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...
The Magic and Delight of Trying Something New
With Thanksgiving (and Christmas!) just around the corner, there's a good chance you're going to be spending time with family and friends, and maybe, just maybe, you'll be looking for something fun to do when the table is cleared, you're on a tryptophan high,...
Two of My Favorite 2019 Books at Bargain Prices? Yes, Please!
After watching Samin Nosrat's Netflix documentary, I had to have a copy of Salt Fat Acid Heat; after watching this interview with Max Lugavere, I had to have a copy of Genius Foods. Both are on sale on Amazon, and here's why I strongly suggest you buy both:...
A Sweet Celebration of Life, Love, and Family
Yesterday we celebrated the life of my sweet mother-in-love who has endured the cruelty of dementia for years. Confined to bed for the most recent two years and unable to speak, Sarah was precious to and loved by many. For the past three weeks we knew the end...
Oops! Here I Go Again: 3 Things I Don’t Want You To Miss
~ sponsored by ~ Surprise--back to back posts! I'll be brief, but each of these things is so important to me (for very different reasons), please DO read to the end. My (in)courage post, a $10 "They're Real" Benefit Deal, and Great News for...
A Book Update, A Blog Update, and a Deal So Great It Made Me Blog During My Unofficial Hiatus
I don't know about you, but I have a hard time resisting a great bargain, and half the fun of a scoring a fabulous deal is telling your friends about it, so they, too, can join in the hoopla. Such is the case with the FabFitFun promotion going on right now...
Clearly I Have Something To Learn About Book Marketing #ForAllWhoWanderBook
So, it's 6:30pm on Day Two of Amazon Prime Day, and it JUST occurred to me that *my* book is eligible for the five dollar #PRIMEBOOK19 coupon since it's already listed on Amazon. Let's just say it's been a busy few weeks, and this very minute I have my darling niece...
Want To Do Something Wonderful And Important Today?
I suppose I've had a case of Irregular Blog Syndrome for years now, posting sporadically and with increasing infrequency with the exception of my monthly (and beloved) posts for (in)courage. Daily postings were once my norm and practice, hard to believe in today's...