About Karen:

 Forgiveness is one of the most difficult things to wrap our heads and hearts around. "Keeping it 490" is the answer to 70 X 7, what it means and how to do it.   This topic is a deep dive into what forgiveness actually is and why it's SO important. It's not forgiving 490 times. God's Word on 70 x 7 is SO much more than most of us think it is. In this meaningful, illuminating and inspirational topic, Karen digs deep into how we're supposed to go about forgiving others and ourselves. With personal, passionate testimony, humor and Biblical truths, women walk away with a greater understanding of what 70 x 7 means and what it takes to live a life filled with grace and forgiveness.  (Click here for more about forgiveness.)

 Shhhh, be still. Take a glass of tea, sit on the deck with your legs up and pretend you're in front of a beach listening to the waves swoosh back and forth. That's the idea many of us have about being still. The world has implanted in us that being still is a physical act of calming down and stopping the craziness for awhile. And while it can be that, what God's Word says about it is SO much more than that. Join Karen in discovering just what God and His Word want from us and what truly learning to BE STILL can do for your life, your purpose and your ministry! 

 How much time and effort do we put into properly refueling our spirits? Our churches? Our ministries? Can we keep going and going fueled merely by the junk the world has to offer? What are you being refueled by? TV, movies, sex, gossip, social media, food, vanity, alcohol, shopping? Most of us are Running On Empty, using anything and everything we can to try to fill us up, except for the only fuel that will truly do the job - Jesus Christ and hope through His Word! 

In :Running On E" Karen shares her journey as she learned the hard way how NOT to run out fuel and what filling up with bad fuels can do to you inside and out. She also shares the Biblical insights, plan and humor God gave her to get back on track and stay fueled up the right way.

Learning to let God have control of your life is extra difficult for someone with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder but through tragedy, the power of the Holy Spirit and diligent payer, Karen was able to let go and actually let God take control. Highlighting her journey of healing from OCD and the help God gave her to overcome fear, failure and lack of faith, Karen shares key scripture, prayer plans and routine changes she made in order to let God help her conquer and control her OCD.