Welcome to my new website design! After researching and thinking and researching and thinking some more, I finally made decisions and hit the “update” button. I’m not sure why it took so long. I seemed to always have an excuse: new writing assignment, fast approaching trip, large project at work, or even a broken ankle….
Writing
Mentor for Life
I’m thrilled to share an interview with the author of the newly released book, Mentor for Life. My friend, Natasha Robinson, wrote the book to offer guidance and encouragement for embracing the role of mentoring in discipleship. Look no farther for a book on mentoring. Mentor for Life establishes mentoring relationships in community, provides a biblical…
Writing with Grace
My friend Ann Swindell is launching registration for her writing course today! If you’re a writer and want to grow in your ability to communicate powerfully and effectively on the page, check out her course Writing With Grace. It’s a six-week course that will run January through February 2016 and includes interviews with editors from…
Journaling: Healing through Private Words
Do you journal? If so, have you ever read through your pages of writing? Journaling offers a window into the past and that can instruct our future. Last week I flipped through my 2014 journals. Like glancing over the stern of a boat at the rapids already passed, the meandering paragraphs and doodling entries reminded me…
Connecting Life through Blogs
Everyone has a story. And, we are connected to one another’s story. Sometimes our paths physically criss-cross; other times similar experiences draw us together. We have much to learn from one another’s story. Blogs offer one way to share these adventures. Their public voice creates a bridge between us and allows us access to one another that we…
The Weaver
A classic poem, The Weaver, written by Benjamin M. Franklin and quoted frequently by Corrie ten Boom speaks to the age-old quandry of contentment amidst uncertainty… My life is just a weaving Between my Lord and me. I cannot change the color For He works most steadily. Oft times He weaves the sorrow And I…
New Look for the Journal
I love moving furniture around in my house. It makes things new. Fresh. (It also shows me where the dust was gathering and what needed tending to!) In similar fashion, I decided it was time to move the furniture around here in my blog home. I’ve had the same look for three years. It’s time…
Top 10 Posts of 2013
Hello, Friends! Here we are at the conclusion of another year. Much has happened…good and bad, the expected and the unexpected, with joy and with sadness. Through it all, I continue to marvel at God’s amazing grace. Even when stumbling and trying to find my way, the Lord is present and His Spirit guides. Thank…
How to Support Your Missionary — The Ultimate Guide
Today’s article is a guest post by Samuel Werner of the Missions Manual. Serving as a missionary, Sam interacts regularly with supporters. Pause and read his words to learn the best ways to care for your missionaries. Share his words with your church and friends who also seek to encourage, sustain, and strengthen those in…
To Blog or Not to Blog?
Why blog? Many people have asked the purpose of blogging. Some would say that we are a society that will not stop talking. Opinions and comments and advise and rants abound. Guilty. As I consider the “to blog or not to blog” question, though, a few things come to mind… Connecting First, I have found blogs…
