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PODCASTS WITH CHRIS ADAMS

MARKED, LifeWay Women

At The Table, Jacki King

The Prayer Clinic, Leighann McCoy

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    Blessings,  Struggle and Loss,  Trial

    Between the Holidays

    December 1, 2024 / 0 Comments

    Thanksgiving is over, Christmas is quickly approaching. How’s your heart? Ticking along at a steady pace, or beating out of your chest in this holiday season. Perhaps some of you had a wonderful Thanksgiving and you look forward to Christmas even though you have shopping, decorating and cooking to do.  Photo by Element5 Digital on StockSnap Others may have had a very tense Thanksgiving and the thought of another family gathering is more than you can even begin planning. Maybe you are missing someone who is no longer a part of your holidays due to broken relationships, geograhical distance, or death.  Does your job, kids holiday activities, or purchasing and…

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    A “Don’t Worry” Reminder

    January 15, 2023
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    When It’s Hard

    November 29, 2021
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    The Silence is Broken Part 2

    December 23, 2019
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    Spiritual Growth,  Struggle and Loss,  Test,  Trial

    A Week of Devotions

    November 24, 2024 / 0 Comments

    Recently I had the honor to write 5 devotions for Encouraging.com, which I do quarterly. This week I decided to link all 5 in this post. Feel free to read one a day, all at once, or at your leisure! I pray they bless and encourage you! Breathing Worship Small Yet Mighty Tear Down to Build Up Writing the Word Your Holy Ground Banner photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash. Inset photos used from Encouraging.com

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    A “Good” New Thing

    January 7, 2024
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    Created to Connect: Lessons From a Social Media Fast #3

    November 1, 2021
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    Impatience in Finding God’s Will

    December 2, 2019
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    Leadership Lessons,  Spiritual Growth,  What I'm Reading

    Small Group Blog Share

    November 10, 2024 / 0 Comments

    The LifeWay Women’s Leadership Forum was this past week Thursday-Friday (join us sometime!!) and I have a speaking engagement on Saturday. Since time is short, I’m sharing some small group helps for you leaders! 1 This first post is from LifeWay Research. Sign up to receive their updates! This article has some great tips for enlisting small group leaders. 13 Principles for Enlisting Group Leaders 2 This next post, also from LifeWay Research, shares how to create great icebreaker questions. 6 Elements of a Good Icebreaker Question 3 The last post from Vanderbloemen is how to lead not-so-great small groups! 5 Characteristics Of Lame Small Groups 4 Whether you are…

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    Discipleship Today

    April 12, 2021
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    Discipleship For Women

    January 22, 2023
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    Read These!

    August 28, 2022
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    Leadership Lessons,  Spiritual Growth,  What I'm Reading

    Leader Blog Share

    November 3, 2024 / 0 Comments

    This week I want to share some helpful blog posts for you as a leader. As you serve and lead teams, you must invest in your own growth and in your leadership skills to lead well. 1 This first post is from Ron Edmonson. It’s a great assessment of how you lead or whether you frustrate your teams. 7 Ways to Frustrate Your Team as a Leader 2 This second post is by Charles Stone. We all want to connect well with our team and others we lead in the church. Here’s some great tips to consider as you serve. How to Be a Likable Leader 3 This last post…

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    The Cost of Leadership Part 2

    June 19, 2022
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    Wilderness Temptations

    August 5, 2019
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    Workplace Mission Field

    May 27, 2022
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    Beach Lessons,  Knowing God's Will,  Spiritual Growth

    You Must Be Looking to Find

    October 27, 2024 / 0 Comments

    Since I love all things “beach”, that means I love the water, sand, sunrises and sunsets, birds and fish! Dolphins are a favorite. But, if I am not intently looking for them I can easily miss their trek across the gulf in front of me.  Some days I just glance once in a while, looking up from what I’m reading, and spot a fin. As I keep my eyes on the water I see more as they surface for air. On days I really spend time staring at the water, I tend to see quite a few more. One morning on the last beach trip, I began thinking how few…

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    The Cost of Leadership Part 7

