tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4442127795461257462024-02-06T21:30:36.314-08:00Ascending LeadersAscending Leadershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13943144269019879039noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444212779546125746.post-56306715559735646252016-03-02T11:48:00.002-08:002016-03-02T11:48:55.558-08:00Helpful Ways to Develop Fellowship1. Listen
One of the prerequisite skills for fellowship is the ability to listen. In this, we need to learn to model Jesus,
who is always listening attentively to and for us.
Christians who intentionally want to develop their fellowship skills will focus on those they are with, giving
them their full attention and responding only when prompted to.
Cheap listening, which is much easier, is oftenAscending Leadershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13943144269019879039noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444212779546125746.post-45196213278508377852015-12-07T09:11:00.000-08:002015-12-07T09:13:02.014-08:00Christmas Invites Community<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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We're two weeks into the new year. Does it still feel shiny and new? Or is the luster gone and life back to its usual routine?
Surfing the web recently, we came across some posts that we hope you'll find encouraging as your spiritual journey unfolds in 2015.
Jeff Strong addresses the disappointment and discouragement that we're prone to fall into after the high of the holidays. In "When Ascending Leadershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13943144269019879039noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444212779546125746.post-26422931598247149492014-12-22T20:22:00.000-08:002014-12-22T20:22:00.158-08:00Love with No Strings Attached
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Is there an Elf on the Shelf at your house?
Personally, I’m glad our children were grown before this
practice became so popular.
If you don’t have children or grandchildren, the “game” goes
like this. Families adopt and name an elf who then has special Christmas magic
that permits him to travel to and from the North Pole. Although he’s not to be
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Prayer: RISE UP
Do you remember when you learned to
drive? Although I grew up on a farm I never drove the tractor or pick-up for
farm work. We did not have a 4-wheeler all those years ago. I had a bicycle.
That was the extent of my “behind the wheel” experience. Until I was
15-years-old. My cousin had no more experience than I did so my aunt decided to
take her and I to the Ascending Leadershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13943144269019879039noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444212779546125746.post-76325542472378353312013-03-20T12:30:00.002-07:002013-03-20T12:30:58.971-07:00Walking the Journey of Grief--One Breath Prayer at a Time #21
Breath
Prayer: THINK
Lois
Hoogeveen
I think I
can. I think I can. I think I can. The children’s book, The Little Engine That Could, tells the
story of a little engine that used a good dose of self-talk to climb a mountain
that felt insurmountable. The I think I
can experiences, like accomplishing a difficult task, reaching a
challenging goal or overcoming a fear that immobilized us Ascending Leadershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13943144269019879039noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444212779546125746.post-33606943843963220792013-03-04T09:08:00.000-08:002013-03-04T09:08:05.942-08:00Walking the Journey of Grief--One Breath Prayer at a Time #20
Breath
Prayer: RADIANT
Lois
Hoogeveen
January 20, 2013
Good
morning, my daughter. I am here to be you light, warm your heart, guide your
steps and take care of you all day long. God was speaking to me. Not through a
beautiful sunrise painted across the heavens like I experienced few weeks ago.
This was different. This was a clear sky with a magnificent orange ball, the
morning sun, Ascending Leadershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13943144269019879039noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444212779546125746.post-42133515003768978392013-02-28T09:22:00.000-08:002013-02-28T09:22:16.654-08:00Walking the Journey of Grief--One Breath Prayer at a Time #19
Breath
Prayer: TRUST
Lois
Hoogeveen
January 13, 2013
I slowly ascended Mt.
Sinai riding on the back of a camel. The Bedouin guide’s spoken English was
probably limited to less than ten words, “yes” being the one he chose when I
asked if Jamel was a gentle camel. Not only did I get separated from my husband,
whose camel was further back in the pack, but self-assured Jamel also got ahead
of Ascending Leadershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13943144269019879039noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444212779546125746.post-66412045859921114212013-02-22T12:21:00.003-08:002013-02-22T12:21:42.451-08:00Walking the Journey of Grief--One Breath Prayer at a Time #18
Breath Prayer: LOOK
Lois
Hoogeveen
December 30, 2012
“Look at
that!” was a recurrent exclamation by either my husband or I as we ascended
mountain roads, walked on sandy beaches and beheld a sunrise or a sunset.
Especially sunrises and sunsets. We often summoned each other to the
east-facing window or west-facing deck on our home so we could gaze together at
a dazzling sunrise or radiant Ascending Leadershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13943144269019879039noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444212779546125746.post-22534678050875903272013-02-19T07:45:00.000-08:002013-02-19T07:46:59.771-08:00Walking the Journey of Grief--One Breath Prayer at a Time #17
Breath Prayer: MYSTERY
Lois
Hoogeveen
December 16, 2012
I enjoy a good mystery, whether reading a book or watching a
movie. I like the suspense of the unknown, the development of a plot as it
thickens and unfolds, feeling personal satisfaction when my prediction of the
outcome or verdict is correct as well as enjoying the “I didn’t see that coming” moment when the final moments take me by
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One group guide, Laurie Vonk of Hudsonville, MI, using Ascending Leaders in her church wrote this blog today about her journey through chemotherapy and radiation for stage 1 stomach cancer. I thought it is wonderful and expect you will find it so too.
Walking in the Rain......
I received an ecard from a friend this week that depicted me as
a little girl walking outside in the rain by Ascending Leadershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13943144269019879039noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444212779546125746.post-48257782107015808722012-12-12T09:25:00.000-08:002012-12-12T09:25:01.160-08:00Multiplying Joy<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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NOTE: Lois is the core author of our soon to be released new study Thriving: Stewarding Unexpected Change.
Breath Prayer: EXPECT
Lois Hoogeveen*
December 9, 2012
Advent is a time of waiting. It is a time of
anticipation. It is a time of expectation. The season of advent has
caused me to think about expectations.
Expectations. We all have them. We expect things of
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