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My life has been full of the unexpected. Never traveling an easy course, my husband and I have faced the unexpected time and time again in our almost 20 years of marriage. Most recently we’ve experienced the unexpected loss of 3 of our unborn children, as well as the loss of two others several years ago. Each time the sonographer was the one to give us the news that things were not what they should be. Each time that individual had…

“Create beauty from the unexpected” is a beautiful tagline for a pregnancy medical clinic. “Create beauty from the expected” just isn’t as impactful. It’s almost easy to make beauty of the expected. Our confidence grows as we experience the expected; a child trusting a slide on a playground, a teenager getting miles on the road under their belt, or a frequent flyer making one more landing. Do you find yourself making beauty of the unexpected? How do you do so?…

Revenue Income is so important to us, and yet we often take for granted those who give, their frequency, and how much they give. Where does your income come from? Have you ever really looked at your budget and analyzed your streams of revenue? You should!  We need to be aware of not just who is giving, but what are our categories of revenue. For example, at my Center, I compared the last two years and discovered that for a…

  Send a consolidated receipt for each person’s total in 2016: Send it to anyone who has made 2 or more gifts or given $250 or more. Along with the receipt thank them and let them know that their gifts are saving lives. Tuck in a short list of major accomplishments in 2016 and on the other side a short list of major objectives for 2017. Put in a return giving envelope. Identify your Major Donors: Don’t forget that in…

What’s in Your Fear Box? Psalm 55:5 Fear and trembling have beset me; horror has overwhelmed me. Fear can consume our personal lives, our work lives, or our ministry lives. When it comes right down to it…is it possible for fear to invade only one aspect of our lives? As shared in this movie clip  the absent parent received a special package the day he became a father. He received a special package or fear box…in his case a fear…

“It never gets old.” Those are the words that come out of my mouth every time I drive into Washington, D.C. I’ve lived here three years to the date on January 28th, and I still sigh in deep appreciation every time I behold the beauty of the Washington Memorial—the majesty of the Lincoln Memorial—the grandeur of the Capital. The approach into the city always meets my expectations. I love D.C.! On Friday, January 20th, I was given the opportunity to…

Cherie paused the probe and zoomed in just a little bit more. Was that two yolk sacs she was seeing? “You don’t happen to have a history of twins in your family, do you?” she asked the abortion-vulnerable patient lying on the table in the dimly lit ultrasound room. “I’m a twin,” she responded with excitement in her voice. “ Am I having twins?” She looked closely seeing only one heartbeat and one fetal pole. Cherie printed a couple of…

2017—It is almost unimaginable.  Equally unimaginable are the things God has done in and through our pregnancy center.  If there is one thing I would wish for every pregnancy center in this nation, it would be to believe in the unimaginable. Because our God? He loves to surprise us with things we would never expect or imagine. Faith and vision are two of my gifts.  I look expectantly to my Daddy, because He wants only the best for not only…

“Believe the unbelievable, receive the inconceivable, and see beyond my wildest imagination, Lord I’ve come with great expectation!” Great Expectations—Steven Curtis Chapman As a new year begins, I suspect almost everyone has expectations. From a thread of hope for a lonely soul, to an anchor of hope secured by strong family ties, it’s a time when we can look ahead at what may be in store. With great expectations we can look ahead to what may be on our personal horizon.…

The Feminist Women’s Healthcare of California’s webpage states, “…having an abortion is more like going to the dentist than like having one’s appendix removed.” Katha Pollit of The Nation claims that abortion is “a normal event in women’s lives…” Abortion supporters want us to believe that abortion is a common part of a woman’s family planning routine and shouldn’t be accompanied by grief or shame. Or consider Amelia Bonow, who wishes to take this campaign even further with her hashtag…

Sarah hesitated as she held the pill just an inch from her mouth. Her doctor had instructed her to “go ahead and take it. Everything will be ok.” But something inside her made her pause. She asked herself if she was making the right decision. But the time just wasn’t right for her to have this baby. The circumstances weren’t right. If she was going to keep her boyfriend, she had to get rid of the evidence of what happened…