by Jean A Sturgill | Business Challenges, Learning to Walk, Marriage, Family & Relationships
I knew the week would be a challenging week. I felt like there weren’t going to be enough hours in the day, and that I might not have the energy to make it through the week. My schedule was just packed. What do you do with a week like that? I chose to pray. I started...
by Jean A Sturgill | Marriage, Family & Relationships, National Concerns
Programmers use the phrase, “Garbage in, garbage out.” According to Wikipedia, George Fuechsel came up with it as a teaching mantra. Although it is true of computers, it is true of people too! What are you feeding your kids? I’m not talking about food. I’m talking...
by Jean A Sturgill | Business Challenges, Marriage, Family & Relationships, The Body of Christ
Have you ever tried to talk to someone, but all you did was make them mad? I’ve done that. Direct always worked for me until I tried to lead. Even then, it still worked up to a point. I tried to sandwich the negative between 2 positives, but blunt was still my enemy....
by Jean A Sturgill | Learning to Walk, Marriage, Family & Relationships, The Body of Christ
Christians often try to witness to someone by hanging out with them. Do you know what typically happens? They nearly always become more like the person they are trying to reach, and the person they are trying to reach often either doesn’t move at all or they move...
by Jean A Sturgill | Fundamentals, Learning to Walk, Marriage, Family & Relationships, National Concerns
I used to replay things in my head. I wanted to understand why folks did what they did. Why did they do that to me or to someone else? Why did the Israelites, with a cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night, act the way that they acted? Were they dense? We are just...
by Jean A Sturgill | Fundamentals, Learning to Walk, Marriage, Family & Relationships, The Body of Christ
When I was a teenager, I made a lot of mistakes. At times I was disappointed and embarrassed about my choices. I really did not want to have them held over my head, but often they were. Have you ever wished you had a second chance? Have you ever had someone take...