Wide Open Conversations

Have you ever needed to MOVE A MOUNTAIN?

Tragedy came, and left a mountain in your life to overcome?

In this episode, I discuss Grief's mountain to climb, the breath of Hope to provide the strength to face it, with the Life that comes along the journey.

Hope is the bridge from Grief to Life.

Here's to all who have left us a path to follow through the suffering they faced!

Blessings, sojourner.

XO!

Ami 

Today is Michael Shroyer's birthday -- his seventh birthday that we're celebrating without his life here on earth.

This episode will give you a glimpse into the content that is coming soon with the 511 Wholeness Journey, and how YOU can get involved!

Let's get Back to Life!

XO!

Ami

Sometimes we need to reign in our thoughts, and set the mind on higher things.

A friend who has overcome severe addiction told me that it took him a while to ready his mind for what it would take, and that's a great point!

It's not easy, but is much needed.

Sometimes we can help reset our calm with simple things like making the bed, cleaning out clutter — even one drawer, making the right kinds of foods, calling a friend, or taking a bath. 

In this episode, I share a short clip from a song that I wrote on a kids' worship project. The song is based on Proverbs 3:5-6. In the bridge, I wanted to use my four-year-old prayer "Bless my thoughts, my thinks, and my imaginings..." so I adapted those words to ones that we can all relate to — young and old alike:

Bless my thoughts, my dreams, my imagination.

Step by step, Your delight, Your Creation.

And yes, renewing the mind is something that we will always seek and practice.

It is vital, for what we think, we become.

So set your mind on higher things this weekend.

Join me Tuesday for the next Wide Open Conversation!

XO!

Ami

When I was a little girl, I would end each prayer with, "And God, bless my thoughts, my thinks, and my imaginings... and Lord, please give me a puppy."

Today, we hear a lot of teaching around MINDSET.

Let's have a conversation about it!

(Ignore the dog noises in the background — clearly, God has answered that prayer time and time again, and I love dogs!)

Head to thelifecoachschool.com for more info on Brooke Castillo's thought download process.

And visit my Instagram account in the videos section, click on the word "series" and there you will find the "After the Sadderday" short videos I created a few years ago. There are six of them.

Guard your heart and mind this week!

You are loved.

Be Love, Beloved.

XO!

Ami

So much for keeping it to FIVE minutes!

I get excited about Resurrection, and as a follow up to Tuesday's Life to Life Conversation, many friends sent me their stories of struggle with faith during times of tragic loss.

Here is Steven Curtis Chapman's song Rememberer to Remember that I referenced https://youtu.be/pD5Zrh0Zb2w (live) or here https://youtu.be/uJz_rv5qC4s (official studio version)

Happy Weekend - God says, "It is my JOY" as He reconciles His people!

Celebrating and Remembering - The Gift of LIFE!

XO!

Ami

It's Passion Week! [Passion: endurance through suffering]

I LOOOOOOVE everything about Easter week celebrations.

What Jesus so generously gave in order to bring us out of death and into life deserves to be celebrated year round.

In this episode, I share a secret to living with hope and resilience.

It has everything to do with the power of the Cross, and in its shadow-to-resurrected-power, we find Life and Life again.

Have a beautiful week.

Talk to your kids about the Life and Resurrection of Jesus.

Our minds, our longings, and our suffering find reframe, and seeds of purpose will rise.

XO!

Ami

Easter is my FAVORITE time of year!!!

This is the Back to Life week of all back to life weeks of each year, and I'm excited for next Tuesday!!!

For now, here is a recap of just a couple of great comments J Michael had in our last episode, and some thoughts on HUMILITY.

Humility is a precursor to creativity, to love, to connection, and to life.

Let's put on humility this week as we honor the Passion of Christ, the One who brought us Back to Life!

XO!

Ami

Last week, I gave away a free ebook of a conversation my late husband wrote, unpacking some encouragement that he received from our son, who - at the time - was ten years old. You can grab that free download at amishroyer.com/dontgiveup.

Today, I am having a talk with J Michael - NOW NINETEEN - touching on the authenticity that the 18-25 year old crowd is seeking when it comes to faith and God, community, and life.

