“Teach us to realize the brevity of life, so that we may grow in wisdom.” –Psalm 90:12 When someone we love passes away in our lives, it can take our breath away. No matter how old someone lives, life really is SO short. I’ve experienced that recently, and I want to offer some of my […]
Author: Erica Morrison
How to Set Great Goals for the New Year–and Actually Achieve Them
Do you ever feel like you are spinning your wheels and going nowhere? You may have some vague ideas of where you want to go in life… ….or you maybe have more specific goals (that you may have set at the beginning of this past year) ….but you just don’t seem to be advancing much […]
Create a Meaningful Christmas This Year with the “My Intentional Christmas Season Planner”
Do you ever feel overwhelmed during the Christmas season? If we aren’t careful, our culture can take the reigns and make sure our Christmases are chock full of candy, cookies, socials galore, loads of presents to buy and tons of moolah going out the window. I don’t know about you, but this is not really […]
What To Do When You’ve Had a Failure of A Day…
(This post deals with lighter and temporary issues. But there are genuinely difficult things –such as a loss, a diagnosis, a death, abuse, ongoing depression, or issues from the past– that may not be quickly “fixed” by a good attitude. It’s okay and good to feel sad or angry, and I don’t want to make […]
Thankfulness Challenge: I Want to Get in the Habit of Gratitude this October 2017–Want to Join Me?
Do you ever notice that things that thrilled you at first… go almost unnoticed not long after… and then in time… you may even end up complaining about many of them? ___________________ For example, when we started looking for a house, I wasn’t too picky (he, he), except that I wanted it to be really inexpensive, […]
How to Advocate for People who Suffer Unjustly
Isaiah 58: 6 -9 The Message “This is the kind of fast day I’m after: to break the chains of injustice, get rid of exploitation in the workplace, free the oppressed, cancel debts. What I’m interested in seeing you do is: sharing your food with the hungry, inviting the homeless poor into your homes, putting clothes on the shivering ill-clad, being available to […]
12 Things that Surprised Me About Being a Mom
(This post contains an affiliate link. You can read my affiliate policy here.) As a single woman for a decade or two– and then as a married woman without kids for awhile– I didn’t know what to expect when I became a mom. Would I enjoy it? Would I do a good job? […]
How to Get More Creative –Part 2: Steps and Strategies
As I mentioned in my last post on this topic, I used to feel so boxed in in my life. I felt like creativity was stifled in my job and I was afraid to try new things in the rest of my life, too. But once I felt I had permission to try out […]
How to Become More Creative–Part 1: Benefits of Creativity
Do you ever feel like you want to be more creative with something, but you aren’t sure where to begin? Maybe you feel bored in certain areas of your life, and some new ideas would be great–but where do you get them? When I was working in a job for years that didn’t really suit […]
Have You Settled Halfway to Your Promised Land?
Do you have some dreams that you used to walk towards… (once upon a time) …but somehow you got stuck between where you were … and where you wanted to be? I want to encourage you not to give up! You CAN get to your Promised Land… with God’s help. […]