I stood on the back porch leaning against the house, shoulders drooped, hair covering my face as tears fell drip by drip onto the cement. I’d taken the trash out, but wasn’t quite ready to go back into the house. I was hoping I could also dump the trash in my soul right there on […]
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7 Truths about Friendship During the Fledging Years {Giveaway!}
Today’s post comes from my friend Brenda Yoder who just released a book for parents titled Fledge: LaunchingYour Kids Without Losing Your Mind. It was my pleasure to not only endorse this book, but to also write the foreword for it (a first for me!). As a friend and mom who is a stage ahead of […]
Love Vs. You
This week, I’m honored to participate in a blog series on the topic of love with Baker Book House. I was in elementary school when I first reached out to my neighbors with Jesus’ love. That was also when I first learned sharing Jesus’ love wasn’t as easy as I thought it was. My childhood […]
4 Daily Spiritual Practices to Promote Good Mental Health
Giveaway winners! I apologize, I got a little behind with the holidays and a round of birthdays! I’ll be contacting these winners. Thanks for participating! A Song of Home: A Novel of the Swing Era (Pearl Spence Novels) by Susie Finkbeiner- Karen Sunlight Burning at Midnight by Jessica Ronne – Julie B. As My Parents […]
How the Joy of the Lord Can Be Your Strength
“This is it. This is her final journey home,” my husband said. For the past 24 hours, our phones had blown up with text messages from my father-in-law. My husband’s 94-year-old grandmother was in the hospital. The doctors had just made their diagnosis. This would be her journey to Heaven. She had told us for […]
How to Build a Backyard Prayer Garden
I stand in the kitchen and stare out my back window into our small backyard. I see the worn, wooden back fence and leaves and walnuts covering the now-brown grass. In my imagination, however, I see a tiny oasis filled with color: spring tulips in a rainbow of colors, happy daffodils smiling at the sun, […]