They said it better than I could ever hope to
Thoughts have scattered this morning, fallen rice on marble tile. I simply can't manage to sweep all the grains into one pile. So instead of sharing my own words, I'll borrow from another and then another, words I found myself in…and maybe you...
Show and (not) tell
Words – so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them. ~ Nathaniel Hawthorne It was the first honors class I took in...
When apples fall close…
"Shit." In four letters I was outed at our playgroup, betrayed by Goldilocks: I was a terrible mother. Not quite five years old she obviously had learned it "somewhere." Everyone knew somewhere was probably home, and because I...
85 Words + 119 Syllables = A Test???
Just for fun, match the author and book titles with their companion haiku (from my incourage book reviews last week). All of these books have had great impact in my life, and regardless of when you discover this post, I can promise you they’re still...
In which I s-t-r-e-t-c-h creativity and marry together poetry and book reviews
I had a creative itch and my DaySpring bosses told me I could scratch it. I doubt you've seen anything like it (and two points if you offer your own…!). Oh, I DO hope you'll click through!! ...
Mostly, I think I *can’t*…
{Written in response to The Gypsy Mama's Five-minute Friday writing prompt. This week's theme is "If I knew I could I would…"} If I could I would… Sponsor a child in Compassion International's Leadership Development Program....
Start your day HAPPY!
In case you've never clicked through to one of my (in)courage posts, if you've never happened to check out the site when I mentioned it, this is a wonderfully fantastic four-minute snapshot of my favorite Hallmark subsidiary. 🙂 As I confided to the writing...
Kind words
On Good Friday, blogger and (in)courage author Heather George and her husband, Mark, said goodbye to their little girl, Emma, as Jesus welcomed her home. Heather, a cancer survivor herself, has chronicled Emma's lifelong illness, all the while...
Tragedy and triumph, the beauty of this day
Unimaginable brutality, what man can do to man. I can barely think of the brutal torture Jesus endured–the humiliation, degradation, beating, and those nails…. All, said, to pale in comparison to his anguish from bearing the weight of...