Ocieanna Fleiss

Basic Character Chart

Ocieanna Fleiss — Sat, 30 May 2026 22:55:41 +0000

Click here for the Basic Character Chart! And check below for instructions. Hi Friends! So teaching teens already makes me hyper. Combine that with almost no sleep, and things got a little wonky. I was teaching the Teen Track at the Northwest Christian Writers Association’s Renewal Conference. Before class even started, I tried to move a table across the room. Easy mission, right?

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Fight to Rest: Hope in Suffering

Ocieanna Fleiss — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 08:32:39 +0000

Sometimes it feels like one thing goes wrong after another after another… Little annoyances. Huge devastating events and everything in between. Do you relate? I’m Learning … It’s tempting to give in to despair and self pity, but I’m learning (or trying to learn) to lean in to the struggles, let myself grieve, feel the real human ache of all who are already in Christ but not yet…

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The Battle for My Family: A Strategy that’s Working

Ocieanna Fleiss — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 08:32:01 +0000

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. (John 10:10 ESV) I’ve been thinking about how the thief comes after my family. He rails against our peace and joy and love. He hates when my kids rest in Christ. He despises for us to live securely in the Shepherd’s hands. What a battle he wages against us! Insecurity, depression…

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Three Reasons to Embrace Advent

Ocieanna Fleiss — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 20:50:32 +0000

Advent has arrived! Christmas hymns are being belted at church (we sure belted out “Joy to the World” at our church this Sunday), and the word Advent is being slung around far and wide. But why should we observe Advent? Isn’t it a little outdated? Here are three reasons to embrace the tradition of Advent this year. 1. Advent Helps Us Shift Our Focus Away from Ourselves and onto God and Our…

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Have You Been Wondering What Advent Is?

Ocieanna Fleiss — Mon, 27 Nov 2023 21:08:38 +0000

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My Advent Devotional, Awaiting the Manger, is half off!

Ocieanna Fleiss — Sun, 26 Nov 2023 00:00:54 +0000

Do you have your Advent book for this year? This is a great time to pick up Awaiting the Manger! Sit at Jesus’s feet this season and see His love as it shines throughout the Old Testament! You’ll be encouraged by Leah’s story of rejection that turns to praise, by the Hannah’s story of despair turned to joy, by Esther’s rise to save her people–all pointing to the coming of a king in a manger.

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Fight to Rest: Hope in Rough Times

Ocieanna Fleiss — Sun, 06 Mar 2016 22:40:35 +0000

Sometimes it feels like one thing goes wrong after another after another. Over the past few years big events like a constant battle with finances, my sweet boy being diagnosed with diabetes, the constant heavy challenge of dealing with depressed family members … oh, these sting, deep inner pain. And these “big” things use up my strength, so when something not so big (medium big) like a $2800 car…

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He Knows My Name

Ocieanna Fleiss — Sun, 28 Feb 2016 17:22:15 +0000

To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. (John 10:3 ESV) When I was a child, kids in school called me a really mean name, “Ocie Cow.” It became my identity, and I hated it–hated myself. But Jesus never called me by a shameful name–not Ocie Cow or any other. Jesus, who knows my heart, knows my sin and selfishness and pride.

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The Battle for My Family: A Strategy that’s Helping

Ocieanna Fleiss — Tue, 23 Feb 2016 18:57:51 +0000

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I Was On TV!

Ocieanna Fleiss — Mon, 22 Feb 2016 06:20:38 +0000

Here’s the link to the video and the online print story. What a day! One of those days you can only give credit to God’s providential hand. I stayed home from church with my son, which worked out fine because for some reason, I was really tired. Our car broke down the other day, which meant if I wanted to go anywhere, I’d have to walk…but I was too weary to get out of bed. So, at 11:30…

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