Christmas Light
Click the image for the most beautiful Advent calendar I've ever seen. ...
God is Working in the Waiting
He has made everything beautiful in its time. Ecclesiastes 3:11 I remember it like it was yesterday, when a new-to-me speaker posed a question that burrowed under my skin like a chigger in the heat of summer -- "Are you the kind of person who walks into a room and...
Honest Thoughts About #GivingTuesday
I love Holly Hunter. An Academy Award- and Emmy-winning actress, she seems to take any role and make it memorable; she dies to self while her characters come to life. I appreciate her talent, sure, but maybe tipping the scale for my fangirldom is the fact she's...
Princess of Pies
A good cook is like a sorceress who dispenses happiness. Elsa Schiaparelli My mother-in-love is one of the best cooks on the planet. I learned that the first time I met her. Then, a college student sustained mostly by starchy, mysterious, dining hall fare,...
Have You Ever Wondered What Your Faith Would Look Like If You Didn’t Have a Bible?
Recently, our pastor led a sermon series that caught me by surprise, six messages celebrating the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation (which happens to be today, October 31, 2017). It would have been almost expected in the former denomination we attended...
I’m Mad And I Want You To Know Why
Long ago and far away, or so it seems now, we lived in South Carolina. A few years after we landed there, a young couple moved to town, life-friends of my younger brother-in-law. We welcomed them with open arms; friends of family are friends of ours. They were...
Cowboy Cookies (a recipe that comes with a warning….)
If every politician had a home-baked batch of Cowboy Cookies - my favorite cookie in the world - we might just be able to achieve world peace. It's hard to remain at odds when you're devouring these jokers. Bonus? They use oatmeal, which means...
Oh Happy (#AMomentToBreathe Book Release) Day!
If you aren't yet a subscriber, how about today? Our world is reeling these days, isn't it? Collectively, we feel the tragic news out of Las Vegas, horrified that one man could rob so many of so much; for too many, their lives. I can only imagine that those...
The Next Best Thing to Live and In-Person
In case you missed the Facebook Live about friendship complexities and the (in) Real Life: FRIENDED event (because I am AWESOME at giving !), the magical wizards at Facebook make it possible to watch on replay. You probably need to watch just TO LEARN FROM...