tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54028345277982476832011-04-21T20:31:30.536-04:00Live victoriously. Laugh joyously. Love eternally.Faye Bryantnoreply@blogger.comBlogger211100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5402834527798247683.post-90164230445556538822008-11-21T10:53:00.002-05:002008-11-21T10:55:35.458-05:00

Don't you love it when people have those signs in their windows? Well, trouble is.. I have. Moved, that is. My blog. You can get the new stuff here. See you there!

Faye Bryantnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5402834527798247683.post-20003097958737811072008-10-31T08:41:00.004-04:002008-10-31T09:07:42.146-04:00

As I sit here preparing to start another day of court transcripts and church bulletin production, I'm reading through blogs of men and women I've come to admire. I am soaking in so much truth that I figured I should share with anyone who stops by here. I didn't find much use for blogs previously, now I'm convinced. This medium, which some say is dead, is an incredible way for the men and women of

Faye Bryantnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5402834527798247683.post-31912168439496072802008-10-30T08:05:00.002-04:002008-10-30T08:18:16.929-04:00

So, it's five days until the election in this great nation of ours and my tendency right now is to curl me up into a ball and hide from all the garbage I hear. I'm overwhelmed. I'm stunned. I know what I believe and I know in whom I believe. I see thoughts and blogs about people thinking that a vote against the "norm" will bring about social change that the Church should have been executing long

Faye Bryantnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5402834527798247683.post-74990657719248733942008-10-28T07:04:00.002-04:002008-10-28T07:10:56.562-04:00

I have a flaw. I know, I know, I like to think I'm practically perfect in every way, but really, I have a flaw (okay, I have several flaws!) What I'm talking about today is that flaw where I line up too much on my plate. I've done it on my own, without help from anyone. And each time I've added a "helping" onto it, I've scratched my head and thought, "WHAT was I thinking?" Now, being stressed

Faye Bryantnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5402834527798247683.post-86411245386470751892008-10-27T07:42:00.004-04:002008-10-27T08:02:42.087-04:00

What a night last night! We were busting at the seams! I saw numerous faces from the platform that I did not know, and THAT is awesome! That's why we do the planning, praying and carrying out. It's why we keep on -- not to see unknown people, but to see them, really see them -- and let them see Christ. Let them see that God cares about them. I'll say that I'm not a kid person -- that you don't

Faye Bryantnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5402834527798247683.post-62614231887107412372008-10-22T08:05:00.008-04:002008-10-23T23:18:06.749-04:00

The pastor said last week that he's getting back to his series on Colossians, that we'll be in chapter two this week. (At least that what I thought I heard!) So, I'm reading, among other things, chapter two of Colossians. And as ever, I'm amazed at God's word. He opens up truth and issues that are so very real today....yet it was written thousands of years ago, by MEN who had no idea what 2008

Faye Bryantnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5402834527798247683.post-61004700618468734822008-10-21T07:12:00.005-04:002008-10-21T07:24:15.792-04:00

Seriously, meetings are the pits, you have to get together with people you don't know in order to discuss stuff you can really handle yourself. You have to spend time away from home, and you have to prepare for them! YUCK! Then there are gatherings. I enjoyed a gathering with some of God's peeps last night. People with a passion for sharing God's message. People who desire to see communication

Faye Bryantnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5402834527798247683.post-48622059581354907462008-10-20T10:44:00.006-04:002008-10-20T13:43:11.922-04:00

So, I'm asking myself today, can procrastination and communication coexist? And I'm answering myself today (is that a dangerous thing?) -- yes they can. However, they do not do so peacefully, nor do they bring good results. For example, if you don't communicate with those you owe money to, and miss a few payments, they're going to come after you for that money -- not the payment, the whole

Faye Bryantnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5402834527798247683.post-8536537033451634382008-10-19T23:29:00.002-04:002008-10-19T23:36:47.201-04:00

Well, it's Sunday night, almost Monday morning. I'm "the" communicator and I really have nothing to say. Not a thing. What on earth is wrong with me? I think it has to do, ironically, with the subject of communication! I am trying to put together what I want to cover in the meeting for the Communications Team Monday evening, and finding it hard to put two cohesive thoughts together. I know that

Faye Bryantnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5402834527798247683.post-36440433697514011872008-10-15T23:00:00.003-04:002008-10-15T23:35:19.580-04:00

Darren really brought it tonight. He talked about what our purpose is here & now. What I heard: "Life without purpose is meaningless, it's an endless cycle of futility." "My purpose is to prepare myself and others for 'over there'."COTC's purpose from the beginning has been to help people find and grow in an intimate relationship with God. We work to help people grow into the likeness of Christ

Faye Bryantnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5402834527798247683.post-17031783935025532822008-10-15T10:21:00.002-04:002008-10-15T10:35:37.570-04:00

Wow! I feel like I've lost a week! Well, maybe I have, but not really. Now, THAT is some circular thinking! I want to take some time in some separate posts to gel up what I learned at Catalyst, and put that into some action points I can live out. For now, I want to just update on where I am. This week -- Monday was great, to start with. I'd planned to sleep late and enjoy the day off after five

Faye Bryantnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5402834527798247683.post-36924367190090102522008-10-11T13:46:00.003-04:002008-10-11T13:58:14.088-04:00

I heard so much wonderful information while at Catalyst, that I'm still reeling! I'm spending some time going over the notes I took and listening to the CDs (THANK YOU GOD for the recording of the sessions!) to gather into my head what God wants me to really get. I think this time, one of the things I've learned is that so many people hear that God loves them and they don't get what that means.

