On Lockdown

Yesterday, our sweet girl came home from school talking about a different kind of “fire drill” they’d had at school. Turns out, it wasn’t a fire drill at all.

Her kindergarten class was practicing a lockdown drill. They’d had to learn how to hide, silently, in the classroom. She said some people even had to […]

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    EP Member Spotlight ~ Idelette McVicker: Watching Where God Is Already Working

EP Member Spotlight ~ Idelette McVicker: Watching Where God Is Already Working

I lead from ideas. I learned several years ago that my top Strengthsfinder 2.0 strength is ideation. I have an abundance of ideas and it would be easy to chase those ideas down and will them into existence.

But I don’t do that.
I watch where my ideas align with where I see God working.
Many years […]

What 10 Years of Marriage Looks Like

When we got married, on a cold, sunny, snowy Saturday ten years ago, (you can read the story about it here), our tenth anniversary seemed like it may as well be one hundred years away – I couldn’t fathom it. February 16, 2008 was a banner day. Then, all of a sudden, ten years […]

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    EP Member Spotlight ~ Ellen Duffield: Shifting to Bridge Building Leadership

EP Member Spotlight ~ Ellen Duffield: Shifting to Bridge Building Leadership

Like many young girls with “get ‘er done” type personalities I was often called “bossy” or “pushy” by friends and family. This, and many other messages, reminded me that girls should be seen and not heard; and that nice girls should not have strong opinions. Since my personality happens to be balanced by it’s […]