Pursue Progress Not Perfection
Oct 25, 2007
ShoreGirls Fall 2007 Retreat Recap...
What was so Amazing about our Circle of Grace Retreat this weekend you wonder? The cabin suggested to me by the owner of BB Cabins was named "Amazing Grace." The planning committee team worked like a well-oiled machine and everyone pulled their weight so that we could all really relax and enjoy ourselves in between the hard work. When I thought we had no worship leader but we'd make due... poof! Sarah S. did a ... More »
Posted by Chrissie Wanke
Aug 15, 2007
A Heart Like His - Week 6
Sorry for the lack of postings of late . . . life got the better of me of a bit but I wanted to post again with intent to become more "regular" through the rest of the remainder of this study. So here we are, in the exact middle of our workbook! Finally, David is atop his promised throne! He is King over Judah and for the past few weeks we've watched this man "after God's own Heart" bloom in ... More »
Posted by Chrissie Wanke
Jul 26, 2007
Survival Skills and He Who Wills- Week 4
By now, you have come to know more about our protagonist-David's heart and started to have a bit less "sympathy" for the antagonist-Saul after also observing more of his antics. Although it can be strange at times to try to "relate" to Biblical characters like these based on the completely different lifestyle and culture they lived in, it's so important that the protagonist and antagonist we ... More »
Posted by Chrissie Wanke
Jul 19, 2007
Sowing The Seeds of Jealousy
This week was all about the green-eyed monster! We saw what an envious eye did to the relationship between Saul and David, and learned that there is actually a "righteous kind of jealousy" that is mentioned in 2 Corintians 11:2 (and throughout the Bible). We witnessed David (the Lord's annointed) forget briefly the power behind that annointing when he missed the "obvious" reminders that God arranged for him ... More »
Posted by Chrissie Wanke
Jul 11, 2007
Summoned From The Sheepfold - Week 2
Dear Girls, I had to blog right after our session because I was bursting with the encouragement I received from our time together today! I hope that you were too. Sometimes, I tend to forget the "appropriateness" of God's Word and timing, and tonight Beth's words during the video spoke to direct areas of my life that just TODAY I was dealing with! Isn't God amazing how he coordinates things in our ... More »
Posted by Chrissie Wanke