by Barb Roose | Aug 24, 2020 | Uncategorized
I remember the day when I knew that I had to stop paying the mortgage. During our family’s decade long addiction crisis, my goal was to keep my family together at all costs, keep up appearances and protect everything we loved – even our credit rating. Doggone...
by Barb Roose | Aug 14, 2020 | Uncategorized
Are you tired of worry wearing you out? I’m sharing my three favorite fear-fighting tools on this episode of Better Together Facebook Live. These are tools that equip me to calm down and win my win my worry battles. These scripture-based tools will work for you...
by Barb Roose | Aug 14, 2020 | Uncategorized
When our kids have good character, that equips them to live more like Jesus. -Lee Nienhuis Life seems crazy right now, but what if it’s a perfect opportunity for your to teach your kids life-changing lessons? Join me this Tuesday on this new episode of Better...
by Barb Roose | Aug 14, 2020 | Uncategorized
There’s a lot of changing happening in our world. I love that so many Christians care about showing Jesus love to friends, family and even in the workplace. But, how can we make our workplaces safe for everyone – no matter their color or culture? On this...
by Barb Roose | Jul 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
Today is one of those days in my life when I used to celebrate something special. We all have those days.It’s the days that you used to buy gifts for, send out invitations to or mark the dates off on your calendar until that one special day arrives filling your...
by Barb Roose | Jul 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
I started today with the question: “What is Freedom?” It’s the question that’s giving us fits right now. I put a pin in my thoughts and went to the beautiful Toledo’s Farmers Market. A freelance journalist stopped me while I was buying some red onions. She was...
by Barb Roose | Jul 3, 2020 | Uncategorized
What songs speaks to your soul when you’re feeling down or discouraged? On this episode of the Better Together FB Live, you’re in for a treat! Join me for conversation and music with Mia Koehne, song writer and artist. For the past couple of years,...
by Barb Roose | Jul 3, 2020 | Uncategorized
Do you ever think, “If everyone would just do what I am telling them to do, then we will all be much happier? On this episode of Better Together FB Live, I’m talking with Shannon Popkin, author of Control Girl: Lessons on Surrendering your Burden of...
by Barb Roose | Jul 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
I’ve spent my entire professional life and at times, large portions of my personal life as the lone chocolate chip in the cookie or the only brown face in an all-white space. I grew up in a middle-class to upper-middle class community that was beyond 90% Caucasian. In...
by Barb Roose | Jun 27, 2020 | Uncategorized
On this episode of Better Together Facebook Live, I’m talking with award-winning author, Cynthia Ruchti about hope, hoarding and her new novel, Afraid of the Light. Cynthia and I discuss the prevalence of hoarding, the impact of the anxiety disorder of those...
by Barb Roose | Jun 18, 2020 | Uncategorized
.On this episode of Better Together Facebook Live, Kia Stephens, founder of The Father Swap Blog stopped by to talk with us about “father wounds” or the emotional pain and loss that comes from a daughter’s broken relationship with her father. Not...
by Barb Roose | Jun 18, 2020 | Uncategorized
On this episode of Better Together Facebook Live, host Barb Roose talks, guest Gail Cooper joins Barb and passionately teaches through 2 Chronicles 20. This chapter is all about four things that we can do when overwhelming circumstances show up in our lives. O our...