Speaking
Topics include
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- Telling Our Stories: Life’s Deep Gladness
- Signs in Life: Uniquely His!
- Gifts: Not Imagined, Not Expected, Perfect
- Walking the WOLK: Words of Loving Kindness for Inspiration, Motivation, and Meaningful Change
I love empowering and encouraging women knowing that God’s been in the details ~ always has been, always will be.
I speak with larger and smaller groups. I share antics and vulnerabilities. We giggle and we groan, but it’s not all about me. Together we honor our place in God’s great story. Together we celebrate real life, real connections, real faith.
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- We’ll ENTER our place in God’s great story. We’re all uniquely called.
- We’ll GO as God’s people. We’re all uniquely equipped.
- We’ll TURN RIGHT and talk about life’s unique challenges.
- I’ll share a few TRAVEL ADVISORIES, remembering we’re all uniquely sent.
- And then we’ll EXIT, remembering every single one of us is uniquely His ~ uniquely God’s!
In addition we’ll get to know each other better with wonderful mixers, thoughtful discussions, and an eye-opening journey.
Let’s get together.
My speaking engagements include both workshops and special messages along with bigger, more candid conversations about how we can engage with our communities, how we can be leaders of faith, how we can change the discourse, change the dialog, change the tone of our discussions. I want to help us women of faith sow seeds of hope in fields of challenge, challenges we never expected, never imagined.
Speaking Endorsements
“Thank you, Deanna! Your storytelling and insights were such a gift to us. We are so grateful that you’ve discovered your vocation and are sharing it with others! May God continue to bless you on your journey as you bring your message to others.”
“Deanna, thank you for your heartfelt message last evening. More than one person told me that they were ‘given pause’ in your words. Blessings on your journey.”
“I think I speak for everyone there in saying that I was profoundly touched by your lovely message, encouraged to view the surprises in my life in new light. It was a wonderful enhancement to my Advent journey. Thank you, thank you, thank you for magnifying the Lord for and with us!”
“Powerful message beautifully delivered tonight. You are truly inspirational. I am focusing on Words of Loving Kindness in my daily WOLK! Thanks!”
About Deanna
Before my father died, he reminded me that Mom had asked me to write a book. At the time the boys were in college, and the notion of writing was unfathomable. Writers write books. By the time my boys were adults, I’d run out of excuses. I was also at that age when I could pause and reflect.
Fruit of My Spirit: Reframing Life in God’s Grace was my first publishing endeavor. My second was Signs in Life: Finding Direction in Our Travels with God. Both are collections of stories that tell of God’s love and faithfulness. Both tell of His remarkable grace and mercy.
More Inspirational Thoughts
Living Out God’s Glory
The past couple weeks I’ve been reading Kathy Collard Miller’s “Pure Hearted: The Blessings of Living Out God’s Glory.” In several chapters Kathy talks about the impact of childhood experiences on our relationship with God, their connections to fears, selfishness, even immaturity. I blew right by sub-headings on Perfectionism and Performance, Instability and Worry. And then there was a section titled, Childhood Experiences Label God. Do they? Did they? Will they?
An Order of Towels ~ A Delivery of Kindness
For weeks I fussed over an order of new towels. When my delivery got delayed again and again, I let frustration reign and anger rule. And then a stranger delivered kindness.
What do God’s possibilities (our opportunities) look like?
When I start to see God at work, when I’m feeling that something’s up, my first reaction is often, “God, I’m kinda busy right now. Not a good time. Really, God, not a good time.” But that’s not how God operates. His work is not about our will, our way, our when. It’s about His will, His way, His when–and His glory.
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