We did it! Congratulations on making it to the end of this Christmas Priority Time plan. Today marks the final day and the culmination of our journey through the Christmas story. As we go through our final passage, take some time to pause and reflect on all that God has revealed over these past ten days.
Read MoreAs we step into Day 9 of the 10 Day Christmas devotional (or hopefully I have converted you to the Priority Time terminology by now), we enter into one of the most joy-filled moments in the Christmas story.
Read MoreWelcome to Day 8 of the 10 Day Christmas Devotional. I’m so glad you’re here and continuing this journey. I pray that you are discovering that some of the most familiar passages in the Bible are often the most overlooked
Read MoreWelcome to Day 7! A full week into our 10 Day Christmas Priority Time Plan!
Read MoreWelcome to Day 6 of the 10 Day Christmas Devotional. If you are engaging with this resource in real time, we are just a few days from celebrating the birth of Jesus.
Read MoreWelcome to Day 5! When I grasped what was keeping me from spending time with Him and then how much He wanted to speak to me, everything in my walk with the Lord began to blossom. I deeply want that for each of you and more importantly, God does too.
Read MoreThank you for joining us for Day 4! I hope this Christmas Devotional has been meaningful to you. Each day, we are intentionally taking just a few verses. This should allow for you to have time to ask good questions to understand the nuances of the text, but also to pray and personally apply the truth to your life.
Read MoreWelcome to Day 3 of the 10 Day Christmas Devotional. I’m grateful you’ve chosen to keep leaning in. As we continue walking through the Christmas story together, my hope is that these moments in Scripture help you slow down, notice details you may have overlooked before,
Read MoreWelcome to Day 2 of the 10 Day Christmas Devotional. I am so glad you are here! Whether you are currently attending the Peace Beyond Christmas series at One City Church right now or not, I hope this resource will give you a fresh and personal look at the scriptural account of the Christmas story.
Read MoreWelcome to the first day of our 10 Day Christmas Devotional. Whether you are new at spending time in God’s word and prayer or you consider yourself seasoned, I pray this resource will be a daily bright spot leading up to Christmas Day.
Read MoreIt has been a minute. Actually, it's been a year since I posted my last blog. The longer I live, the more I realize that I process life through writing. Whether it is in a journal during my Priority Time or on a keyboard typing, there is something about the written word that helps my mind and heart find clarity.
Read MoreChristmas is when most people are the most intentional about being generous and blessing others. As Christians, we celebrate the birth of a Savior who paid the ultimate price so that we could be blessed with the gift of salvation.
Read MoreHow ironic that my last blog was titled “She Did the Best She Could.” It has been a hot minute since I have sat down to blog. I am doing the best I can. Truthfully, I have some other pressing things I should be doing right now, but I couldn't resist. I am just finishing a two-part sermon series called “Pants on Fire,” designed to destroy the lies that we believe about God and ourselves.
Read MoreMother's Day is a couple of days away. It is on my radar for obvious reasons. I am blessed with a mother and mother-in-law who are both wonderful to us. Chris and I want to make sure we prioritize spending time with them and honoring them, but it is also on my radar because I am preparing a Mother's Day message I will teach at One City Church.
Read MoreMother’s Day is on my mind. Depending on your journey, it might be on your mind too, or the furthest thing from it. Holidays are a weird thing. Charles Dickens might have been thinking about holidays when he said, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”
Read MoreAt the beginning of the week, I started my goodbye to Highpoint. I pray that for many others who have been hurt and stuck in their grieving process that this may help you heal any remaining places. Almost five years later, I am pretty tired of the topic. Still, at the same time, I continue to meet people who have struggled first with the pain of Highpoint’s crisis and then the pandemic, leaving people needing closure and healing to reignite their faith in God and His family.
I pick up with the third thing I learned….
Read MoreThe Conlee world has been a whirlwind for a while now – a tornado first, then a desert, and now a whirlwind. Somehow through the tornado and desert, I remain connected with the world through my blog and social media. The whirlwind stage pretty much brought that to a screeching halt. Maybe soon. These next few weeks are a start.
So I jolt you into my little world recently. I sat in our One City Church staff meeting early in the day. As we previewed the calendar, we discussed my upcoming teaching on Mother’s Day and potentially writing some blogs leading up to that. I added both to my To Do List.
Read MoreI paused blogging for a minute. Okay, and more than a minute. But I recently had the opportunity to teach a series entitled Trust Issues that got my fingers itching to share some words with my friends.
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