With all the “bookish” paraphernalia that has arisen in the past few years, one of the shirts I’ve long wanted to order is: I’ve latched onto the term. I decided it aptly described me as an introvert who reads. But the …
Life of Faith
Last year, I felt the Holy Spirit nudge me to reconnect with the larger writing community. Which I did. I not only attended a writers conference, a writers retreat, and a reading retreat, I gathered a few authors to begin …
Helping the Hurting
A blank screen. A blinking cursor. It’s not that I have no thoughts, it’s that I have too many. How to sort them? Consider them? It’s not that I have no feelings, it’s that I have too …
Guest Post: Crystal Caudill
Hey y'all! My friend Crystal is posting for me today. If you haven't read her historical romance/mystery books, you should! Now here's Crystal: There is Only One Way to Do It If we’ve not met, you probably don’t …
The Life I Never Imagined
Life takes us through lots of twists and turns, doesn’t it? Even when we have a plan, things tend to go as we least expect. I think about that a lot these days. Why? Because I never imagined Jeff and I living the …
Seeking Quiet Headspace
I’m struggling to find quiet headspace these days—enough quiet downtime to let me think deeply. It gets that way sometimes when we have long strings of busy days, as we have recently had. When my thoughts whirl without end, I …
God and His Name
Have you ever had a season where you find yourself face to face with the same theme everywhere you turn in life? I’m currently in a season like this. And I’ve learned that such things warrant my close attention! In …
Writing Influences in Historical Fiction
As a writer, I often get asked what my favorite book is. My answer is always a resounding, “I can’t pick just one!” The same answer rings true with the question, “What book influenced you to write historical …
John Wesley’s Covenant Prayer
My husband often listens to Ferguson Sinclair podcasts. Dr. Sinclair is a Scottish theologian. Recently Jeff told me to listen to a short piece Dr. Sinclair did on John Wesley’s Covenant Prayer, which has been used at New …
One Day at a Time
Most of us live this fast-paced life of the 21st century with loads of information about our own lives and schedules running through our heads. And for many of us, this can keep us from sleeping. For my husband, it …