Showing posts with label Destination: Inspiration Linky Party. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Destination: Inspiration Linky Party. Show all posts

Monday, September 10, 2012

Destination Inspiration #23 & Featured Blogger



Today we remember all the families and friends impacted by the tragic events on 9/11/01. May God protect you and bless you. Our family will deliver milk and cookies to two local fire departments as a thank you for their protection and service. 

I'd love to hear, are you doing anything special to mark this  day?


FEATURED BLOGGER

Now, on to this week's featured blogger! 
Gail Purath, author of Bible Love Notes, is one of the reasons I love the blog world. Without it, I may have gone a lifetime without the privilege of getting to know one of the most interesting and encouraging persons I've ever "met." We've just begun a friendship that promises to be great. I am sure as you read more about her you'll be hooked too so read on!



1. Tell us about you and your ministry.
I'm a wife, mother, grandmother, former Army wife and former missionary to Budapest, Hungary. In my 35 years as a Christian, I've always been involved in women's ministry: writing, teaching, speaking and mentoring. 

Last July I created Bible Love Notes and each weekday I post a devotion that can be read in 1 minute or less. Most of my subscribers are busy women who want "an extra shot of Scripture in their morning latte." 



Besides the 1-Minute devotions sent to subscribers, I also write Marriage posts, Creative posts (crafts, decor, photography), and Blog Tips that are pictorially archived on separate pages on my blog.

Click the links below to visit each of Gail's post by topic:






2. Share something unusual about your life. 
I was born in Colorado, but I've moved over 40 times in my life. I've lived in California, North and South Dakota, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Kentucky, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Germany and Hungary. And another unusual thing is that I never graduated from college, but I have a Masters degree from seminary, which I got at age 53.

3. Your topics and titles are always compelling. Can you give us tips for honing our skills in this area? 
{Thanks, you're very kind}
I think my best devotions are written from personal experience, using something that has happened in my life or the lives of other Christians. And I try to write titles that would attract my attention without making them misleading. God is constantly speaking to us through everyday events, and all we really need to do is "listen with writers' ears." I can't tell you how often something happens and I say "That's a devotion!"  


4. What other tips would you give to women sharing their faith via the written word?
It's important that we all pray for our readers and ask God to give us the ideas and skill to write well. Then it's our responsibility to do our very best. For me that entails writing, rewriting, editing, letting it rest, and editing it again. Then, when I'm comfortable with my content, I format it so it's most attractive to busy readers. 

According to experts, you will lose readers by poor formatting even if your content is great.

5. Show us what you've got! Share the title, description and link to your favorite post!
This is one of my favorite devotions because God often uses my grandchildren to show me something I would miss otherwise. It's called




What a little cutie! Thanks so much for the encouragement and inspiration today, Gail! I always look forward to your comments and submissions on Teagan's Travels' Destination: Inspiration Tuesdays! 


If you are interested in guest posting or being featured here send an email to teaganstravels@yahoo.com. It would be great if you include a picture as well and a blog button, if you have one. 



Alright, we are off to another great party!! 
Share as many inspirational posts as you like!

Passport to an Awesome 
Destination: Inspiration Party!!!

Teagan's Travels Button, 2012 February

I Was Featured, 2012 February



*I  am trying to grow my little blog so I'd really be excited if you would follow me using Google  Friends Connect or Linky Followers on my sidebar!

*Grab my button and post it somewhere on your blog if you want to totally make my week.

*Link to your post instead of your overall blog address.

*We all love comments so spread the love to at least one other blogger.


Have a great week! 
Blessings,
Michelle




Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Destination: Inspiration Linky Party #21 & Featured Blogger



Kayse Pratt

live authentically, laugh joyfully, love intentionally

Today I'm excited to feature my friend Kayse's new website and blog. She just rolled it out this week and I LOVE it! What a cool place to hang out with a cup of coffee and get a ton of encouragement and inspiration! 


Click Button or Here to visit Kayse's blog!




Aren't they the cutest family?
This site just makes me feel happy visiting it! I know you will love Kayse's writing too!

If you are looking for blog design, Mindy from Simply Design did a wonderful job on this and so many other sites I keep seeing pop up in blog world. My plans are that she'll be able to roll out my new site sometime in the near future! I am practically jumping out of my chair when I think of the possibilities here. I would like to turn Teagan's Travels back into our family blog and focus on my ministry within a new site so stay tuned...


Please visit Kayse's site and say hello! 
She's got some wonderful giveaways going on this week!


If you are interested in guest posting or being featured here send an email to teaganstravels@yahoo.com. It would be great if you include a picture as well and a blog button, if you have one. 