    July 24, 2022
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    Sun and Clouds Together

    October 20, 2024
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    The Cost of Leadership Part 4

    July 3, 2022
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    Beach Lessons,  Spiritual Growth,  Struggle and Loss,  Test,  Trial

    Sun and Clouds Together

    October 20, 2024 / 0 Comments

    I love all beach sunrises, even gray days, because…well, we’re at the beach. But my absolute favorite is a combination of sunshine AND clouds.There’s just nothing quite like the beauty of seeing the colors as sunshine peeks through the clouds. Only a creator God can design this kind of beauty.  As I watched these views, I couldn’t help but be reminded of the beauty that comes through the sunny joy filled days AND the gray seasons of life as well.  Romans 5:3-5 reminds us that … we also rejoice in our afflictions, because we know that affliction produces endurance, endurance produces proven character, and proven character produces hope. This hope…

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    You Must Be Looking to Find

    October 27, 2024
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    The Vastness of God: Fall Beach Lesson 2021

    September 28, 2021
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    I KNOW I KNOW!

    October 26, 2020
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    Joining In

    October 13, 2024 / 0 Comments

    Have you ever  been sitting on the beach and enjoying the peace of the surf and sun? Next thing you know someone has speakers blaring out music that is not your style? And it’s ruined the peace you were enjoying. I often wonder if they think we all want to listen to their genre of music! But what can you do? Go ask them to turn it down? Give them dirty looks? Just put up with it until you leave the beach?  Or, like I found myself doing, do you notice your foot is tapping to the beat? All of a sudden I realize what I’m doing and that I’ve…

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    What’s Over the Bridge?

    June 1, 2025
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    Getting Through the Muck

    September 30, 2024
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    Perfect, Broken or Perfectly Shaped?

    January 24, 2018
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    Beach Lessons,  Hurricane Sally,  Spiritual Growth,  Struggle and Loss,  Trial

    A Reminder After the Storm

    October 6, 2024 / 0 Comments

    During our beach trip this year, we kept our eye on not one but two hurricanes. One landed in Louisiana (Francine), the other in Tallahassee (Helene), about 3 weeks apart. There is another one brewing that could also land on the Gulf coast, but we will be home by the time it arrives. After the eye of Hurricane Sally went right over us in 2020, we are much more cautious about any category hurricane anywhere close by. Around 36 hours after hurricane Helene made landfall, destroying so much and taking over 225 lives in several states (at the time of writing this), I awoke to the most amazing sunrise we’d…

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    Sand Traps of Life

    October 15, 2023
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    Just Below the Surface

    September 17, 2023
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    Sun and Clouds Together

    October 20, 2024
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    Getting Through the Muck

    September 30, 2024 / 0 Comments

    After a month at the beach, you can expect Beach Lessons in my posts! Here’s the first. This year we had a some seaweed just beyond the shore. If it’s out a ways, I don’t mind walking in the shallow water. But walking on and through wet, grassy gunk is not something I enjoy. But, what’s just beyond the seaweed? From the 18th floor balcony of our rental, I get a great look at the clear water beyond the dark mucky stuff. There is a sand bar out beyond as well. It’s shallow enough to stand on and draws many, including me at times, especially when it is clear and…

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    Go It Alone

    January 8, 2018
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    More Lessons From Hurricane Sally

    October 12, 2020
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    Sand Traps of Life

    October 15, 2023
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    A Short Fuse

    September 22, 2024 / 0 Comments

    Being Scotch-Irish through my dad’s side of the family, I grew up seeing a short fuse in action. And I inherited that short fuse! For a long time I just blamed it on my family background. But eventually, the Lord convicted me of my impatience and quick response of anger.  I’m still learning about patience, but over the years I have seen God’s work in helping to lessen my quick, hot anger. One day I came across this quote from an unknown author:  The wind of anger blows out the lamp of intelligence. Quite convicting. Proverbs 29:11 says… A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man holds it…

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    What Spiritual Maturity Looks Like

    April 13, 2025
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    Complaints and Provision

    March 9, 2025
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    Cast…Because He Cares

    August 4, 2024
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