RobinBryce

When things approach the end, a sort of excitement and even dread builds. I laughed at my friend’s reaction to the thought of her husband retiring. She felt anticipation, excitement and gloom. For her, it was like a sentence was given and the time was yet to be served. She started a countdown 20 months before R-Day . Over a year away and she’s still counting, excited, happy and filled with anticipation, as well as some anxious, dread of the inevitable. The End is Coming! People like me... Read Full Story

Since I posted 3 Excuses for Failure to Meet Our Goal s earlier and now the excuses are out of the way, I thought it a great time to plan steps to reach our goals. If you want to add excuses or view them in the post and comments, click the link above. There is some comfort in knowing others struggle with our same excuses. But for those who are ready to get on with it. Let’s go for it. Stop Studying and Talking, Start Doing It’s time to stop studying it, reading about it and talking... Read Full Story

The New Year began and already our resolutions have waned. When should we actually start doing what we said we wanted to do? When will we stop reading about it, or stop talking about it and just go do it? I faced those questions head on and decided they were partially a scheduling problem, partially a priority problem and partially fear-factor problem. We’re simply making excuses. Excuse 1: I’m too busy. We are too busy to add one more activity to our schedule, but if our goal is... Read Full Story

Out goes the old year and in comes the new with all it’s challenges, struggles and opportunities. Looking back, I know without God things would have been much more difficult. With God’s help our future looks bright. “Thus far has the LORD helped us” (1 Samuel 7:12) I am working on my goals and plans for the next year. My life plan will include health, organization, minimization, focus and some high hopes. May God give you hope and focus to finish the work he’s called you to with success... Read Full Story

I’ve been dreaming of a white Christmas for almost half a century. Living here in Texas, I don’t get to hear sleigh bells jingling in the snow. The other night, my girls netflixed Bing Crosby’s White Christmas. I watched it for the first time since I was a teensy thing. All I remembered about the movie was that it began to snow when they sang about their dreams. Dreaming of a White Christmas I’ve been singing my dreams for a long time and, well, nothing. No snow. No white Christmas... Read Full Story

In the midst of harried fall and winter celebrations, most people harbor some amount of dread. More than once I was called Scrooge by my kids simply because I didn’t feel like adding all the extra hustle to my bustle. It’s a hassle to put out all that Christmas stuff only to take it down again. Minutes don’t grow on mistletoe. Many, like me, stretch time as it is without adding holiday stress. Somehow, reflection and thankfulness, holiness if you will, gets lost in our expected and celebrated... Read Full Story

While I was MC-ing Yahweh Street Ministries Ladies Retreat, I gave a brief devotion emphasizing our need to spend time with God. I shared answers to feeling spiritually adrift and longing for something more, a life change or spiritual growth. Two things make the difference: listening to, and responding to, God. Learning to listen and respond to God with Come Awake Out of my desire to help others find the missing spiritual piece in their lives, I wrote Come Awake . The book is a... Read Full Story

Steve Jobs knew how to keep reaching new heights, how to make the difficult simple, and how to create awesome products as well as a movement, a following. He’s a creative leader. Check out 10 leadership principles in this great slideshow by @coachbay. Good stuff! Pick and choose what would be good to implement in your ministry, work and life. iMentor Steve Jobs What creative systems or plans do you have in your leadership style? How can you incorporate or mimic some of Steve Jobs... Read Full Story

This morning was filled with mixed emotions. I was ready to get back to see my kids, but I wasn’t quite ready to leave these orphans. I said, “If I could, I’d bring them home with me.” The final packing was very somber. Jacque and I finished before the others were ready and asked if we could walk over to the kid’s house to see them one last time. Last visit to the Orphanage We walked like it was our last stride taking in every small thing. Here’s the African cows we passed everyday on our... Read Full Story

I slept very comfortably in a grass hut. During the night, if we had to use the toilet we walked outside to another hut with a concreted porta-potty kind of thing. It had a toilet seat concreted into a raised sitting spot that went straight into an underground tank. Comfy-at-night feeling. Waterfall at Sipi Falls Chuck didn’t sleep very well. The altitude sickness from the evening before wasn’t letting up. He was looking forward to getting back down the mountain this morning to see if he... Read Full Story