Category Archives: Lisa Syler

Predict the Unpredictable

Be sure to check out the INCREDIBLE Welcome Summer Giveaway!   One thing each of us can be certain of in life is that there will be much uncertainty! I thrive on routine; I loathe change! Yet I have learned that, despite my desire for the predictable, everything in itsRead the Rest…

“Listen to what I’m not saying!”

Raising our 17-year old son has taught me much about the human psyche and about diversifying my communication skills.  “Psyche” is “awareness” (English Thesaurus). As a woman who minces no words and never misses an opportunity to “speak the truth in love” (Eph. 4:15, NIV) I feel that I amRead the Rest…

Mother(s) Superior?

My friend and blogger, Lynnette Kraft , recently posted about an article she read in the Wall Street Journal written by a Chinese mother, Amy Chua, regarding the superiority of Chinese mothers.  After I smoothed my ruffled feathers from the sheer title alone, and before reading the first words ofRead the Rest…

Something old, something new!

‘Tis the season for resolutions, otherwise known as “good intentions.” A new year, a fresh start, out with the old and in with the new!  A new year begins and many of us set financial, recreational, spiritual, maybe even mental goals… and that’s a good thing.  Yet, how many ofRead the Rest…

No Scrooges Allowed!

“It’s the most wonderful time of the year!” Holly-days and holy-days…lazy days and crazy days…memory-making days and thoughts of days gone by day.  Hearing the word holidays paints a different mental image for each of us.  This celebratory season of our Savior’s birth often turns into a frantic frenzy ofRead the Rest…