I’ve been copying out the book of Romans for the past couple of months. When I reached the beginning of chapter 12, I made a connection I hadn’t made before, one I continue to mull over even now, days later. Here’s what I read: Honestly, I’ve read these two verses quite often, but I’ve mostly considered them separately. And yet as I...

I confess, I’ve been a bit down lately in regards to my author life. I feel so invisible online. I feel like my books are invisible on the shelves. I’ve tried harder to make my presence known and yet every time I do the things that other people say work for them, they don’t work for me. And I don’t even mean book sales. I just mean getting my...

  I’ve never really had a problem saying No. If asked to do something I didn’t want to do, I found a way to decline, albeit not without an occasional twinge of guilt. But my current season of No isn’t like that. In the past few weeks, and as I look ahead to the next few months, I find myself struggling to say No, even when it is evident that to...

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking.  The title alone intrigued me, since I do know this about myself: I am an introvert. For over a year it sat on my book wish list, until last week I finally decided it was time to hear what Susan Cain had to say. Wow. This book was so much more than I thought it would be. She begins with a...

With all that is on my plate these days, there is a tendency to leave off or shorten time spent in quiet communication with God. But this quote reminds me that giving God my time in prayer is of itself an act the exercises faith, for God knows how many hours are in my day and exactly what needs to be done. Do I trust Him enough to take time to...

Yes, I’m one of “those” drivers. When I’m alone, I stave off the stress of traffic by cranking up the music and singing loud. Most of the time it’s a harmless past time, helping me navigate the other cars and keep my own insecurities at bay. Unless my playlist or shuffle ends up on one particular song: The Stand. Then my heart swells. My...