If you have children, you could be their primary source of encouragement and healthy self-esteem. Maybe you feel your time is limited because of work responsibilities. Maybe you are a single parent. No matter what your daily schedule, you can snatch a few seconds each day to encourage those most precious to you. And you can do it in a lunchbox.

For many years, my children carried a lunchbox or bag to school. At our house, it was a team effort – Dad fixed the lunch while I wrote the note. Each day they had a carefully prepared sandwich, fruit, maybe some chips, and a cookie. But the most important thing in the lunchbox was not the food. It was the note!

Entertaining stories emphasize the importance of encouraging your children (and others around you) whether in a lunchbox, on the bathroom mirror, in their sock drawer, or through other methods. Take home creative ideas for encouraging those you love.

Time spent communicating with those you love is priceless. With simple thoughtful expressions, you can make them feel loved and appreciated any time of day.

This talk is packed with clever ideas for creating love notes, plus warm personal stories that bring ideas to life. Written notes, acts of kindness, phone calls, surprise gifts - these are all forms of "love notes" that offer encouragement and pleasure to your spouse, children, and friends. Tips are included for holidays, traveling, ordinary days, and involving others in love noting.

Love notes can be the fuel that ignites the fire of romance or the nuggets of encouragement that bring sunshine to an otherwise cloudy day.

Christmas is such a special time! And it is all because of Jesus.

Take a few minutes during this fun time of the year to look into the manger, listen around the manger, live the message of the manger, love because of the manger, and lead others to the manger. Discover tools that will help others to pay more attention to the message of the manger as you prepare to share it more often.

When our children pack up their rooms, load the car and head off to college, it's easy to breathe a sigh of relief and feel like our parenting job is done. However, our college students need us just as much as ever; we just have to find creative ways to let them know we love them and still want to be a part of their lives.

Learn ways to say "I love you" and "I'm thinking about you" even though you may be miles away.

Isaiah 61:3 calls us "a planting of the Lord for the display of His splendor." But what exactly does that mean? And how can we allow God's splendor to shine through us?

Enjoy examples from everyday life of how God's splendor can be evident. What characteristics of God are others seeing on display in your life?

Often it is hardest to share Jesus with those closest to us. We don’t see our homes and neighborhoods as “mission fields.” But sometimes the field that is ripest with harvest is the one right under our noses.

This talk will offer practical examples for praying for your children, friends, and neighbors and looking for ways to bring them to Jesus. Many creative ideas will be shared for drawing those around you closer to Jesus – Name Above All Names.

We are told to always be ready to share our faith with others. But are we ready?

This talk will prepare you to have your testimony “at your fingertips.” Learn how to organize your testimony, share your faith, and recognize an “open door” for spreading the Good News. Discuss ways to share Christ with others during ordinary conversation and discover methods to convey your faith through writing.

Learn new ways to reflect the light of Jesus to all those around us.