Author Archives: Shelly Miller

Christ’s peace and presence be with you.  This week Diana’s message is about the different avenues of creativity.  As she mentions in her podcast: “To create means to make SOMETHING.  Or, is something being born of your actions. It doesn’t mean you have to be a world-class writer or painter.  You don’t have to beContinue reading “Keep Moving Forward – Episode 23: Are You Missing Creativity In Your Life?”

😎🐫🎤 Christ’s peace and presence be with you.  A few weeks ago, a good friend asked me if I would consider being her daughter’s Confirmation sponsor.  I felt honored and humbled by her request.  This was a first for me.  Before giving an answer, I took a couple days to pray about what the responsibilitiesContinue reading “Wednesday, March 30, 2022”

Christ’s peace and presence be with you.  This week Diana has a double dose of Keep Moving Forward for you, Bonus Episode 21 with Jess Clerke about confidence and Episode 22 which concludes her three-part series on life lessons from Encanto.  I hope you enjoy and get as much out of them as I did.Continue reading “Keep Moving Forward – Episode 21: A Year of Confidence with Jess Clerke and Episode 22: Life Lessons from Encanto and “All of You””

😎🐫🎤 Christ’s peace and presence be with you.  In the spring of 2021 Brian was looking at the landscape in our backyard and said he wanted to pull out two hydrangea plants that hadn’t bloomed in 7 years.  I convinced him to leave them for one more year.  If they didn’t bloom, then we wouldContinue reading “Wednesday, March 23, 2022”

Christ’s peace and presence be with you.  This week Diana’s message is about allowing us to be our true authentic selves.  As she mentions: “This song reminds me a lot of the idea of “masks” and the different masks that people wear to keep the outside out and to keep themselves safe on the inside. IfContinue reading “Keep Moving Forward – Episode 20: Life Lessons from Encanto and “What Else Can I Do?””

😎🐫🎤 Christ’s peace and presence be with you.  Matthew 23:1-3 “Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to His disciples, saying, “The scribes and the Pharisees have taken their seat on the chair of Moses.  Therefore, do and observe all things whatsoever they tell you, but do not follow their example.  For they preach butContinue reading “Wednesday, March 16, 2022”

Christ’s peace and presence be with you.  This week Diana’s message is all about pressure.  Both the pressure others place on us and the pressure we place upon ourselves. “Doing everything for everyone is not a prerequisite for love.” -Diana Marie Keller Do you struggle with feeling like you are being crushed under the weightContinue reading “Keep Moving Forward – Episode 19: Life Lessons from Encanto and “Surface Pressure””

😎🐫🎤 Christ’s peace and presence be with you.  There was one line in last Sunday’s Gospel reading that caught my attention, like someone slapping you across the face would.  Luke 4:1-13 The Temptation of Jesus “Filled with the Holy Spirit, Jesus returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the desert forContinue reading “Wednesday, March 9, 2022”

Christ’s peace and presence be with you.  This week Diana’s message is all about habits.  She breaks them down into four subsections: Breaking and Building Habits by Instituting the Three Layers of Behavior Change Understanding Your Brain and the Science of Habit Building Taking Action in Habit Building Automating Your Habits for Lifelong Changes Friday,Continue reading “Keep Moving Forward – Episode 17: The Building Blocks of Habit Building”

😎🐫🎤 Christ’s peace and presence be with you.  Saturday morning, I started listening to an interesting interview Matthew Kelly had with country songwriter and singer Clay Walker.  It was a two hour interview, so it took me a few sittings to work my way through it.  At about 28 minutes into the interview Clay spokeContinue reading “Wednesday, March 2, 2022”