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Continue reading →: Ready or NotReady or not, we are entering a new calendar year. As we make New Year’s resolutions, we are essentially evaluating ourselves. To create effective resolutions, we can start by asking ourselves three simple questions, using our calendars for 2023 and 2024: What mistakes did we make, and how did we…
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Continue reading →: My Word for 2024I’ve only sometimes chosen a word for the year. However, I decided on the word cultivate for 2024. Cultivating is intentional, on purpose; it is an act we do (not something that happens to us). Gardeners cultivate. I have a friend who is a professional gardener, and she is already flipping through…
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Continue reading →: My Favorite Things from 2023Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittensBright copper kettles and warm woolen mittensBrown paper packages tied up with stringsThese are a few of my favorite things Lyrics from The Sound of Music Without thinking of Maria, the captain, and the children, I can’t type the lyrics from my most loved…
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Continue reading →: Knowing God’s WisdomConclusion As we conclude this series, I share with you that the timing has been interesting for those of you who have contacted me to let me know, but for myself as well. I am facing major surgery in January. During this time leading up to that date, I leaned…
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Continue reading →: Knowing God’s DirectivesIn previous posts of the series, How to Sustain Hope in Pain and Suffering, we explored knowing God, God’s faithfulness, and God’s compassion. In Knowing God’s Directives, we will explore thoughts, actions, and reactions through the lens of theology. Readers will ponder God’s directives by returning to the Bible’s pure source. Thoughts, Actions,…
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Continue reading →: Holiday BluesI’m hosting my granddaughter’s bridal luncheon today, so I’ve spent the past week reviewing my list, shopping, washing the china, and doing everything to be the perfect hostess. And then yesterday, I was confronted with the possibility of surgery. Hmmm. Maybe I’m not in control after all. My thoughts took…
Debbie Swindell is an Arkansas wife, mother, and grandmother with more than forty years of ministry experience. A published author and freelance writer, she has taught women and children, led Bible workshops and seminars, served in jail ministry and Bible distribution, and shared the gospel internationally. She has also served women through biblical counseling in both home-based ministry and nonprofit settings. Trained in Christian ministry and biblical counseling, Debbie is devoted to discipling and mentoring women in the local church, with a deep passion to help them know God’s Word, study it with understanding, and live it faithfully, especially in life’s hardest seasons.
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