Have you ever found yourself swept away by your emotions, letting them dictate your actions and thoughts? One morning, I had a breakthrough that might resonate with you—not during a quiet devotional but in the middle of a workout. I had a conflict weighing on my mind,...
Can I Borrow a Cup of Hope
Neighborhood Cafe Webinar
Do you want to love your neighbor but are unsure where to start? Does your heart ache for the homes around you, yet it seems impossible to connect with the people inside? Well, here’s your plan: host a Neighborhood Cafe! Here’s how the Neighborhood Cafe works: Invite...
Mending Fences
Scared but smiling, I knocked on Lisa’s door and invited her over for coffee—along with 89 other neighbors. We had never met before, but I was finally caving in to a crazy idea to start a neighborhood Bible study. The fact that I didn’t know many of my neighbors...
Proximity isn’t Presence
My husband says it... Sitting on the same sofa isn't the same as spending time with your spouse. When his person is buried in their phone (that would be me), my husband feels ignored and unimportant. It's his biggest pet peeve when people are lost in the virtual world...
Online Book Club
Online Book ClubLet's fill our cups together. You're invited to join a private Facebook group to read Can I Borrow a Cup of Hope? with me! As I was writing this book I imagined us reading it together, sharing insights God provides and filling our cups with Living...
When Jesus Destroys What You Love
A reader struggled with this Second Cup question in Can I Borrow a Cup of Hope? Our little Bible study group is reading your book Can I Borrow A Cup of Hope? We are on Chapter 2, Lesson 1 and when I got to page 65 the first question stopped me in my tracks. “When has...
Free Gifts Galore
A baby born in Bethlehem was only the beginning! Hope lives on when we experience our own new birth in Christ. Please enjoy these free phone wallpapers to remember the real reason for the season! Press and hold either image to save it to your mobile device, then set...
Significant Woman Podcast
The Significant Women podcast is full of personal stories, dynamic hope, and sage wisdom from women who have gleaned all that they can from the ordinary days of an uncommon life. They aren’t significant because of their fame or success…they are significant because...
Kind Words from Amy Carroll and Lynn Cowell
“In Can I Borrow a Cup of Hope? Amy Lively achieves two of my favorite things: engaging teaching and deep Bible study. This thoroughly researched study of 1 Peter weaves the scriptural threads of Peter’s story together in ways that will challenge the mature Bible...
Fruit Requires Fertilizer
Having a 💩 week? Here’s hope. Jesus told a parable in Luke 13 about a fruit tree with no fruit. The owner told his gardener to cut it down, it’s wasting space, but the gardener asked to give it one more chance. “Let me dig around it and put some manure on it and see...