Return to Me Robin Lee Hatcher’s Return to Me puts a twist on the parable of the prodigal by making the returning child and the sibling female and by dropping the story into contemporary times. Roxy Burke left for Nashville seven years ago determined to make it big. Now she’s returning to her family and […]
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I’m a Survivor
For those of you who are planning to watch the finale of Survivor and haven’t yet found the time…come back and read this post later. [Spoiler Warning] I was incredibly shocked and saddened when Dreamz did not honor his deal with Yau-man! Short recap: Yau-man gave Dreamz a $60,000 truck in return for a “gentleman’s” […]
Winning Family Feud
As I posted in my last blog, my family won on Family Feud. Jill Elizabeth Nelson asked if that put us on Easy Street. I’m sure she was completely serious and I will answer as such. 🙂 It was a complete God thing. I remember praying in the car in the parking lot just before […]
What Pleases God?
The short answer: you. You , His creation, whom He loves. I’ve read the Bible through multiples times. Mainly, I can thank my dad for this. At the start of each year, he’d stand up in front of the congregation and offer money–$20, I think–to anyone who read the whole Bible before December 31st. Unfortunately, […]
Ladies, All the Ladies
Well, really just the wives! Dana McCall, a young wife who’s raising funds with her husband to go to Tanzania as Wycliffe missionaries, let me know about a great 30-day challenge for wives. Here’s the link: http://www.reviveourhearts.com/topics/30-day-challenge.php I thought it was very appropriate to spotlight this month as Kevin and I will be celebrating eleven […]
The Mental Game
Saturday morning, I promoted to a blue belt level in Taekwon-do. Last night Kevin and I went to the Grand Master’s studio for a more intense class than our regular one. Though at one point I though I might throw up if I jumped or spun or kicked again, I kept going. At the close […]
Joshua’s Choice
Joshua picked a play bath tonight. In case you don’t speak the same childtalk we do, that usually means bubbles and a few toys for a longer period of soaking. He asked for the whole bucket of bath toys. That’s a lot of toys and my back does not love to bend over the tub […]
Passionate Patience
My friend, published author Angela Meuser, introduced me to that phrase. I think every unpublished author needs to post it by his/her computer. Romans 8: 24b-25 is discussing a different subject within the context of that chapter, but I think it applies to being published, too. Who hopes for what he already has? But if […]
Testing of Faith
I have this faith that we will be published at some point in time, so where does all the rejection fit into this? “Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you […]
Faith for the Future
One night, I finished reading one of Jane Kirkpatrick’s books and I lay there sobbing. Lord, how can I even think to call myself a writer? I could never, ever write a book of this quality, with this much research. She’s just sooo talented… He brought to mind the parable of the talents. I was […]