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How not to make your grown children hate Christmas – 2023 edition
I’ve shared this each year. The first year this post received so many hits it crashed the site. When I transitioned to a new server, I lost the original post and all the comments. But this is still a vital conversation we can have as parents of grown children. It’s also a...
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5 drops of hope if you feel broken
Maybe you feel broken today . . . Maybe there’s a lot of reasons you feel that way, but I want you to know that God is a mender of broken hearts, broken thoughts, and broken hurts. Today I want to share 5 Prayer Starter podcast episodes with you. I...
10 questions about Jesus: How did Jesus treat women?
There’s a lot of messages about women, especially when it comes to our Christian faith. There are labels that try to define what a woman’s role is or isn't. There is debate that singles out scriptures (without deeper context) to silence women....
Suzie, I want to write a book
You’ve been trying to write that nonfiction book. A chapter here. A paragraph there. You’ve been learning, but it feels overwhelming. You even saved hundreds or thousands of dollars to fly or drive to another state to attend a Christian writers’...
You deserve healthy
Today I’m not coming to you with concrete answers. I don’t know your situation. I don’t know how hard things have been for you. But I do know one thing: you deserve healthy. A healthy community. A healthy friend. A healthy faith environment....
Something to say to yourself when you doubt (and we all do)
I attended a book launch last night. The weather was stormy. Lightning cracked across the sky as I drove. Celebrating my friend, Lori Ann Wood, was worth the drive, but so were the words she spoke. In fact, they are still on my heart and...
Compassion changes everything
This verse has always stunned me. “And the king will say, ‘I tell you the truth, when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me.” Our world feels as if compassion is missing right now, doesn’t it? But...