How many things around your house have needed to get done for so long, you’ve stopped seeing them? You know what I mean—you walk past the same overgrown shrubs and weeds or turn a blind eye to the growing pile of items that need to be taken to the dump? Little things that are irksome, but not so much so …
When I was teaching, I rarely had back issues aside from the occasional flare up from lifting weights. There was no tightness nor were there pangs of discomfort. Then I started writing full time and things changed. Tightness in my lower back made it difficult to climb out of bed at times and I wondered how I would fare in …
I’m not a political person. I don’t saturate myself with Fox News or even subscribe to a newspaper. Admittedly, I’m more a bury-my-head-in-the-sand kind of person. It’s not something I’m proud of, it just is. I become anxious and depressed when I see how far we’ve fallen over the last several years. Of course, you don’t have to tune into …
I hope there are seasons in heaven. Something tugs at my heart when winter eases into spring and summer spirals into autumn. Do you feel it, too? A nip in the air early morning and late evening, with summer warmth lingering somewhere in the middle. Pears are ripening in the root cellar, their sweet scent calling to my inner child. …
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If all’s well with my technology, I should be flying across the U.S. when this is posted. I’m off to Indianapolis, Indiana for the ACFW (American Christian Fiction Writers) Conference. I whined about being fearful in Monday’s blog. I’ve been working through a new Bible study with some of the sweet ladies in my church–Jonah by Priscilla Shirer. Was I …
Have you ever had to do something you really didn’t want to, but knew you had to? It seems to be the theme around our house of late. God calling us to step out of our comfort zones and walk in obedience to Him. I won’t go into my husband’s story—that’s his to tell. For me, it’s flying across the …
Generally, when I get up in the morning, the first thing I do (after downing my vitamins and collecting the coffee my husband’s brewed for me) is sit down with my Bible. For reasons I can’t name, today was different. I woke with anxiety in my heart and said a prayer for our country before my eyes were even open. …
“Everything is wearisome beyond description. No matter how much we see, we are never satisfied. No matter how much we hear, we are never content.” Ecclesiastes 1:8 Contentment. The dictionary defines it as 1. Mentally or emotionally satisfied with things as they are, and 2. Assenting to or willing to accept circumstances, a proposed plan of action, etc. I’ve …
1n 1977, singer Debbie Boone recorded the song “You Light Up My Life” which spent a then record of ten weeks as no. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. I was fifteen when this song came out and, at the time, I was surprised to learn that her intended focus—her You—was God. It was the first pop Christian …
