Category: Connections

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How to Post like Solomon

Sus Schmitt

Solomon’s words from 1000 B.C. are very relevant for today’s connected world, Like Solomon, our words, often flung into cyberspace, reach out to the inexperienced, the naïve, the wise, and the discerning. Our advice can teach discretion to someone who is either young in years or young in faith.

Who do you write for? Do you encourage a friend with a text or an eMail? Are you sharing in a blog or prayer letter with your financial partners the lessons you’ve learned from life and from the Bible? Have you posted links on Facebook and Twitter about injustices? Why are you sharing these truths, and your heart? Continue reading How to Post like Solomon

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“She Who Refreshes Others Will Herself Be Refreshed” (Guest Post)

Sus Schmitt

Afternoon Tea Party by Mary Cassatt from the Saint Louis Art Museum

As a people person and a busy mom, I often feel fragmented when different segments of life seem stitched together by various interactions with family and friends, whether in person or through technology.  Tweets, play dates, coffee dates, Facebook chats, blog posts, after-school programs, or church activities are all good things, but no matter how completely connected I am, part of me misses out on being mentored.  After all, I’m just now hitting my stride as a woman, and realize I could benefit tremendously by learning from someone who knows womanhood well.

Because I believe it’s better to give than to receive and I wasn’t being mentored in any of the many areas of my life, I thought, why not mentor in a particular area in the life of another? Continue reading ““She Who Refreshes Others Will Herself Be Refreshed” (Guest Post)”