Rethinking, Rebooting, and Relaxing
When I started blogging almost 15 years ago, it was a different world. Literally, figuratively, we all know this. You've changed, I've changed, life as we knew it then, has changed, blogging and the way writing is distributed has changed. Some of this is for the...
How Is the #onlinewomensretreat a Valuable Investment?
The Online Women's Retreat is almost here ~~~ Saturday, May 16th, starting at 8am EDT!! (Well, if you've registered; and I HOPE if you did, you saved 10% by using my code ROBIN10.) I've heard the question raised, Why should I pay for the #OnlineWomensRetreat when...
Is It Possible to Have Peace in the Pandemic?
In the midst of all the uncertainty in our world today, I am confident of one thing: we can have peace. It's not tied to anything the medical or scientific community can offer, like finding a vaccine to prevent COVID19 or detailed explanations, and it's...
Why That Stupid Bully Quarantine Can’t Steal My Joy
I had almost forgotten about my plans for tomorrow until a reminder popped up on my phone: I was scheduled for a For All Who Wander book signing at a nearby Books-a-Million. Apparently, I had failed to delete it from my calendar when the store manager messaged to let...
A Special Giveaway Just in Time for Mother’s Day
If you saw my previous post, you know I'll be joining a wonderful group of speakers for the Online Women's Retreat on May 16th (with lifetime access to every session). Based on what I'm hearing behind the scenes, it is going to be SO good, and I strongly encourage you...
An Epic Online Women’s Retreat Right When You Need it Most
A week ago an opportunity to join the speaker team for the Online Women's Retreat landed in my inbox, and after learning the details, I had to say "Yes!" The chance to encourage women and point them to Jesus during a global pandemic? What an incredible "Get-To"...
Goosebumps, God-winks, and a Really Helpful Free Gift
Good gravy. As if a global pandemic wasn't enough, tornados ripped through the Southeast during the wee hours of Monday morning and deeply impacted friends in Tennessee and South Carolina (our previous home states). Our kids' former school was demolished. Homes and...
The Best Way to Have a Happy Birthday During Covid19
Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. Love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other command greater than these. Mark 12:30-31 Birthdays are normally a day for personal celebration, but this...
Join Me for the Best Little Book Club in the Whole World!
If you're already beginning to feel the onset of cabin fever brought on by the coronavirus (and I pray no one in your family has COVID-19), I have one helpful solution while you're quarantined: the (in)courage For All Who Wander online book club (aka "the best...
When Faith Is The Victory
Today, it is my joy to invite Kristen Welch over to share an excerpt from her new book, Made to Move Mountains. Kristen is a long-time writing friend, and I think our paths crossed through old school blogging (her, We Are That Family, and me, PENSIEVE) before we both...
One of the Best Things You Can Do as a Writer
The timing for the opportunity to write For All Who Wander was a good version of the perfect storm; all the necessary elements were in place to set me up for success. I'm not suggesting I thought commercial success for the book was guaranteed, but rather, that I was...
Want the Inside Scoop On a Really Fun and Exciting Secret?
Well, I cannot WAIT to tell you about some incredible, unbelievable-to-me news about For All Who Wander, except... It's going to have to wait until after I announce it at our book celebration and commissioning (aka book launch party) happening on Saturday....
For All Who Wander: My Utmost for His Highest
For All Who Wander released into the wild yesterday. After a two-year gestation, its labor couldn't have been more beautiful. At the end of my life I will remember the beauty -- the magic -- of a nearly perfect day brimming with uncontainable love and affirmation. I...
Free: 3 Special “For All Who Wander” Gifts Just for You!
It's a glorious new day -- a new year -- and I already know 2020 will be memorable. It's the year I'll release my first book, For All Who Wander: Why Knowing God is Better Than Knowing It All. Though I've had the privilege of contributing to a bunch of books...
An Easy, Yummy Cinnamon Roll Recipe That Will Change Your Life!
A backstory before the recipe Years before I crossed blogging paths with the Pioneer Woman, I married a man whose mama was the Queen of the Kitchen. Sarah's Southern cooking may not have been particularly calorie or health conscious, but it was legendary. Everything...
Wanna Know Why I’m SO Excited? #ForAllWhoWanderBook
Today is a special day in the life of For All Who Wander, and also in my life as an author: the application form is now live for our launch team! In addition to new friends who want to support the book because of its message -- a powerful message of hope for...