Our Book Has Released on Amazon!
Hi Friend! We can’t contain our excitement! Today is the day! GRACED: My Mess is Not the Boss of Me is now available on Amazon. After 3 years of writing and re-writing and writing [Read more...]
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Sneak peek book excerpt–My Dirty Little Secret
(Our new book will land on Amazon in a couple of weeks so I thought I'd share one of the devotionals:) The drive-thru barista knows my dirty little secret. Tinted windows befriend me because [Read more...]
What Pushes Your Buttons? Five Names You Don’t Want To Be Called And Three Ways To Stop the Labels
My doorbell won’t work. The whole mechanism is only a year old, so what the heck?? Is that why it was on sale for $29.99? Because retailers know you will be buying a new one every year? Which slowly [Read more...]
Confession Time: I’m Glad God Gives Me More Than One Strike
I hadn't done something so dumb since I was a teenager. Cars whizzed by me at seventy miles an hour.The wind force of the trucks rocked my stationary SUV like a Volkswagen in a cyclone. The [Read more...]
Finding our Greatest Christmas Gift: Peace of Mind
As I drape their garlands, and trim their trees with all sorts of baubles and sparkles and ribbons and shine, I turn my phone soft to soothing Jazz Christmas tunes and hum along. “It’s that time of [Read more...]
The Real Secret to Finding the Keys to the Kingdom (Rwanda #8)
Their faces read innocent. Guileless eyes flash curious. Shy smiles radiate a happy heart. Even as poverty encloses them, they find joy in each day, playing with sticks, clasping a rag doll [Read more...]
Five Ways To Fight Back: Finding Peace in Life’s Chaos (Remodel #3)
A steady flow of strangers swept in and out, like a harried trail of ants. We were drowning in the throes of demolition. Our much anticipated anniversary trip to the Dominican Republic speedily [Read more...]
Being Thankful When It’s One of Those Weeks: Husband of the Year Award
To say I was excited was an understatement! It had been a long day directing a TV commercial for the furniture store I stage, but I finished early. Time to pick up The Preacher and my son for the [Read more...]
That Little Boy
That little boy Digging in the dirt Splashing in the puddles Rocks, bottle caps, gold plastic coins In his pockets. That little boy Candy hoarder Style of his [Read more...]
A Mother’s Tears of Joy
My mantra for the wedding weekend: Just hold it together. Don't cry. At least don't do the red-nosed, blotchy-cheek, sob-thing. Have fun! It's a joyful party. If you sob like a baby, [Read more...]