I love the Christmas season. Not just Christmas Day or Christmas week, but the entire month (or 5 five weeks, depending on the year!) that we set aside to celebrate Christ's birth. When I was younger, this love grew out of …
Visiting ACFW Blog
I'm over on the ACFW blog today talking about the danger of neglecting life in favor of writing. Come on over and join us! …
Helping You With Your Gift Giving
Are you a little frantic to get all your Christmas shopping done? Guess what? I'm here to help! Next week, I will host three giveaways--Monday, Wednesday, and Friday--but here's the catch: these are gift prize packages that …
A Life of Gratitude
With Thanksgiving coming up this week, our collective thoughts turn to gratitude. It's a good reminder every year, asking us to look at our lives and see that in spite of our daily stresses and tragedies we do all have many, …
The Conundrum of Constant Travel
My husband and I recently returned from a 10-day business trip. It was our 2nd 10-day trip in a span of five weeks. Our 3rd at least week-long trip since Labor Day. I love traveling with him when he has long trips to make for …
Why Water Turned to Wine Encourages Me
Recently, a friend asked me to speak to her teen girls class at church. I gladly agreed, then panicked over whether or not I had anything relevant to say to them! But as I started pray, I knew I wanted to talk about an issue …
Those Reconciliation Verses in Matthew
I'm reading through the gospels right now--all four at the same time. An interesting exercise, to say the least. That's why I sometimes love to read scripture in different kinds of chucks, causing it to bump up against …
Veteran’s Day
The Joys of a Good Bookstore
I miss good bookstores. I mean good bookstores. Not chain bookstores that hide books down rows and rows of genre headings. Not independent bookstores that carry either only current bestsellers or only obscure books that no …
An Introvert’s Nightmare
I am an introvert. I no longer deny it. In fact, I've learned that the more I embrace the way God made me, the more I walk in freedom and peace. But last week I lived an introvert's nightmare--all good things in themselves, …