Introducing… my new book.

Introducing… my new book.

by | Aug 24, 2018 | Pumpkin Spice for Your Soul

I wrote another book. It’s been as much a surprise to me as it may be to you, and it’s done. In my hands. ANOTHER BOOK. It’s my favorite project yet. I was so excited when we picked it up today that I dragged my whole family to our favorite little...
My One Word for 2018

My One Word for 2018

by | Jan 3, 2018 | lifeblog

I’m coming off a Hallmark Christmas movie bender. You guys, I’m pretty sure that between Halloween and New Year’s Day I watched FORTY NEW HOLIDAY MOVIES. I’m not even sorry. (It was for WORK. Kind of. OK it was for Facebook live videos with my...
The Choice We Need to Make This Week

The Choice We Need to Make This Week

by | Dec 15, 2017 | A Moment of Christmas, lifeblog

I’ve been doing quite a bit of speaking this season, to church groups and moms groups and groups of parents. As I’ve prepared the talks for each gathering, I’ve realized that I am a perfectionist. You could say I’m a perfectionist in recovery, but...
On Knowing What the Trees Know

On Knowing What the Trees Know

by | Oct 25, 2017 | encouragement for moms, Reader Favorites

It’s cooling down here in Minnesota, snow forecasted this weekend even though we topped at 80 degrees last week. The sticky, long, dog days of summer dredged deep into to September, and now in October the nights and early mornings bring a chill. And the trees . . ....
Hey, Cool Mom at Target:

Hey, Cool Mom at Target:

by | Sep 26, 2017 | lifeblog

Hey, cool mom at Target, I saw you today, with your adorable little one in her bonnet. I’m partial to bonnets myself – nothing sweeter on a baby than a ruffly little bonnet! Anyways, I saw that sweetie pie bat her eyelashes at you and then totally. lose....
On Going Back to School

On Going Back to School

by | Sep 20, 2017 | encouragement for moms, lifeblog

Three weeks ago, we started school. Like real school. Kindergarten. You guys remember praying for that little baby we so badly wanted six years ago? NOW HE IS IN REAL SCHOOL. With bells and a teacher and little desks and lunch in the cafeteria and gym class and the...
Suit Up, Girls.

Suit Up, Girls.

by | Jul 4, 2017 | at (in)courage

While not anywhere near the entanglement of modern day slavery, there is definitely a culture of enslavement right here in the free world. We are bound, all right. Maybe with proverbial chains, but nonetheless these shackles are our reality: Fear. Low self worth....
The Ministry of Presence {at (in)courage}

The Ministry of Presence {at (in)courage}

by | May 28, 2017 | at (in)courage

I haven’t watched a full broadcast of the 10 o’clock news in years. It seemed to me that each night, the news became darker, more saturated with gloom and despair and evil. And there came a point where I decided that I just wouldn’t watch any longer. I do read...

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