Be willing to go out on a limb with Me. If that is where I am leading you, it is the safest place to be. Your desire to live a risk-free life is a form of unbelief. Your longing to live close to Me is at odds with your attempts to minimize risk. You are approaching a crossroads in your …
Welcome Mat Wednesday: James L. Rubart (plus another giveaway!)
Happy 12-12-12! I’m so super pumped about today’s guest: author James L. Rubart. Those of us who are writers all have author heroes we look up to–Jim Rubart is one of mine. I love his stories, I love his writing and I love all the stuff I’ve learned through his marketing classes at a couple different writing conferences. Jim’s latest …
Seriously Important Question.
Whenever a drink looks this good, it’s a suresign I’ll probably spill it. Ask my family. I’m on the final leg of an epic writing weekend which is stretching into Monday. (No, I’m so not crying about getting to wear pajama pants a third day in a row.) If this writing sprint had a theme song, I’m pretty sure it’d be …
Love and stuff.
Photo credit: stock.xchng I was reflecting to a friend the other day about how much I’ve loved 2012. I mean, the year started out kind of wobbly. I might’ve used words like “blah” and “drag” and “trainwreck” to describe last winter. Pretty sure I even threw out a “blasé” at some point. Not entirely sure what it means, but it …
Welcome Mat Wednesday: Clay Morgan (plus a giveaway!)
So, Wednesdays are pretty much my favorite blogging days because I get to welcome cool guests like Clay Morgan. Clay is a writer, speaker and teacher…and author of a sweet nonfiction book called Undead: Revived, Resuscitated, Reborn. It’s about zombies. And Jesus. And being undead. It’s awesome. Awesome enough that I’m doing a giveaway!* Leave a comment below for a …
Christmas gift wrapping for the tape impaired
Yeah, yeah, so some people are good at wrapping gifts. Whatever. I’m not jealous. Photo credit: stock.xchng It’s officially December, which means Christmas-time is in full swing. And while I’m excited to have my Christmas shopping done, there’s one thing left that scares me every year……wrapping presents.Okay, this is where I get all vulnerable and confess: I am the worst …
Remembering who(se) we are in life’s less-than moments
Okay, so this is really where I should be placing a photo of my messy place or empty fridge so that it would be somewhat relevant to today’s post. But I’m not quite brave enough to do that. And besides, isn’t this whimsical dog much more entertaining to look at? Photo credit: stock.xchng Three women I’m pretty sure would hate …
Welcome Mat Wednesday: Jamie Britt
Happy Wednesday, everyone! Welcome Mat Wednesday is back with a guest post by the super sweet Jamie Britt! Jamie is a devotional writer for woman and even though I’ve never met her in person, I can tell from reading her blogs her heart for encouraging others is genuine. Jamie’s post is all about trusting in God’s awesome grace. I read …
We have a winner!
Whoa, I’ve been mostly absent from the blogosphere in the past two weeks and so much has happened during my time away! We said goodbye to Twinkies. (I’m just thankful Little Debbie is safe and sound. The world would not be right without oatmeal cream pies.) Larry Hagman died. Seems like most people remember him as a bad guy from …
A suh-weet giveaway and a little break.
So, I did a royalty-free stock image search for the word “focus” and this is what came up. Really?Photo credit: stock.xchng Here’s the thing: I need to finish my next book. And I need to focus. And I was reminded recently of a verse I blogged about more than a year ago: “Be strong and do the work.” ~1 Chronicles 28:10 Do the work. …