The Consilium Blog
The Broken Beloved
You are the BELOVED Does it feel awkward to embrace those words? We hear so many negative voices from the world. Their volume booming around us, sending a persistent message that you are not loved, not intelligent, unpopular and unattractive. It can drive us into a...
Is This As Good As It Gets?
Dappled patches of afternoon sunlight pierced through the arching limbs of the old cottonwood tree. The shade gave little relief from the July heat. Decades ago, an arm of the tree was broken off in a storm. I run my finger across the rings and try to count the years....
From Thinking to Believing…
One of my favorite books growing up was "The Little Engine That Could". I loved how this book inspired and taught me a lesson of perseverance. There was a sense of cheering for the Little Engine as he learned to believe that he could make it over the mountain. He was...
How Older Generations Have a Purpose and a Calling
"Circle Zion, take her measure, count her fortress peaks, Gaze long at her sloping bulwark, climb her citadel heights— Then you can tell the next generation detail by detail the story of God..." Psalm 48:12-14 The Message As a parent or grandparent, God helps us see...
The Mishaps of (Meno) Mentalpause
For those of you women of the same vintage as I, you probably recall enjoying the madcap mishaps of America’s favorite dingbat, Edith Bunker, on the popular seventies’ sitcom All in the Family. One episode explored Edith’s not-so-fun meandering into menopause. In the...
Transformation: God’s To-Be Plan
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 I freeze....
The Consilium – Lakeside Where Women of Wisdom Meet
The Consilium is a place where women of wisdom meet to share their Christian faith, the reasons for their hope, and stories from real life experiences that will have you hugging, crying and happy. As women of wisdom, we are commissioned in Titus 2:3 to be...
The Consilium Podcast, Episode 11, Jennifer Lee
Jennifer has good news for anyone who’s ever secretly, longingly (even guiltily) dreamed of being happier: It’s okay to want to be happy.
A Most Profound Silence
It was one of those days when I was exhausted. My mind was traveling faster than my car going down I-65 heading home from many errands. My phone was full of little red circles indicating messages representing conversations and decisions needing to be made. Despite...
