and defenses. All these are excuses he relies upon to […]
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3 Rules that Make Great Relationships Special By: PJ McClure "Great job." "Thank you." "Your grandpa would be so proud of you." I think every grandchild wants to hear those words. For what it’s worth, I would have preferred to hear it somewhere other than his funeral. Regardless, the idea that I had done well […]
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A Father's Legacy: Investing in Relationships By: Beau Henderson None of us know how much time we have left on earth. I saw this first-hand at the age of 23 when my father passed away unexpectedly. I am now a financial planner in the business of helping people plan for their future, and most clients […]
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Why Wait Until You're Dead to Share Your Legacy? By: Michael McCarthey Imagine a world where there is true equality. I'm not talking about communism or socialism or any other system. I'm not talking about churches or religion, either. I'm talking about people being able to live with dignity and respect. No one is too […]
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The Watch Tower By: Susan Deborah Schiller When the world is winning by manifesting in worries, I wait for God in a watch tower. Sometimes it's a real watch tower like the one above and sometimes it's just my backyard. I begin by rehearsing what I know about God's nature. Almost always I end up […]
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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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Slain by the Breath of His Mouth By: Susan Deborah Schiller You may be feeling weak and powerless, and yet the Spirit of God is BREATHING in you. His breath is like a FIRE in your belly. It doesn't feel good. It burns. You don't feel you can live through it. You've been made a public […]
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Pursue Being Powerful By: Susan Deborah Schiller After the glory which could be seen with human eyes, he began to see the glory which is beyond and after light. – Madeleine L'Engle There are many of us who have given our all. We've laid down ministries, businesses, and have watched even our reputation ruined in […]
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The Awaking Bride – A Princess Warrior By: Susan Deborah Schiller In the "Dream Parables" Series I love having friends who see my broken mess and instead of being horrified, they see my cracks and gaps as places to lovingly fill with love. They make me better, for having been broken. My dad used to tell me, "Sue, if […]
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Five Minute Friday: Gift By: Susan Deborah Schiller The first gift of the day is a rosy, yet subdued light that seems to say "everything is all right". My nightwatch is not over yet, even though a cacaphony of busy birds stirring in their nests fills my ears. The best gift of today cannot be purchased for a million […]
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Dressing the Invisible Wounds By: Susan Deborah Schiller June is National PTSD Awareness Month! Everything changed when I met an ordinary farmer from Oregon. It was at one of those advanced trainings that I found someone who knew someone. He was an ordinary farmer in Oregon. He understood sociopathic abuse very well and he began to […]
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