Encouragement
Publishing is NOT Dead Yet!
And how do I know? Because several of my unpublished friends have received contracts in the last TWO to THREE months! Let me count, Ronie, Myra, Christa, and I know I’m forgetting one or two others, but that gives me hope. What also gives me hope is my agent who’s working for me and said…
Writing Fearlessly
Lately I’ve been thinking about living life fearlessly. What would my life look like if I lived in the moment, lived each day to its fullest, and took this life without fear. What could I accomplish? Who would I impact? How would God be glorified? And that gets me thinking about writing fearlessly. Look, we…
Never Give Up!
The moving boxes are almost packed and put away. We’re just about settled into our new home and are making good use of it. In fact, over the holidays we had a total of four big “gatherings” in three days with miscellaneous friends popping in and out! It’s been a blast and exhausting, and I…
Packing My Bags
and leaving… For a writing weekend! It’s been too long and I rarely have time to write out home, but the words to my new opening have been flowing and then stopping and flowing and stopping. I’m just gonna open up the flood gates for the weekend and hope I get carried away! Hope your…
Restoration
Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me. Psalm 51:12 NIV With the holidays over, I find myself in need of rest. Gifts have found new homes on shelves. Wreaths have returned to storage. Holiday dinnerware has been neatly stacked in out-of-the-way cabinets. Ornaments are…
On Transparency With Others
Lately, I’ve been convicted about the need to be honest with each other. Let me throw a few questions out there for us to think about. Do we put on our happy Christian mask when we go to church or gather with other people, regardless of how we really feel? Do we give the same…
Christmas Ponderings
Christmas Eve should be relaxing–spent with family near a crackling fire with games and hot chocolate, or perhaps, attending a Christmas Eve service at church… These thoughts went through my mind last night as I swept and mopped the kitchen floor, cleaning up after a never ending day of baking projects and the children’s card-making…
Christmas Traditions
Over at my blog, I’ve been talking about giving (time or money since both count) to charity and supporting books for the holidays. It’s been an enlightening holiday season and like many of my author friends, readers, and blogger buddies I’ve been trying to get away from the excess and get back to the true meaning…
O Holy Night
O Holy Night! The stars are brightly shining, It is the night of our dear Saviour’s birth. As I sang this song I’ve sung hundreds of time, I got chills. I stood in the choir loft, but I was thousands of miles and years away. I was there that night Mary gave birth to…