Faye Bryantnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5402834527798247683.post-78658557885350964982008-10-09T23:16:00.002-04:002008-10-09T23:21:27.973-04:00

My mind is still reeling! So very much information. Such wisdom imparted from that stage today. I will write more about it, but today's speakers talked about the things that are wrong with church leadership, with how we human-being-type leaders screw up what God has planned, and the amazing vision God has for us, and how to get there. A couple of highlights: If you have more than THREE

Faye Bryantnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5402834527798247683.post-11322298825217154992008-10-09T06:04:00.003-04:002008-10-09T06:18:27.466-04:00

Catalyst Labs. Time with an author or church leader in a "small" group setting. Small is relative, because -- these groups are probably 300 or so. But it's not 12,000. So, I went to hear Perry Noble. He talked about what to do when you feel your passion waning. Four very significant questions, borne from Isaiah 49. How much time do I spend LISTENING to God? Uninterrupted, consistent time with my

Faye Bryantnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5402834527798247683.post-59919036787225754332008-10-06T21:25:00.002-04:002008-10-06T21:36:59.482-04:00

I learned of something that is so very sad this evening. A lady that I've known for some time at a church we were previously members of has taken her life. She was a sweet, loving woman. Her smile from the choir loft made everyone in the room feel welcomed. Her husband of 37 years died in mid-August and she never was able to get back to living herself. She withdrew from church, from family, from

Faye Bryantnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5402834527798247683.post-4330835612260789972008-10-06T10:42:00.002-04:002008-10-06T10:48:23.230-04:00

A word aptly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver. That's Proverbs 25:11 in the NIV. I just received one of those apples of gold. Someone just mentioned in an e-mail -- almost as an aside -- that they love my announcements at church. I can't begin to say how those few words bless my heart. I deal with doubt in my calling sometimes, and hearing from others that what I've

Faye Bryantnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5402834527798247683.post-78546928423376781402008-10-04T11:13:00.002-04:002008-10-04T11:20:21.947-04:00

The longer I live (or the older I get) the more I realize that I simply MUST ask for help, whether it's getting a teenager to show me how to text using my cell phone or getting a webhost support person to walk me through each step of getting a website up and going. There's no shame in asking. I'm slowly learning that hard truth. I've been one who thinks she has to KNOW, even though untrained.

Faye Bryantnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5402834527798247683.post-51844536535647032162008-10-02T22:32:00.003-04:002008-10-02T22:57:04.334-04:00

Sometimes, I feel like God just blesses me when I really don't deserve it. Which then makes me think, when DO I ever deserve it? I went through a stressful day yesterday. I really don't like conflict. Not on my own behalf. I'll go to battle for my kids, my husband or my friends, but for myself -- I'd just as soon hide. I have a home-based business where I work for court reporters. I have worked

Faye Bryantnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5402834527798247683.post-11040574939394393272008-09-28T13:51:00.002-04:002008-09-28T14:00:45.719-04:00

So, I came back from Innovate with a renewed purpose, a renewed vision and an excitement for where God wants to take my ministry. One of those things I needed to work on included the church website. So, I spent the better part of last week working on that. I know I need a team of folks around me to get the "doing" done, and I'm working on that. But I also knew I needed to get something done in

Faye Bryantnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5402834527798247683.post-42651458362402434322008-09-28T13:45:00.003-04:002008-09-28T14:02:29.597-04:00

I'm SO not a person who wants to be in front of everyone, but that seems to be squarely where God is putting me. I know I have a sense of humor that makes people think -- and He's been working on that. So, today, Darren allowed me to do the announcements. First thing I did was tell people that I was doing them because I'd grown up in Florida so I am more multi-lingual than Darren -- I say "hey

Faye Bryantnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5402834527798247683.post-2298058330730146322008-09-26T20:00:00.002-04:002008-09-26T21:07:09.978-04:00

So, I go off to this thing at Granger Community Church in South Bend, Indiana for a conference called "Innovate '08" The whole theme was "Stop Talking - Start Doing." I confess when I started out listening to the speakers, I kept thinking that we needed to fix this or that. Now, I knew that we must be doing something right, so in my prayer time (at Gary & Dian Brown's house, THANKS SO MUCH GUYS!)

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