by Debbie Putman | May 16, 2017 | Consilium Community
When the first bell rings at 7:55, the door swings open, and my seventh graders start streaming in, pulling chairs off the tables, plopping backpacks on the floor, high-fiving one another. I greet them as they come in and they chatter while I take attendance. After...
by Debbie Putman | Jan 17, 2017 | Consilium Community
Forty years ago, we said, “I do.” Some people took bets we wouldn’t make it a year, but we never doubted. Not because of us. Because of God. In July, a #love your spouse challenge on Facebook and Instagram invited people to post a picture of their spouse every day for...
by Debbie Putman | Sep 13, 2016 | Consilium Community
It seems everywhere I turn, someone–in a seminar, a book, a sermon, a blog post, a conversation–asks me what my dreams are. Big dreams. Where do I want to be in two years? Five? Ten? I used to be able to answer that question without hesitation. Now...
by Debbie Putman | Jun 21, 2016 | Consilium Community
At twenty-two, my oldest daughter, Kimberly, suffered a rare complication of Juvenile Diabetes, and a muscle in her left leg had to be removed. It left one leg shorter than the other and caused her to walk with a limp for the rest of her life. But that limp...