Leadership Blog

So my morning routine at the Choate house ends with the creation of my protein shake. It is always chocolate, banana & peanut butter (smooth) unless a certain young lady has eaten my last banana the night before. My preference is a banana that is almost over-ripe - yellow with brown spots...

Jesus You are enough. You are enough, even when there is no tree to gather around. You are enough, when no stockings are hung. Jesus You are enough, even when snow doesn’t exist and it’s 80 degrees. You are enough, when there are no cookies to decorate or biscuits and gravy to...

I’m looking forward to what God does in TBC, through TBC and All-around TBC in 2018! Few activities hold more meaning across cultures than gathering for a meal together. We asked Pioneers around the world, apart from the many delicious and exotic food experiences, what were the strangest...

Last week, there was a pecan pie sitting on my counter in the kitchen. And like any other woman with zero willpower, I took a bite of that pie virtually every time I walked by it. Just one bite. And don’t you know it, after a few hours, I consumed WAAAY too much of that pie. So it got me...

It’s the end of a long, long day. November is almost done, and Christmas is on the way. I’m exhausted from Thanksgiving, but there’s still so much to do. As I get in my car to head home, I begin a mental list, and take a moment to solve a dilemma that’s been teetering on...

Farming​ ​and​ ​agriculture​ ​are​ ​abundantly​ ​used​ ​themes​ ​throughout​ ​scripture.​ ​​ ​Christ​ ​used examples​ ​of​ ​plants​...

QUESTION:  Have you ever had difficult news to share with someone?  What did you do to help the person understand? SCRIPTURE: Luke 1:28 (HCSB) A virgin birth, what could be more difficult to explain? “Joseph, I know we had plans, but I’m pregnant.” Somehow that...

I am beginning to realize that the Proverbs 31 Woman passage has been given a “bad rap” by us Christian women! We ignore it or hesitate to study the passage because we think the woman described in verses 10-31 is too perfect and an unattainable ideal for the ordinary woman in...

To connect with this story in Caitlin's blog for her World Race Mission Trip, click the link below. http://caitlincarpenter.theworldrace.org/post/to-destroy-you-is-no-loss

“Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, overflowing with gratitude” (Colossians 2:6-7, HCSB). Are you walking with the Lord today? It’s an interesting question...