Alright, we are off to another great party. 
Share as many inspirational posts as you like!

Passport to an Awesome 
Destination: Inspiration Party!!!

Teagan's Travels Button, 2012 February

I Was Featured, 2012 February



*I  am trying to grow my little blog so I'd really be excited if you would follow me using Google  Friends Connect or Linky Followers on my sidebar!

*Grab my button and post it somewhere on your blog if you want to totally make my week.

*Link to your post instead of your overall blog address.

*We all love comments so spread the love to at least one other blogger.


Have a great week! 
Blessings,
Michelle



Monday, August 20, 2012

Destination: Inspiration Linky Party #20 and Featured Blogger

Welcome to a new Destination: Inspiration Linky Party! I am so grateful you are here and can't wait to read some of the awesome inspiration you have in store for us this week. But before we dive in, I want to introduce you to this week's Featured Blogger.

Lara Sadowski, author of 
Journey of a Southern Gal
Peach Cobbler, Ice Tea and My Walk With the Lord

Lara and I met at the She Speaks conference in July. We became fast friends within a group of precious women that super charged my experience there. Now we encourage each other daily, pray for one another and are forming a writing critique group!

Do you have girlfriends who have come into your life with such ease that you feel you have known each other forever? That's Lara for me and I imagine so many other lives she touches! I can't wait for you to get to know her better too so read on!



1. Tell us about you and your ministry.
My name is Lara Sadowski, and I am a newlywed, married 18 months to my sweet David! When we said our "I DOs" on February 13, 2011, I also became a stepmother to Derik, now 15 years old. I could not ask for a better stepson, and I love him with all of my heart. Boy, am I blessed!! 

My blog is "Journey of a Southern Gal" and I write about my life growing up in the South, but I mostly write about how much I love Jesus Christ. I battled clinical depression from childhood, and that depression led me down the dark road of anorexia nervosa when I was only 11 years old. I spent a good chunk of my life in physical and emotional pain, but the Lord never left my side. He led me to an amazing Christian counselor about 10 years ago, and I have been in recovery ever since. "His Perfect Image Ministries" was born out of my pain, but our Lord is in the "Making Lemonade Out Of Lemons" business. I am blessed to be able to share my story of healing to girls and women alike who are battling or who have battled the same demons I did, and His Perfect Image Ministries is an amazing platform on which I can do that.

2. Share something unusual about your life.
WOW! Something unusual about my life? Well, I am 44 years old, but I still love the Muppets and Charlie Brown as much as I did when I was a kid. I love to dance, so I so enjoy doing the "Charlie Brown Kids" dance when I am brushing my teeth. It gives my hubby a big chuckle. I also have the "Linus and Lucy Theme" as my ring tone on my iPhone, so you can always find me dancing before I hit "Answer." :-)

3.  How did you discover blogging and why do you do it?
I discovered blogging through journalling. I have kept a journal/diary since I was a kid, so blogging was just another way to get my thoughts on paper (or on screen). The beautiful thing about blogging is that words can reach countless numbers of people around the world. What a gift God has given us so we can encourage His flock with His good news!!

4.  Where was your favorite trip and why?
Oh, my favorite trip? It has to be Paris, France! I went five years ago with my sister and one of our best friends, and we had a ball! Loving history and crepes (not necessarily in that order!), I fell in love with Paris as well as Normandy and the Loire Valley Region. David and I have both been to France -  just not together, so we are planning a trip to experience it. The Lourve was my FAVORITE part, and I need at least five days to get through that. And the bowls of chocolate mousse were not bad either!!

5. Show us what you've got! Share the title, description and link to your favorite post!

Please come visit me at "Journey of a Southern Gal" at www.journeyofasoutherngal.blogspot.com.  I only have two posts so far (new blog!), but I will link you to a post about my experience at the She Speaks 2012 Conference:



Please visit Lara's site and say hello! I look forward to hearing more from her on Teagan's Travels, hopefully as a future guest blogger and through linking up weekly!


If you are interested in guest posting or being featured here send an email to teaganstravels@yahoo.com. It would be great if you include a picture as well and a blog button, if you have one. 


Alright, we are off to another great party. 
Share as many inspirational posts as you like!

Passport to an Awesome 
Destination: Inspiration Party!!!

Teagan's Travels Button, 2012 February

I Was Featured, 2012 February



*I  am trying to grow my little blog so I'd really be excited if you would follow me using Google  Friends Connect or Linky Followers on my sidebar!

*Grab my button and post it somewhere on your blog if you want to totally make my week.

*Link to your post instead of your overall blog address.

*We all love comments so spread the love to at least one other blogger.


Have a great week! 
Blessings,
Michelle