Have you ever felt abandoned? 

Join me in the Mentoring Circle today where I share the stories of two women, how God answered their prayers during times of feeling abandoned, and encouragement to trust God's truth and His timing when you and I feel abandoned. 

You can read this devotional in this journal post on my website.

My sweet friend, Deb Guneyler, dropped by to chat about how to start, what keeps us motivated, current trands, and what to do when we get stuck.

Deb is a certified professional life coach and organizer. She loves to simplify, organize, and beautify all aspects of her own life, and helps other women from all stages of life to do the same.

Did you choose a "word" for this year? You know, that "word" that describes an area in your life or a character quality that you want to focus on this year? 

Let's talk about how to discover that word, how a "word" can help us pay attention to something that is important in our life and the most important thing that we can do with our word: counsel our heart about OUR word according to GOD'S Word. 

I will show you a simple and practical way to do that! 

Come on in and join me in the circle.

Do you need some hope today? Then you will want to listen in as my guest shares a part of her story in the Mentoring Circle - one of decisions that led her to do what she once said would never happen to her to knowing intimately God's forgiveness, grace and redemption. Come on in and join me in the Circle with my guest, Judith Coates.

The words we say begin with the words we think! Yes, our words matter!

Today in the Mentoring Circle, I share a story about how my deteriorating thoughts one evening on my way home from work led to both unkind behaviour and words—toward the people I love the most in the whole wide world!

So glad you dropped by today for this first podcast in a 7-part series from the book of Proverbs! Be sure go to http://www.kathybutryn.com/episode-14-words-matter/ to download the PDF I mention in today's podcast

The days are long but the years are short. Great wisdom--and a warning--from my grandmother. I am taking those words seriously these days--and share my thoughts in this heart-to-heart in the Mentoring Circle. Today we pay attention to the weights that can slow us down and keep us from running with endurance the race that is set before us. Most of all, today I call older women to rise up to their race again, to trust God and embrace the life He has given them. It is a timely and needed reminder that daily faithfulness leads to finishing well. Come on in and join me in the circle!

We live in a time that is so much more casual than it was when I was a young girl. I like casual. It's comfortable. And there is nothing wrong with the kind of casual I talk about here in this podcast. It can help foster greater authenticity within relationships. Everyone can relax. It brings enjoyment to the daily things of life. 

But there is a casual we need to be paying attention to each day. And that casual is our casual view of God.

Join me in the Mentoring Circle as we chat about this one thing we cannot be casual about.

It doesn't matter what age we are, we still make mistakes. We still have lessons to learn. In today's podcast, I share the story of the mistake I made in front of my grandchildren and what I confessed to them. I pray God will use this story to encourage, teach, and help you wisely pay attention to areas in your life He may be prompting you to confess.

We do not like to use the word "quit" do we? It seems negative. "No one likes a quitter," we've been told. 

But what if I told you that this is a different kind of quitting? It is wise. It is a grace. It is a gift. It's the kind of quitting I did last month, and I share my story.

Most of all, it not about giving up. On the contrary. It's about the surrender of our ways and the following of God's ways in the nitty gritty of our daily schedules.

Come and join me in the circle!!!!

We can fall prey to it's grip any day of the week. It can be subtle, slight or downright blatant. It's name? Discontentment. In this episode of the Mentoring Circle podcast, we have a conversation about discontentment and it's two companions: comparison and envy. 

Then, discover 3 ways we can participate in with God to combat comparison, discontent and envy!

Oh--and I tried a little experiment in this episode as I stretch and grow as a podcast--and find my own "podcast voice"--I recorded this episode without using a script - talking more from my heart. 

Head over to my website at www.KathyButryn.com, click on "podcast" in the navigation bar, and then scroll for episode 9. You can play this episode directly from that location--and read the devotional the inspired this episode.

Choose weather to want less, than to have more. - Thomas Kempis