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What Happened To You Is Not Who You Are

By LeAnne Parsons | September 9, 2026 |

Hello friends! September is a lovely month for so many reasons. One of those reasons is the month my sister was born! I have been learning more about trusting the process, and acceptance as I walk alongside Stacy through significant health challenges. Her move here to Arizona to live with me has been such a blessing. We haven’t been roommates…

How Do I Live With A Perfectionist?

By Leslie Vernick | October 21, 2020 |

Morning friends, This is a busy week. We have our virtual CONQUER CONFERENCE this coming weekend and have over 750 women from all over the world attending. Pray for my health, stamina, and all the other speakers and workshop presenters and attendees that they would be encouraged, loved on, and connected more to God and to one another. Today’s Question:…

How Have You Been Taught to Make Nice and Pretend?

By Leslie Vernick & Co. | October 29, 2012 |

Morning friends, We’re bracing for Hurricane Sandy. Schools, businesses, and most other places are closed. My son has come to help me as my husband is in sunny California helping my daughter who just had her third baby. Yesterday he said he felt a slight earthquake shake him out of bed. I’m in the last legs of finishing up my…

Topic: When I am afraid, what should I do?

By Leslie Vernick | September 12, 2011 |

Happy Monday Friends, This weekend I’ve been on a much needed respite. My dear friend Dee Brestin opened her home to me and I have been blessed. She lives in a lovely house situated on a great lake in Wisconsin and we’ve biked, kayaked, prayed, read, and rested. Sometimes we need breaks in our hectic lives in order to regain…

Topic: What do you want said at your funeral?

By Leslie Vernick | March 29, 2011 |

Evening friends, Last week I was in California visiting with my precious grandbaby. We went to Disney Land to celebrate her first birthday. It was cold, but thankfully didn’t rain (it rained the rest of the week). But over the past two weeks I’ve been pondering something. What do you want said about you at your funeral? Before I left…