I saw a story on CBS Sunday Morning this past weekend about wounded warriors playing music, lead by Roger Waters of Pink Floyd. One of these hero warriors lost a hand and both legs in Afghanistan. He told the story of how when his world was crashing down around...
I saw a story on CBS Sunday Morning this past weekend about wounded warriors playing music, lead by Roger Waters of Pink Floyd.One of these hero warriors lost a hand and both legs in Afghanistan. He told the story of how when his world was crashing down around him,...
I saw a quote this week from a friend on Facebook: Whatever happened to being in the moment when you do something?It got me to thinking. Are we all so busy multi-tasking that we forget to be in the moment? To enjoy what's going on right this minute?I know some of...
Our pastor of worship arts gave a great message over the weekend. I've been pondering his words for the past few days. He spoke about Christians living in a bubble and how we need to step out from that bubble. And when we step out of that bubble, how are we...
It's been an interesting week. I'm seeing the cycles of life, so to speak. We received word that my aunt, who is in poor health, had taken a turn for the worst. Her kids and family were gathering around to spend time with her. A few days later, my husband and I...
Was there ever a time in your childhood that you felt like running away from home? That seems so silly looking back, because as Dorothy Gale said, "There's no place like home."Even as adults, we sometimes want to run away from home. Take my husband and I a few weeks...
Families can be complicated, can't they? We feel lost if we don't have them, yet sometimes, well…Recently, my family had our annual Cousin Reunion. A reunion of cousins, you may ask? Yep. You see, there are a whole bunch of us. 56 first cousins. There are 50 of...
Just some brief thoughts today on having a spirit of gratitude. I had the pleasure of speaking at my local ACFW chapter this past weekend, the DFW Ready Writers, now DFW-ACFW. And in my closing remarks, I spoke about working with a spirit of thankfulness.Sometimes...
I've just returned from the wonderful American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW) conference in Indianapolis. For full disclosure, I work for ACFW, but there's a reason I work for them, and ran for and served on the operating board. I love this organization! Their...
A couple of weeks ago, I posted about the "Pioneer Spirit." And the week before that, we talked about "Living an Adventurous Life."Do you sense a theme here? I'm now struggling with making my own leap of faith, while seeing others around me taking their own and...