Okay, I’ll admit it—I have difficulty with forgiveness. In a spiritual gift test I just completed, one of the questions was, “Do you look at the world in black and white, right and wrong, good and evil?” This was one of 100 questions, and the only one to which I gave an unequivocal, “Yes.” I think this may be the …
Living out in the country, there’s not much excitement—unless you count the eerie disappearance of our entire chicken flock last week. Until Monday night… Chris came home after twelve hours at work, and not fifteen minutes later BAM! A rifle shot reverberated through the house. We rushed outside to spot a small, white truck sitting on the road below our …
I have an issue with “quiet time.” You’d think since I work from home, have no children to care for (mine are grown and gone) and live smack in the middle of twenty acres, I’d be a pro at it. It’s not that I have a problem being alone—because I don’t. But “quiet time” is something of an enigma for …
With the edits complete on my last novel, I’m getting ready to jump into another story. When most people find out I’m a writer, and I’ve finished three books, they assume I’ve been published. Why else would I continue writing? From the outside looking in, it might appear futile. I’ve often wondered about it myself—after all, when I taught middle …
Hello, my name is Gideon. I’m a doubter of the goodness of God, even when given evidence to the contrary—over and over again. He clearly tells me what path He wants me to take, and I question if I can truly trust Him. Somehow, I forget that what He calls me to isn’t based on my strength, but His. So, …
Last weekend, my husband and I attended a one-day chiropractic seminar in Lake Tahoe put on by his chiropractic coach, Jim Naccarrato. I’ve often attended seminars with Chris—in fact, I believe I’ve missed only one in the eight years we’ve been married—but never have I been as impressed with the heart and intent of the speaker as I am with …
God’s will is made known in His providences… These words are found in Roy Hession’s The Calvary Road, a book my husband and I are studying with a care group we recently joined. The first time I read them (and the second, for that matter) I didn’t give them much thought. Then one of the men in our group made …
It takes a lot for a book to make me cry. Movies, not so much. But a book? And it’s definitely an added bonus if said book can make me laugh out loud—several times! That was my response while reading Erin Taylor Young’s non-fiction book Surviving Henry: Adventures in Loving a Canine Catastrophe. Erin is a humor writer (which is …
There are definite advantages to living in the country: plenty of room to grow vegetables, fruit trees and chickens; an abundance of wildlife (I love falling asleep with hoot owls and crickets as background music); room for our one cat and four dogs to roam; fresh air, lots of trees…the list is endless. There is nowhere I’d rather live than …
As I finish up the edits for my latest novel, Surrendered (which, if it gets contracted, will be under a different title, I’m sure) my focus needs to shift toward the next story. That means creating characters with enough issues and angst to make them interesting without bordering on a diagnosis that can be found in the DSM-5—the fifth edition …
