Focus on the Family’s Odyssey Adventure Club is turning one, and they want you to celebrate with them! We’d be thrilled if you shared this great deal with your friends and followers! Praise for the Odyssey Adventure Club: “AIO has been such a blessing to me and my family. They were able to help me…
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Sisterhood of the Word Bloggers Award
My new year started off with a pleasant surprise when Paula Mowery nominated me and other bloggers with the Sisterhood of the World Blogger Award. Here are the rules: 1. Thank the blogger who nominated you. 2. Put the Award logo on your blog. 3. Answer 10 questions you’ve been sent. 4. Make up 10…
Sabbath Sunday: Beyond the Woods
Each Sunday I take my own amateur nature photo and share a thought or two about God’s love. Fairy tales are a popular theme these days and I’m a fan like everyone else. There’s Once Upon a Time, Maleficent, Cinderella is coming out, and right now, Into the Woods. But real life hasn’t shown…
Saturday Confession: Scar Tissue
It’s been awhile since I’ve confessed, and Saturday is the day I do it. For new readers it’s not to air my laundry, it’s to encourage. Because there is one thing I know—the true defeated one likes us to think we’re the defeated ones. And if I can shed light on my struggles and surrender…
2015 Word of the Year
The word came to me in November. I was tired, burning the candle at both ends. Not recovered from the move or the stress of it. Off kilter from being vulnerable and dealing with some emotional ambushes I wasn’t ready for. I was so spent I can’t say it was a prayer, but it was…
2014 Words of the Year Review: Chosen and Preposterous
As I scratch my head in awe that 2014 is here and gone, I’m even more amazed at the ways God delivered on the words He gave me to focus and live for in the year. Because 2013 was abundance, it was awesome He gave two words for 2014. Chosen. Preposterous. I knew right away…