T. Suzanne Eller

Encouragement Cafe Radio: When you feel lonely in your own neighborhood

May 24, 2013 by Suzie Leave a Comment

Today Luann and I interviewed Amy Lively of The Neighborhood Café on Encouragement Café radio!

I’m moving in a month or so. For the first time in a long time I’m not going to know anyone.

I’m starting a new church. I’m living in a new state. Moving into an unfamiliar neighborhood.

I hope there is an Amy Lively in our neighborhood, but if not, maybe I can be that person, right? This interview gives you and me all the tools we need to do it.

It all started when Amy had a desire to truly “love her neighbor”.

The reality is that most of us drive in and out our garage, without connecting with our neighbors at all. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Encouragement Cafe Radio, Faith: Knowing Christ, Family: Nurturing Family

Faith: Who am I supposed to listen to?

May 20, 2013 by Suzie 3 Comments

A thousand voices pull and tug at us every day.

Do this, that’s what I’d do.

Why are you doing that? It makes no sense.

Stop. Go. Give her what she deserves. Don’t be rash. I’d tell him exactly what I think. Be wise.

It can make your head spin. So, who do you listen to? [Read more...]

Filed Under: Faith: Knowing Christ

Encouragement Cafe: God gave me my story

May 17, 2013 by Suzie 2 Comments

Quite possibly one of the most inspiring interviews we’ve ever done on Encouragement Café Radio.

Mandy Young shares her story of how a rare genetic illness — one in a billion — is a gift. Maybe today you feel that no one knows your story, or the challenges you have faced. Mandy’s perspective can complete change the way we see our challenges.

Listen now!

What story did God give you?

And how does your story impact others?

Filed Under: Encouragement Cafe Radio, Faith: Knowing Christ

Family: Warrior moms

May 15, 2013 by Suzie 7 Comments

The little girl cowered in the corner of the restaurant. I peered over the booth.

Something wasn’t right.

That’s when I saw the peeled long stick at her mother’s side. The girl moved, and like lightening, it shot out from the mother’s side and caught her legs.

Her tiny little legs.

She was no more than four years old. Her legs were marked up and down with red marks.

My heart hammered. Everyone in the fast food restaurant was quiet, watching.

“See,” the mother said. “Look at what you did. You made everyone stare at us.” [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family: Nurturing Family

Encouragement for Today: live where you live

May 13, 2013 by Suzie 32 Comments

If you came over from Encouragement for Today, welcome!

In today’s devo I shared a story about how I was always looking for the next move, the next thing God was doing, instead of “living where I lived”.

Carl Haak, a pastor, once said, “Your reaction to how much you are paid; your reaction to your house and the things in it; your reaction to your looks; how you react to setbacks and disappointments – this is the confession that you make before the world.”

I have to admit that this is sobering. What do people see when they hear me talk about where I live, what I am paid or not paid, what I look like, or where I am in life? [Read more...]

Filed Under: Faith: Knowing Christ