reaching out and drawing near (the year of gathering)
When the light comes on in our own lives, when we find redemption or restoration or new breath in our lungs—when we realize that what we have believed about...
Stories about Musings and Thoughts
He Proved He Was Both (the year of gathering)
It is the Monday after Easter, Resurrection Day, the celebration of new life given like the first breath in our lungs. I pray that, this year, it’s more than...
Sin and Skin
It’s been a week since One Woman Can Change the World was launched into the world it wants to serve well. I should be encouraging you to buy the...
Join my launch team for One Woman Can Change the World
So, if you read this post, but then stop when the registration form asks you to pre-order the book because this season is really tough financially, please respond and...
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...
Hospitality isn’t a Gift – Plus #KitchenTherapy with TWO Sweet Treats
Some folks say hospitality is a spiritual gift.
I beg to differ.
I think there are most certainly gifts that are divinely inspired – mine are exhortation, leadership, and wisdom (though...
Shoot Like a Girl | As You Are
She said, “Show them you as you are – behind the words and the images.”
The “she” is my friend, Migdalia. We’ve been together since the early ‘80s, and we’ve...
What Do We Say to a Kid in Kenya?
My friend Mindy and I finished teaching the kids at a school in a remote Kenyan village, and then asked, "Do you have any questions you'd like to ask...
Joy (Advent)
A tiny bird named Benjamin Tit is sharing the secret of joy today - a tiny bird made from a tree that smells like roses when it's being cut...
Hope (Advent)
The heart rests on two picture books, the glow of a candle calling out its design. It was a treasure found in Kenya on one of my latest journeys....
Be Kind to You – and #kitchentherapy for a big, beautiful BFD
Happy Monday! It's World Kindness Day. It's been an officially observed day since 1998, when a group of nonprofits thought it would be nice to focus on what’s good...
Here’s to Us
I hear the tap on the door. “Hey there, you ready?”
“Just a second,” I mumble, under a mass of blue and white floral. “I’m trapped in my dress.”
He smiles...
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