Monthly Archives: September 2012

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[Guest Post] God, Do You Care?

This is a guest post by Angie Vallejo. We asked Angie to share a personal story about a time in her life when she asked one of the questions Jennifer asks in her Bible study Missing Pieces: Real Hope When Life Doesn’t Make Sense. Enjoy Angie’s story. You can follow Angie on her blog here.

God, are you there? Because I really messed up this time. That was my somewhat hesitant, and very much hysterical, call to God back in late 1996 when I became pregnant.

I had been confident that my boyfriend, who had asked to marry me, would come through as the hero to rescue me and to set a date. And he did want to set the date, but not for the wedding . . . . for the abortion.

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Teleseminar: The Ins and Outs of Writing a Bible Study

I love being involved in ministry. In fact, when I wrote my first Bible study many years ago, I had no idea how God would use an ordinary woman like me to speak to the hearts of thousands.

Perhaps you too have been called to use your God-given talents to write. Whether your passion is writing Bible studies or journal writing, I invite you to attend my upcoming teleseminar on Thursday, September 20 2012 at 12:00 pm/Central.  Here’s how we’ll use our 60 minutes: I’ll share about 35 minutes, and open it up for questions, for 25 minutes more.

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3 Things to Tell Yourself When You Are Disappointed

My Assistant Angela came into my office crying. I immediately stood from my desk and hugged her, “whatever it is, it will be okay.  Whatever it is, you will be okay.”  I expected some terrible personal crisis had arisen; I was ready to be the consoling counselor.  “I need to resign; I’m going back to school.”

Suddenly, I was the one with a personal crisis!  I needed her to hug me and tell me, “whatever it is, it will be okay.”  Happy for her but unhappy for me, I now had to deal with my own disappointment.

So, how do you become your own consoling counselor when life hands you a big disappointment?