Last year I facilitated a Made to Crave study based on the book by Lysa TerKeurst. We’d watch the video and each week she’d have a word that we would replace with a better word. My notes for Week 6 have the word Desperation. Letting go of desperation, the new word we are to exchange…
So, Valentine’s Day… Hallmark conspiracy or a great day to focus on love? I’m spending my day in an unconventional way (hint: Cue the Law and Order music) but thought I’d share a couple Valentine memories over the years. It’s funny how my romance meter ebbs and flows. I’m 6 and in the first grade…
Marriage Monday, and it’s a blog-whatever-comes-to-mind theme. With it so close to Valentine’s, that’s an easy one, right? But I have to tell you. I’m just not feeling Valentine’s Day. Honestly, I’m not feeling much of anything. We go through seasons and we seem to be in winter. Numbing, never-ending winter. I think it’s…
Today’s the day I post my own amateur nature picture and share a thought or two on God’s love for you. Those clouds look menacing, don’t they? Want to know the truth? It was a gorgeous day at sea leaving the Bahamas. Want to know another truth? There is a devil who loves to deceive….
What a week! If you follow me on my personal Facebook page you know our daughter has been struggling with an invisible illness that brings about so much pain for her and those around her that it has consumed my thoughts this week. Whether I wanted it to or not, this one issue has been…
Like free? Earlier this week I reviewed Portals by Michael Kimball. He left a kind comment that benefits YOU. Check it out: What an encouragement it is for me, Julie, to gain such a positive review of Portals. I’m now working on the next novel and hope to finish before summer’s end. As an expression…