I decided to stir up a batch of cookies today. I used a recipe from our favorite gluten free cookbook, How Can it Be Gluten Free. I was reading over the instructions because it had been a while since I had made them when I came across this note: RESTING TIME Resting the… Continue reading Rest Makes Less Stress
This post has been moved to the new website, www.mandyandmichele.com I participating in Kate Motaung’s Five Minute Fridays where we take a prompt and write for five minutes.
I’m joining Kate Motaung and my friends at Five Minute Fridays to write on a particular prompt for five minutes. In my effort to re-introduce old hymns to my readers, I like to find a hymn that uses the prompt of the week.This week’s prompt: ENOUGH! Also linking up with Suzanne Eller and Living Free….… Continue reading My Faith Has Found a Resting Place
It’s Friday. Time to Slow. Time for another Five Minute Friday with my friends. Today’s Prompt: SLOW Matthew 11:28-30 NLT Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at… Continue reading Time to Slow ~ STOP, LOOK, AND LISTEN
Fibromyalgia and Fatigue go hand in hand together. As a matter of fact fatigue is the second most common symptom in fibromyalgia
The advice most given from pastors is “Be sure to select a day for your Sabbath and keep it.” I tend to agree that taking a day of rest is good for many reasons. Sure, to avoid burnout. But I think, too, that it is the best thing you can do for your wife… Continue reading Great Advice for Pastors and Their Families
Pastors tend to be workaholics. But this is the road to burn-out. Please set a day of the week that is your “day off”. Tell your board that it’s your day off and post this anywhere possible, such as in your bulletin. Take care of yourself first. This is the policy laid out in an emergency… Continue reading Self-Care ~ The First Step to Avoiding Burn-Out
Paperback: 223 pages Publisher: Thomas Nelson (March 11, 2007) Language: English ISBN-10: 0849918707 ISBN-13: 978-0849918704 A book everyone should read … probably more than once to be reminded of the importance of rest. Buchanan took a sabbatical to research the subject of the rest of God. And found so much that pricked his own heart… Continue reading The Rest of God by Mark Buchanan
Rest is our greatest commodity, but we seldom take advantage of it. {Tweet} Rest is a time for reconditioning, a time to refuel, a time to release tensions. {Tweet} Remember when you were small and momma would make you take a nap? Or you would play so hard that when she put you in the high… Continue reading 5 Directives for Rest
Just a place to keep track of what I have read this year and a list for helping me select what to read next. This is list I adjusted to my own interests from lists found online. I will list the books I read. If they have a link then I have written some type… Continue reading 2016 Reading Challenge
