Testimony, Speaking, Thinking Out-loud

Donna Pool Speaks to addiction recovery groups, churches, care giver support groups, etc. sharing her testimony of how God led her to His Way of living life instead of the worldly way.

Growing Pains

Change is one of the hardest choices and/or processes we go through in life. Whether it is changing jobs, schools, moving, divorcing, addiction relapse or recovery, death of a loved one. It takes us out of our place of comfort and can thrust us into turmoil, defeat, anxiety, even panic. OR, it can be the […]

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Stoke the Fire

Many times a really exciting and uplifting worship experience, whether it’s one on one with God, singing a praise song in the car, or during a church service, can get us stoked and fired up spiritually only to fizzle out by week’s end. Endless financial setbacks, chaos at work, distractions at home, discord that disrupts

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Your Burning Desire

“…I want you to know about the gifts of the Holy Spirit… There are different kinds of gifts. But it is the same Holy Spirit who gives them…The Holy Spirit works in each person in one way or another for the good of all…” 1 Corinthians 12 (Excerpts) WISDOM: to make wise choices, when to

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Refined But Not Consumed

“However the Most High does not live in houses made by humans. As the prophet says, Heaven is my throne and earth is my footstool. What kind of house will You (personally) build for me (In Your Heart)? says the Lord. Or where will My resting place be? Acts 7:49 (NIV) Sometimes our heart AND

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Make the Connection

Remember a few days ago when I posted about the Fibonacci (spiral) Sequence (that show’s up in nature and our cells), and how Moses built the Ark of the Covenant (God’s indwelling) to house the 10 Commandments based on God’s instructions using this mathematical sequence? This Tabernacle (tent) housed the law of the presence of

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To Gather ~ Together

Something happens every Spring by the lake that doesn’t happen any other time of the year – new life, new flowers, new leaves, and, the most exciting of all, the new babies. It’s like nature knows, without being told, that it’s time to come to life. At dusk, a fox and her kits can be

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A Matrix of Crosses

“In the Lord’s hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of all humankind.” Job 12:10 (ESV) I became interested in the study of cells, DNA, familial diseases, etc. when I was diagnosed with a rare, incurable lung disease, Sarcoidosis, over 5 years ago. Without going into great biological details about how

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Becoming

We are all “working” towards Becoming something in this life whether it’s building a successful career, striving to be the best horseperson, sacrificing personal dreams for the kids, President of the U.S.A., Olympic gymnast, retire to the forest… Whatever it is you aspire to accomplish – Does your hard work to “Become” align with your

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St. Basil the Great

“Concentrate on doing your best for God, work you won’t be ashamed of, laying out the Truth plain and simple.” 2 Timothy 2:15 (MSG) St. Basil the Great, orator, writer, theologian, and tireless laborer of pastoral care on behalf of Christ. He became cloaked with the mantle of the defender of faith. During his life

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