Be Who You Already Are

Rebekah Lyons newest book is called "You Are Free-Be who you already are". Rebekah's book is calling women to become who they've already been designed to be. She talks about the struggles women face as they seek to live a life of meaning today. Rebekah also gets vulnerable and honest about her own battle to overcome anxiety, depression and consumer impulses. She challenges women to discover and boldly pursue the specific purpose God has for them in life.

When we let go of trying to be someone else and quit the striving, the perfectionism and the chasing after approval from other people, we find freedom. When we stop trying to please everyone and focus on only pleasing God. Complete freedom awaits us in this place, it's a place of vitality. A place where we feel full of life, full of spirit, full of passion.

Work is Beautiful: The Florist's Story

We are all passionate about different things and born with different skills. Every job is important because we are all making a difference in this world, even if it might seem like we don't at first glance. Every day you go to work you have an opportunity to impact someone's life. Whatever you do, do it with excellence, because your work matters greatly.

Do we have a passion problem?

Eunice Hii gives us an inspiring TED talk about Millennials, their interest in following their passions, and how this is viewed by older generations who want millennials to conform to their way of life. I love what Eunice says about passion and purpose. Unless we connect our passion to a real need in the world it becomes useless, but if we manage to connect our passion with a purpose we have a change at contributing to the world at the same time as we do work that we really enjoy. :)

Meet Ellen&Clayton

In this video Ellen & Clayton Kershaw share a bit about what motivates them in life. Ellen and Clayton have found a way to use what they are good at and passionate about for a greater purpose. This is a young couple who decided early on in their marriage that they weren't just going to spend their time building a better life for themselves, they wanted to help others get a better life. I find Ellen and Clayton Kershaw to be a very inspiring young couple.

My passion: caring for orphans

As Christ-followers we know that we were all created for a specific purpose, that God had a plan in mind when he made us in our mother's womb. We are all born with a personal set of skills and gifts and we all have different things that we are passionate about. God has made it our job to put the broken pieces of this world back together. When we all commit to doing our small part we will see the world starting to change for the better. The question many new believers ask themselves is: "What is God's plan for my life?" How do I figure out what my passion is?


It does require some soul-searching before you can uncover what gifts you have and what you are really passionate about. You know you feel passionately about something when a particular topic seems to upset you more than most people. What injustice in this world make you really angry? What particular group of people does your heart ache for more than others? The answers to these questions might reveal your passion.


Clayton and Ellen Kershaw realized that they were both really passionate about caring for orphans. Their passion motivated them to start the foundation Kershaw's challenge. They decided to start raising money that they would eventually use to build an orphanage in Zambia. The video above show us a little bit of their journey and how the idea op building Hope's home came to life.