So there’s this little book on the New York Time’s Bestseller List…. Maybe you’ve heard of it? Actually, it’s huge. It seems to have taken over almost every Christian woman’s blog out there. I bump into it everywhere I go on the internet. I really wanted to read the book. I was very drawn to […]
Ann Voskamp claims you can only feel one type of emotion at a time. When you feel thankful, you cannot worry or feel afraid. That thought annoyed me when I first read it. I think it rubbed me the wrong way because it seemed too easy. I kept seeing those lists of thanksgiving everyone was […]
source I ran up the stairs today, two at a time. I realize this means nothing to you, so I’m going to tell you why I’m feeling fairly giddy about it, and then I’m going to encourage you to go find something you’re giddy about, too. That’s the plan, anyway… When I was growing up, […]
It’s about one year since I started making a “happy list”. The idea had been in the back of my mind for a few months, but it took awhile until I was ready to commit to actually getting my happy, thankful thoughts down on paper. Once I started, I loved it. I’ve gotten 1272 blessings […]
While I was lounging around in Florida this last winter, I shared with you how I was enjoying Ann Voskamp’s book, One Thousand Gifts. This book has been everywhere in the last year. You see it on countless Christian women’s blogs. You hear about it in churches. You see it advertized on every Christian bookstore […]
If you read this blog somewhat regularly, I’m sure you’ve figured out by now that I love books. I really, really love books. I used to love fiction books, but have given up that obsession, because obsessions are exhausting. I can’t stop reading fiction. I get really into a good book, and before you know […]
Freedom has been on my mind recently. I posted recently about some of my past experiences with spiritual warfare, but I’m feeling the need to share what I am presently experiencing. Because it’s been bothering me so much, I’m thinking I must not be the only one, and it’s an important message to share. But I […]
Hey Friends! This week I’m getting ready to speak at a retreat on the weekend. In order to give more time to preparing, I’m taking the week off from blogging, and will be sharing some posts from the past instead. I’ll catch up with you next week, and let you know how the weekend went! […]
Last year, I had a favorite secular song, and a favorite spiritual song. Without really trying, I find the same thing has happened this year. When it comes to needing something happy and upbeat, our family has become a Taylor Swift family. Oh, my word, I would never have seen that one coming. But there it […]
If everything had gone the way we thought it would, we would have celebrated a birthday here last week. We would have had another little munchkin running around here, turning five years old. I don’t think about that very often. Except around Mother’s Day. When that old due date rolls around, there are some dreams […]
Ordinary Days 