What To Do When Anxiety Weighs You Down

What To Do When Anxiety Weighs You Down

Nerves. Stress. Anxiety. There is potential for stress in every aspect of our daily lives. But sometimes that stress grows into anxiety. You may feel racing thoughts come on, your heart beating faster, and butterflies in your stomach. Sometimes your muscles will tighten and you feel out of breath just sitting in your office chair. If this describes you trying to figure out what to cook for dinner, or when your boss asks for a meeting in their office, you’ve probably experienced anxiety.

Letting Go of Anxiety

Letting Go of Anxiety

Anxiety has been an unwelcome friend for as long as I can remember. I can think back to moment after moment where I felt like I was in the center of a hurricane and could not get out. I felt like I was spinning and then starting to drown. The tears would come and would not stop. Then the guilt would kick in; the “I know better than this,” “why is this so hard for me,” and “how did I get to here again.” My stomach is in knots just thinking about it.

How Allowing God to Use Your Anxiety Can Set You Free

How Allowing God to Use Your Anxiety Can Set You Free

I was having lunch with a friend a couple of weeks ago when she began telling me about a recent panic attack she had endured. I thought to myself, “Wait a minute...she struggles with anxiety, too? She always seems to have it all together!” In that moment I realized that so many of us struggle with anxiety, but we often keep it hidden because we think we are “less-than” every other woman. God is beginning to open my eyes to see that those are lies directly from Satan. Satan wants nothing more than to keep us isolated so we are ineffective for God’s calling on our lives.

Passing On A Biblical Legacy Part 2: An Interview with Jackie Green and Lauren Green McAfee

Passing On A Biblical Legacy Part 2: An Interview with Jackie Green and Lauren Green McAfee

Welcome to Part 2 of our interview with the Green girls. If you haven't already, read Part 1 and get the inside scoop on some of the special features inside their family’s not so little recent project: the 430,000 square feet Museum of the Bible in Washington DC!

Passing On A Biblical Legacy: An Interview With Jackie Green and Lauren Green McAfee

Passing On A Biblical Legacy: An Interview With Jackie Green and Lauren Green McAfee

I’m excited to welcome to our blog today the dynamic Mother-Daughter duo of Jackie Green and Lauren Green McAfee! Their latest family “project” is truly one of Biblical proportions – founding the 430,000 square feet Museum of the Bible (MOTB), located in Washington D.C., just three blocks from our nation’s capitol.

Jackie and Lauren have been actively involved in the MOTB project since its beginning stages, so we thought we’d get the scoop from them in this two-part post.