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5 Ways to Reconnect After Work Travel
I've been away in Colombia on a missions trip for ten days now, and I'm coming home today! [Insert cartwheel here!] I will be so happy to walk back in the doors of our home and even happier to see my husband at the airport. Being reunited after time apart is always...
5 Things to Do When Life Isn’t Cooperating
One of my sayings on a frustrating week that I often say to Larry and to Judi (my friend/assistant) is, "Can't anything just be easy?" Have you ever said that? We've all had those weeks that seem to be filled with small to medium frustrations nipping at our heels. By...
Marriage: 5 Habits That Keep Us Together
I've been married a super long time. Thirty-seven years to be exact. I know, I know... we don't look as if we could have been married this long. (LOL!) Truth-be-told we did get married very young. Larry was still a teenager! I know, it seems crazy. But here we still...
Deanna’s 7 Sanity-Saving Business Travel Tips
My husband is a travel expert. In addition to being a pastor, he owns a travel agency, Best Memories Travel, and is a licensed travel agent. I'm not going to pretend to be the expert on that. If you're looking to book a trip -- especially a cruise -- there's no one...
You Need to Be Alone
(Whether You Know it Or Not!)
“All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” —Blaise Pascal (1623–1662) One day I was reading a meme on Facebook that said something to the effect of, "If you can walk into a restaurant and eat a meal alone and be comfortable,...
How to Qualify for Mentorship
Many people believe a leader in their life such as a boss or a pastor.is obligated to mentor them. Not true! Your boss is not required to mentor you. That's like guacamole at Chipotle...it's extra! Consider yourself extraordinarily blessed if a leader decides to...
7 Ways to Free Yourself
from a Controlling Leader
Controlling leaders are out of style...not to mention ungodly! I've heard it said that you can control, or you can lead...but you can't do both. I believe this. Because to control is not really to lead. The greatest leaders know that their role is not to control, it...
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Dr. Deanna Shrodes
Dr. Deanna Doss Shrodes is an author, speaker, and spiritual life strategist whose work has been featured by CBS News, People Magazine, The New Yorker, Woman’s World, GOD TV, and HuffPost. She holds a Master’s in Ministerial Leadership and a Doctor of Ministry from Southeastern University, where she also serves as an adjunct professor.
Dr. Shrodes currently leads as Women’s Ministries Director for the Pen Florida District of the Assemblies of God and directs the Stronger Leadership Network, where she mentors pastors and leaders through practical coaching, spiritual formation, and cohort-based development. A sole author of five books and a contributing writer to five others, her latest work, Uncommon Answers, was released by Chosen Books (a division of Baker Books) in April 2025.
Known for a warm pastoral presence and clear, actionable teaching, Dr. Shrodes speaks at conferences, churches, and leadership gatherings on calling and purpose, prayer and spiritual formation, women’s leadership, and organizational health. She is married to her college sweetheart, Larry; they have three grown children and five grandchildren.
Areas of Focus: spiritual formation & prayer, women’s leadership development, calling/purpose in midlife, marriage, healthy ministry culture, cohort-based mentoring.
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