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Paper Angels: A Review and Giveaway
If you’ve ever been to Bill Coffey’s blog and read one or two of his posts, you know right off the bat that he is a master storyteller. He writes about everyday life – a meal at a local diner, a...
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You’ve Got God-Given Strengths…Yeah, YOU!
image from Dayspring When Holley Gerth mentioned the StrengthsFinder test in her new book You’re Already Amazing, it prompted me to dig out my profile sheet again. Years ago I took the StrengthsFinder...
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Shining Hope: A Review of Chasing Silhouettes
“Mommy, am I fat?” he asks one morning, as I stand with my hands under running water at the kitchen sink. “What? No! Of course you’re not fat; you’re not in the least bit fat,” I answer, not turning...
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Life After Art: You Were Made to Create
I used to tell people that I wasn’t creative. I acknowledged my other skills — I’m organized, can meet a deadline, run a shipshape household — but when it came to creativity, I always balked. “Nope,...
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Need a Mentor? Look No Further Than the Bible {and a book giveaway!}
When I posted on Facebook recently that I wanted a mentor but didn’t know how to go about finding one, I was surprised by the responses my comment inspired. Turns out, I’m not the only woman looking...
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The In-Between {an interview with Jeff Goins}
So I got all confident after my video debut and took it up a notch when I got the opportunity to interview author Jeff Goins. I am the biggest Luddite ever you know, so it took me for.ever to figure...
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The Lawn Chair Traveler {thoughts on packing light and a book giveaway!}
My friends Laura and Richard and their two boys travel a lot. Richard is a professor, and he takes every opportunity he can get to teach overseas. They spent a summer in Australia and New Zealand, and...
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Cracking Up: A Postpartum Faith Crisis {and a book giveaway!}
Today I am so excited to introduce you to one of my favorite faith writers, Kimberlee Conway Ireton. I actually met Kimberlee last fall at a writers’ retreat at Laity Lodge in Texas, and I was...
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Spinning Cartwheels, Tap Dancing, Shouting from the Rooftops: Love Idol is Here!
I know Mondays are typically devoted to the Hear It, Use It community around here, and we’ve been spending these last three Lenten Mondays a bit more quiet than usual. But. Sometimes you have to take...
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How Many Steps Does It Take to Make A Difference? {hint: not as many as you...
I was running my standard route a couple of days ago, and as I glanced up from the pavement I literally stopped in my tracks. The tree branches arched over the path to form a tunnel of sorts, and the...
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Finding Your Home in a Not-Quite-Home Place
When people ask me where I’m from, I always answer the same way. “Nebraska,” I say. “I live in Nebraska, but I’m from Massachusetts.” I want to make sure they know about my roots. Because even though...
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What To Do When You’re Called to Act…and You Do Nothing
I read Shannan Martin’s book Falling Free: Rescued from the Life I Always Wanted this past summer in Minnesota. My friend Deidra got an advanced copy, and I swiped it from her faster than she could...
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Why We So Badly Need Sabbath Rest {and a book giveaway!}
Rest typically comes last for me. Rest comes after the chores are done and the errands are run. Rest comes after every item on my to-do is checked off. I rest once my obligations and responsibilities...
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The Weight of Waiting {and a book giveaway!}
A few years ago the phone rang on a December evening. It was Brad’s dad, calling to tell us he had been diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. It was the beginning of Advent, and when I think about it...
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Traveling the Broken Way
Faith has never come easily for me. I’ve often described my spiritual journey and faith itself as a two-steps-forward-one-step-back kind of process, with doubt rearing its ugly head from time to time,...
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What I’m Reading {Summer 2018 Edition}
When I was a kid I spent most of my summer afternoons on the screened-in porch, tucked into a rocking chair, the vinyl seat cushion sticking to the back of my legs in the New England humidity. Often...
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Community as a Courageous Act of Peace {and a book giveaway}
Truly, I have never seen so much food at a single meal. Not on my mother-in-law’s Thanksgiving table. Not even at my Aunt Maureen’s annual Easter smorgasbord. The feast was epic. A few weeks ago our...
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Favorite Books of 2018
Now that I’m catching my breath from the release of True You, I can get back to regular programming around here. And the first order of business for the new year is always a favorite books post. In...
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Top 10 Favorite Books of 2019
The year is not quite over yet, but I wanted to share my annual Favorite Books of the Year post with you, in case you need some good bookish gift ideas for the readers in your life (here are my 2017...
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Cracking Up: A Postpartum Faith Crisis {and a book giveaway!}
Today I am so excited to introduce you to one of my favorite faith writers, Kimberlee Conway Ireton. I actually met Kimberlee last fall at a writers’ retreat at Laity Lodge in Texas, and I was...
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