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ButterflyLiving Life Changing Stories Coming Soon
By Renée Gotcher
It’s time to announce that the book I was blessed to collaborate on, ButterflyLiving Life-Changing Stories, will be released next month, so stay tuned for launch details! I’m so grateful to my She Speaks sister in Christ Mary Armand for giving me this opportunity to join her and 32 other gifted authors in creating a collection of…
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Let Your Message Grow Like a Field
By Renée Gotcher
The quote pictured here is just one of my favorite takeaways from author Jennifer Dukes Lee, who shared on the topic of posting engaging content to make your social media grow at She Speaks 2023. When I saw Jennifer’s name on the She Speaks speaker roster this spring, I was thrilled to know I’d get…
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Collaboration News on the Horizon
By Renée Gotcher
I promised more to my She Speaks story—and I will be sharing more VERY soon—but today I just wanted to give a shoutout of gratitude to my She Speaks sister in Christ Mary Armand! Mary was one of my first new friends at She Speaks 2022, and now I’m blessed to be collaborating with her,…
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A Day With Lysa TerKeurst
By Renée Gotcher
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, and I’m sure I’m not the only one who has found this to be true. But today, this photo speaks volumes to me—most of them written by Lysa TerKeurst, a beautifully brave, genuine, and humble vessel who continues to pour into women like me with her…
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Does God Want Me to Be a Morning Person?
By Renée Gotcher
Transforming Truth: Spiritual Discipline “And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed.” – Mark 1:35 (ESV) I did it again this morning. I set my alarm an hour earlier than I needed to so I wouldn’t have to rush…
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How to Rely on God’s Power When Affliction Persists
By Renée Gotcher
Transforming Truth: God’s Power “But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.” — 2 Corinthians 12:9 (ESV) A few years ago, I started…
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The Fallacy of a High Friends Count
By Renée Gotcher
Transforming Truth: Friendship “A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.” —Proverbs 18:24 When did “friend” become a verb? Not “befriend,” which means “to act as a friend of,” but just “friend,” as in, “I friended so-and-so, and…” As you probably guessed, most…
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How Joy Gives Us Strength in Our Struggles
By Renée Gotcher
Transforming Truth: Joy “A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.” – Proverbs 17:22 (ESV) In typical Colorado fashion, spring had been a mixed bag of alluring warmups with a few snowstorms sprinkled in. Though a little inconsistent, temperatures began to reach early summer heights, cueing the reappearance of…
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The Fruit of Patience in a Winter Season
By Renée Gotcher
Transforming Truth: “Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient about it, until it receives the early and the late rains. You also, be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.” — James…
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Faith to Face an Empty Nest
By Renée Gotcher
Transforming Truth: “Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?” — Matthew 6:26 (ESV) Last summer, my husband and I took a short retreat to camp on the shores of one of…
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