Knowledge puffs up. Love builds up (1 Cor 8:1). I write and I preach to strengthen people's faith in love. Let’s face it, I write and preach to strengthen MY faith in love. Faith that you are not defined only by what you do or what you’ve done. But the WHOLE of you. Your experiences, your stories, are your wisdom. The more you tap into that wisdom the more you will discover and embrace who you are becoming.

I’ve tried to organize the posts - the lovely circles - by the topics that inform my preaching, coaching and teaching. I hope the experiences, stories, and wisdom shared here, prompt some supportive insights of your own.


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Exploring Envy
For Preachers Arianne Rice For Preachers Arianne Rice

Exploring Envy

Generosity does not come naturally to us. Watch children in a sandbox or siblings at a dinner table or an inpatient infant with her mother. Generosity is taught and like faith, caught.

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Worst-case Scenario Planner
Arianne Rice Arianne Rice

Worst-case Scenario Planner

I’m not sure when I went from eagerly awaiting my future to constantly catastrophizing it. It’s not as constant as it was - thanks to time, therapy, 12-step wisdom and Brené Brown. Back in the day, I was the “Worst Case Scenario Planner.”

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