The Writing Life – Inspiration
Inspiration is far more patchwork quilt than seamless silk, isn’t it? I think it’s that way for all of us. Rarely is it a thing that inspires us to...
The Writing Life – Quote
“You’ve got different boots on today.” It’s not a quote from a movie or a book, though I’ve dedicated a postscript chapter to it in the manuscript about women...
The Writing Life – Stuck
There’s a word I truly have come to dislike—more than moist or dirge or even spatchcock. It’s a word that threatens to trip me up as I write for...
The Writing Life – Edit
I’m going to ramble a bit here, so bear with me. I promise, even if the words aren’t edited and spit-polished, they’re good. I’m a huge self-editor. I’m sure...
The Writing Life – Brainstorm
It seems I’d have taken a better picture of the moment, what with a phone that helps me document most everything these days. But instead, I’ve got an IG...
The Writing Life – Mornings
There are so many things I want to tell you, love—things about your worth and your design and how incredibly large and expansive God’s purpose is within you and...
The Writing Life – Draft
I’ve confessed that I’m praying I will learn to savor the process as much as I enjoy the finished work—when the campaign is launched or the book is written...
The Writing Life – Mood
We all have the lie that threatens to take us down. For me, that lie is failure. It’s rarely an awareness of past failures that wants to keep me...
Meant to be Heard | The Samaritan Woman
Of all the women in scripture, I think I might have been closest friends with the Samaritan woman. Her story has been recited over and over again to reveal...
It’s 2019, and I’m doing nothing new. It’s glorious.
I adore words and am mesmerized by their power to bring life into our lives the way just the right amount of salt enhances the flavor of all it...
And Yet, Both Women… (Mary and Elizabeth)
But the angel assured her, “Mary, you have nothing to fear. God has a surprise for you: You will become pregnant and give birth to a son and call...
What Does it Mean to Shine?
What does it mean to shine? For years, I thought it meant being the flame that burned the hottest and brightest. Now, I see things differently. And it's all...