The key is discipleship, and that's really just a fancy word for "walk your life openly with others, and honor Jesus as you seek him with your whole heart."

YOU are a difference maker.

YOU have passions and gifts and talents that can be used to create an environment that builds up the faith of the people around you.

Let's get back to life, live in the wide open, and create connections in our everyday lives.

Head to amishroyer.com/dontgiveup and connect with us!

XO!

Ami

Hello friends!

In today's episode, I'm bringing audio recording of Michael Shroyer, my late husband, with parts of a talk he gave entitled, "Don't Debate; Create!" I have received personal messages of gratitude for sharing his message in the "Be and Become" episode, and I was even thanked by a church leader who had asked his entire staff to listen to that message in order to shift a ministry dynamic within their church culture.

Nothing could make me happier, and that is indeed MORE than what I was hoping that these episodes would accomplish!

I am about to send a manuscript of Mike's to a publishing company - he spent five years working on a small but packed book, entitled Name on the Front of the Building. It is blunt and reads like a charge. I used to tell him that it was full of much-needed messages, and he would say to me, "Ami, I don't want to put a target on the back on our family." 

In the months leading up to his unexpected passing, he was doing his final edits, and was stuck on how to bring it to completion. He'd say to me, "I don't know how to end it, and I don't know how to begin."

I'd laugh, and say, "That's because I am going to write the Forward and the Afterward for you, silly!"

And while this is absolutely NOT how I imagined that this would take shape, here we are.

This week, I took a few days to myself to edit and prepare the manuscript for this week's send-off, and in order to get myself back in the framework of what ministry was like with Mike, I opened files of his audio messages, and prayed, asking God to help me select just the right one, and "Don't Debate; Create!" jumped out to me like a flashing light.

With what's going on in our culture, with having just watched the most chaotic presidential debate in all of history, and with some vision and local mission that we have reawakening with Wide Open Ministries, this could not have been more perfect!

I invite you to listen with an open mind and heart to this message and think about how we can apply these simple truths.

Not only does Mike talk about debate; he recaps what he cleverly called "The 7 Ways of Creation" which actually turned into eight cultural standards that we valued with the integrated family ministry and wholeness center that we were beginning on the 47-acres of North Carolina property, in Cre8 Home.

Just like in the "Be and Become" message, I will interject here and there to. give you some context, as will as some landing points that we can apply TODAY, in the environments we are currently wrestling through, both in our heated cultural climate, and in the home.

Mike's Points:

1. The most important things to God are repeated. He says the same things over and again, in order that we learn to live accordingly. Look for what He repeats, and it takes out the debate.

2. There are times when a scripture is a scripture and what it says is what it says. Let's stop taking half of God's Word and negating the other half. There are times when the debate just needs to stop. Choose to embrace what God is saying, and ask for help when it's hard to live out.

3. We end up missing it. We waste opportunities when we could really be making a difference. Don't debate; create. Create life.

7 Ways of Creation:

1. Life. Style. Redefined.

2. Connect. Celebrate.

3. Shared. Experience.

4. Stop. Performing.

5. Offering. Sacrifice.

6. Be. Become.

7. Don't Debate. Create.

Let's feed LIFE and stop fueling HATE -- let's take up for one another rather than taking sides. Let's believe that a person is more important than being right. And let's see what can happen!

Because God says, 'Beloved, you are MINE," you and I can learn to do the same.

XO!

Ami

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Hi Friends!

This episode is a brief beginning - an overview - of where we are heading over these next few weeks.

Listen as we discuss the 511 Countdown, and start to discover ways to recognize areas in our bodies, souls, spirits that need attention, and what to do when we find them... or they find us!

Be. Loved.

Ami

Friends!

How's this for determination? With life going full speed, I may not have gotten the first Friday Fave out on Friday... but here it is on Saturday!

Enjoy this weekend recap, with application as to how the Be and Become challenge played out in our home.

Take the challenge, and see what doors you can open in yours.

Happy Weekend!

See you Monday!

XO!

Ami

The maiden launch of Ami Shroyer's podcast - Journey Through Fields of Daisies.