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May 7, 2024
Habits
Lisa Schnedler
They Did What Was Right in Their Own Eyes

Each year, I listen to a daily audio Bible podcast—and complete the Bible in one year. This year marks my sixth year through the Bible.

Why don’t I stop?

Every year, I learn new aspects of the Bible because each year, I am in a different place in my life, and the Holy Spirit speaks to me where I am.

The Bible is always fresh! It is always alive!

It is the only book that has a Living Spirit within it.

Each year, when I get to Judges in the Old Testament, I say, “Oh boy!” because I know what is ahead.

They Did What Was Right in Their Own Eyes
April 23, 2024
Lisa Schnedler
What Passover Means to Christians

Passover begins this evening.

It is one of the most significant Jewish Holidays, commemorating when the angels of God “passed over” the Hebrews as the firstborn children and animals of the Egyptians were killed—all because Pharoah would not set the Hebrews free as God commanded.

With this final plague on Egypt, Pharoah agreed to free the Hebrews so they might begin their journey to the promised land.

God instructed the Jews to commemorate the first Passover, when they had marked their houses with blood, alerting the angels to “pass over” their homes.

Christians draw parallels in their faith,

What Passover Means to Christians
April 12, 2024
New/Renew
Lisa Schnedler
The Days After Easter...

This week, I was listening to a minister on the radio who noted that in the days after His resurrection, Jesus did not appear to Pilate to tell him that he had been wrong in ordering His crucifixion.

Jesus did not appear to the Jewish leaders and chastise them for not believing and demanding His death.

He did not appear to the Roman soldiers who nailed Him on the cross.

Why?

The Days After Easter...
March 25, 2024
Lisa Schnedler
Holy Week

Today, I was drinking in the beautiful hymns of Psalm Sunday. They are majestic, powerful, and inspirational!

Among my very favorites is All Glory, Laud and Honor. When I close my eyes and listen to the lyrics, I can feel all the emotions I imagine those present at Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem. The hope. The joy. The expectation.

As Christians, we carry the hope, joy, and expectation at our Lord’s second coming. Feel this excitement. Play this song and sing along. It is a wonderful way to enter into the spirit of Holy Week.

What are some of your favorite Holy Week Hymns/ song?

Holy Week
March 10, 2024
New/Renew
Lisa Schnedler
An Irish Blessing

My mother is Irish—which makes me Irish as well!

One of my favorite blessings is The Irish Blessing, which is a favorite benediction of my forefathers—and so appropriate for St. Patrick’s Day!

It is a great blessing for everyone—even if you aren’t Irish!

An Irish Blessing
Lisa Schnedler
March 21, 2021
New/Renew

Seeking a Life of Significance

Lisa Schnedler
March 21, 2021
New/Renew
Seeking a Life of Significance

I think there is something in the human soul that causes us to yearn for significance. We want to make a difference. We want to leave this world with our imprint in place—and imprint that will outlive us.

Tagged: Significant life, Jesus, well done

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Lisa Schnedler
March 15, 2021

St. Patrick - the Dream, the Walk, and A Life Well Lived

Lisa Schnedler
March 15, 2021
St. Patrick - the Dream, the Walk, and A Life Well Lived

This Wednesday, we celebrate St. Patrick’s Day—a day that is often honored by drinking green beer, wearing green, some even dying their hair green.

In Chicago, they dye the Chicago River green in honor of this day.

But, who is St. Patrick? What did he do to warrant such celebrations? And, what can we learn from his life?

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Lisa Schnedler
March 11, 2021

Adovah - A New Way to Love Your Job

Lisa Schnedler
March 11, 2021
Adovah - A New Way to Love Your Job

What if we took a new view of work? What if we truly saw our work as work and service and worship? What if we took the Apostle Paul’s guidance seriously? What if we viewed each moment at work as being in service and in worship to the Lord? How would that change how we feel about work?

Tagged: New, Rewnew, Work, Joy, Peace, Adovah

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Lisa Schnedler
March 7, 2021
Relationships

Mediation--A Great Gift to Give!

Lisa Schnedler
March 7, 2021
Relationships
Mediation--A Great Gift to Give!

The world is so divided.

Families are divided.

Coworkers are at odds.

Neighbors are in conflict.

What are Christians to do?

One great tools to have in your relational toolbelt is mediation

Tagged: peacemaker, Jesus, conflict, mediation, mediator

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Lisa Schnedler
March 1, 2021
Habits

How Do You Speak to Yourself?

Lisa Schnedler
March 1, 2021
Habits
How Do You Speak to Yourself?

Pastor Lloyd-Jones notes that Psalm 42:5 gives us a different path to take. The Psalmist, instead of “allowing this self to talk to him, he starts talking to himself.” It is as if the Psalmist says, “Listen here, self—I will speak to you.”

Tagged: Self talk, Hope, Positive Thoughts, Jesus, Holy Spirit

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