by ParticularlyCALLED | May 18, 2022 | Personal Growth, Spiritual Growth
Intro to the New Life of Grace Series! As I write this I am tired, spent from the demands of another long day. I sit down to refuge in the sound and the texture of my .05 G2 as it softly and smoothly scratches its shiny black ink across the page to let some of the...
by ParticularlyCALLED | May 11, 2022 | Prioritizing your life, Self Care
A rule of life? Well, that sounds boring and terrible… and maybe even a bit medieval. Where is the freedom, the spontaneity, the enjoyment? Maybe it’s all well and good for people in monasteries and such (do monasteries still exist?) but how could it possibly benefit...
by ParticularlyCALLED | May 4, 2022 | Discernment, Personal Growth, Self Care
Did you know that your single season is the most important season of your life? That how you live it has the potential to set you up for a future of hope, clarity, authenticity, courage, and excellence, or frustration, confusion, difficulty, depression, and hardship...
by ParticularlyCALLED | Mar 31, 2022 | Personal Growth, Seasonal Reflections, Spiritual Growth
How to fast without giving up food? Is that even possible? Isn’t fasting by definition, “the foregoing of food” (literally: “to abstain from all or some kinds of food or drink especially as a religious observance” (Oxford Languages)? But ever...
by ParticularlyCALLED | Mar 6, 2022 | Personal Growth
The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast. – Matthew 9:15 If we are disciples of Jesus, we should be fasting – and not just during Lent, but all the time! Problem is, it is WAY too easy to make excuses and justify...
by ParticularlyCALLED | Feb 8, 2022 | Christian Goal Setting, Personal Growth
I guess experience makes me qualified to write about failure. From where I sit, when I look at the grand scheme of all my plans, by all outward appearance at this moment in my life, I am one. I’ve worked for many years to learn all the S.M.A.R.T. things and do all the...