Candy Gibbs

Writings

Parenting

Linger at the Manger

December 5, 2018 • Community, Ministries, Parenting

As we celebrate the birth of Jesus, the beauty and innocence of imagining an encounter with that heavenly baby boy brings joy and peace beyond description.  When I imagine the shepherds as they bowed before the King of Kings nestled…


Purpose for Your Life-Part 2

November 30, 2018 • Ministries, Parenting, Speaking

Purpose for Your Life- Part 2 We have been talking about purpose and understanding that purpose is not a destination, but it is the process, the daily journey. As you continue to walk in your purpose today, here are a…


Happy Thanksgiving

November 20, 2018 • Community, Ministries, Parenting

I am praying that you are excited about a wonderful holiday season.  I love Thanksgiving so.  I think anytime I have the opportunity to be with family and friends I feel so blessed.  I love relationship more than anything.  I…


Counter Culture

November 8, 2018 • Ministries, Parenting, Teens

  “Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.  A voice of one calling: In the wilderness prepare the way for the Lord[a]; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.[b] 4 Every valley shall be raised up, every mountain and hill made low; the…


Your compass isn’t broken

November 6, 2018 • Parenting, Speaking, Teens

“Just because you’re lost, doesn’t mean you say your compass is broken.” The Edge My, has this statement been rolling over and over in my heart and mind. This is the perfect picture of our culture in general. We are…


Mother’s Love

November 2, 2018 • Ministries, Parenting, Teens

Very few things have I seen in my lifetime more intense, more self-less, more overwhelming, more painful, more fulfilling, more frightening, more exhilarating and more true than the love of a mother.  Mothers demonstrate in a tangible way every day…


Overcoming Fear

October 30, 2018 • Ministries, Parenting, Teens

Fear: feeling of anxiety: an unpleasant feeling of anxiety or apprehension caused by the presence or anticipation of danger frightening thought: an idea, thought, or other entity that causes feelings of fear It is my opinion, that fear is one…


Coming to the Rescue

October 26, 2018 • Ministries, Parenting, Teens

Busy families require parents to be organized and often times have a routine.  My routine each day starts with a quiet time.  On a good day, exercise followed by a shower and quickly rounded off with coffee…all before the day…


Color Your World

October 24, 2018 • Community, Parenting, Teens

I was going over in my mind this afternoon what topic I would blog about today and settled on the title of … “I’m a Bad Mom”.   I was going to talk about how even though we all strive to…


Closure

October 18, 2018 • Parenting, Speaking, Teens

Closure can be such a difficult thing.  Letting go of something to reach for something different in my estimation is one of the most vulnerable places I have experienced.  In my life, I can think of a few different seasons…

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