By: Jessica Breazeale Unfortunately, pride shows up in everything we do. We don’t like to admit wrongdoing or the things we aren’t proud of. We don’t like self-reflection. That’s pride.   Pride takes a relationship between two and turns it into a relationship of one. Over time, the proud, fierce roar feels like loneliness. How does pride show up in your workplace ? Maybe you have lots of workplace conflicts. Maybe you give the silent-treatment until someone who owes you an ap

By: Jessica Breazeale   Have you noticed how many trees are dying?   Maybe it’s just in my neck of the woods, but it seems to be an alarming number of trees that are dead - or on the brink of it. We need more sturdy, reliable trees that can withstand nature’s weather and insects. What tree are you ? Are you firm, steady, resolute? Is your tree being eaten alive by beetles and on the brink of falling over dead? Is your tree flopping around because you hadn’t grown very big bef

By: Jessica Breazeale Most people prefer to evacuate a storm if given the opportunity. Who wouldn’t want to skip out on the disaster and the aftermath? It’s too hard…too stressful. I get it.   During Hurricane Katrina, I was a student at the University of Southern Mississippi and a Dixie Darling dancer. When the hurricane hit, our football team, band, and student body were scattered and bewildered. Our first game back after the storm, the band didn’t perform on the field, but

By Jessica Breazeale Looooong before Zacchaeus couldn’t see Jesus, God had already  planted the tree to meet that  need. You remember the story, don’t you? The song “Zaccheus was a wee little man, and a wee little man was he” taught us about the short, dreaded tax collector who climbed the tree to see Jesus coming down the road.   It’s not like Zacchaeus randomly decided to climb up the tree, and then the story is over. The story began way  before Zacchaeus. God planted that