Every year around this time, especially when I'm pondering what to write about "love," I'm bombarded with song lyrics from the soundtrack of my teen years. Most of them come from pop songs I recorded on cassette with my single-speaker boom box. In so many of the lyrics about love, questions surround the concept. Questions about Love "What is love?" Haddaway asked, and has asked repeatedly for two decades. "What's love got to do with it?" lamented Tina Turner with her signature hair … [Read more...]
Recommended Reads for 2020
Two year ago, I scribbled a sloppy list of books to read. Amazingly, it’s still on my desk. Titles have been added and checked off (and a few random phone numbers languish in the margins). The biggest challenge has been deciding what to read next. Audible and Overdrive (both audiobook platforms) are the ONLY reasons I’ve been able to maintain a robust (for me anyway) reading life. In 2019, my goal was to read two books each month, and I'm thrilled to say, I have some great ones to … [Read more...]
Confessions of a Discontented Dreamer
Last year around this time I had a vivid dream. It was the stuff of cinema, where you sit up in bed, rub sleep from your eyes, and discover your dream has come true. Only in this case there was a twist. I place zero stock in the content of my strange and discombobulated nighttime dreams. I marvel that my brain—mushy as it is during waking hours—can concoct bizarre plots and events without my conscious assistance. But on that freezing morning, I woke up convinced that Kurt and the boys had … [Read more...]
How I Learned about “Murder, Motherhood & Miraculous Grace”
It’s always risky to share a hotel room with a stranger. Some would call it crazy. But I did it anyway. Lest you think I’m completely out of my mind, the risk was mitigated by the fact that my roommate and I were both women attending a Christian Writers conference in Estes Park, Colorado. By the time we met on that May evening in 2014, I was exhausted. I had driven eight hours, located registration, lodging, dining and classrooms, and attended a pre-conference session. When the first key-note … [Read more...]
How to Hope in a Storm
That enormous flash of sunlight and heat that just flew by...that was summer! And with the close of the season comes our final Story of Hope from Lisa Appelo. Her summer has been a whirlwind of weddings, babies, and now Hurricane Dorian. But Lisa is no stranger to storms. Eight years ago, Lisa suddenly became a widow and single mom to seven kiddos. Today she's shared her story of God's faithful mercy before, during, and after a tragic family storm. Be encouraged. Our hope, our certainty, is … [Read more...]
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