by Andy & Renie Bowman | Oct 9, 2024 | Faith, Inspiration, Personal Growth, Self-Care, Wisdom
If there has ever been a time in my life when I feel like crawling under the bed with a blankie and lying there whimpering – it just might be now. Now, I really don’t see myself as a wimp, like a girl who has never had to face anything more unpleasant than a pimple on...
by Andy & Renie Bowman | Oct 2, 2024 | Cautionary Tale, Faith, Wisdom
Nope, don’t get your dander up (or your hopes up, depending on what you were hoping to read.) I am not going to write about naked bodies and the image that phrase seems to conjure up to people. The focus of this column, the nakedness I am writing about? Your future....
by Andy & Renie Bowman | Sep 25, 2024 | Cautionary Tale, Communication, Personal Growth, Relationships, Wisdom
Two-month-old Lydia suddenly feels uncomfortable, so she begins twisting her little head back and forth, whimpering, and when that doesn’t bring her mom, she begins shifting her body around. According to her beliefs, that lady-in-waiting has only one function in life...
by Andy & Renie Bowman | Sep 18, 2024 | Cautionary Tale, Inspiration, Personal Growth, Wisdom
You’ve surely seen them. The people in your life that rarely look at the glass as half empty. To them, having a half-empty glass just means they can to fill it to the brim with whatever they choose. But to a person who is discouraged, depressed, and feeling...
by Andy & Renie Bowman | Sep 11, 2024 | Cautionary Tale, Faith, Family, Marriage, Personal Growth, Wisdom
Jim sat down at his desk that morning only to be immediately summoned into his supervisor’s office. Where he was assured that while he had been doing good work, he was also told that due to the company’s economic struggles, he was part of the layoffs in one month....
by Andy & Renie Bowman | Sep 4, 2024 | Faith, Inspiration, Personal Growth, Wisdom
“No Matter What” is the title of a popular song released in recent years. The lyrics talk about, “No matter whether we really try to please Him, or if we choose to throw a monstrous bomb into our life and the lives of those around us, He just loves us – no matter...