How to Interpret the Proverbs 31 Woman

She is held up as the perfect standard for women everywhere – this incredible female who keeps her family together, works outside the home, keeps her husband happy and is respected by the entire community. Many of us stressed-out ladies tend to avoid studying Proverbs...

How a Basset Teaches Life Lessons

I am a dog person. Dogs epitomize unconditional love, and I consider them my furry children. We have owned Yellow Labs for the past dozen years. We welcomed three litters of Lab puppies, and maintained three Labs of our own. We know the breed. Labs are people...

6 Words to Avoid

The voices in our heads often determine the actions we take, and while the voices may point us in right directions – sometimes they whisper words we need to avoid. What are some of these negative words – specifically the SIX words we need to avoid? What If … The...

How to Practice Endurance

In January I had an accident. Nothing life-threatening, but I did break my arm (now put together with a titanium rod and two pins) and fractured my hip (knitted together with three titanium screws). My friends now call me the bionic woman. All this additional hardware...

When Women Believe Lies

Have you ever believed a lie and then directed your life toward that lie? One of the reasons we deal with authenticity at GateWay of Hope is because knowing the truth helps us become who God created us to be. But if we center our lives around the topic of the lies we...

How to Remember and Move Forward

We’ve reached the end of February and with two months of 2016 now deleted from the calendar, we’re fully into the new year. How are you doing with your resolutions? Still moving forward to reach your goals? As we consider this new year and how we can best learn and...