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- Category: Anxiety
- Category: Beyond What We Can Imagine
- Reflective Christmas, Fortune Cookies, and Walking with God…a chat with Allen Arnold!
- The Tale of Two Dances
- When Fear Was Shattered
- The Zucchini Plant: When God Does the Unexpected
- The Power of the Dandelion
- The Mean Stepsister
- The Rescue: A True Story
- Charlotte Elliott: Just As I Am
- My Emmaus Road: What to Do in the Waiting
- The Little Girl from the Land of Gray
- The Redemption of Kip
- My 2018 Word of the Year
- The Widow of the Nativity: Anna
- What I Carried Back from the United Kingdom: Angeles
- Game-Changing Prayers
- The Broken Piano
- Learning Joy in Failure
- The Civil War, Messy People and Jesus: Why I Write
- The Seeing Blind
- Pursuing Dreams
- The Mean Stepsister
- The Innkeeper
- It Must be God’s Will…Really???
- Lie #3: “I’m Worthless” and Other Labels
- The Redemption of Kip
- Finding a Voice: When God Changes the Plan
- Unquenchable: The 2016 Mount Hermon Christian Writers Conference
- Worry Squashing: How a Princess Can Get Rid of the Peas Under Her Mattress for Good
- Embracing Inadequacy: The 300s.
- Radical Love, Radical Forgiveness
- Holding Jesus
- The Fascinating Story of “O Holy Night”
- Wonder
- The Little Girl from the Land of Gray
- The BIG question
- How Charlotte Elliott Caught My Attention
- Welcome my guest Linda Miller!
- My Review of “Hiding in the Light” by Rifqa Bary
- There’s No Pit So Deep…
- Category: Blog
- Sarcasm and Story with S.E. Clancy!
- Food, Creativity, and Lakeside Retreat with Marci Seither
- The Beauty of Family with Robin Pearson
- Worthy to be Loved with Jean Shepard
- Christianity Deconstructed
- How to Find Joy in the Uncomfortable with Erica Vetsch
- God Didn’t Call You to be Nice
- Theatre, Story, and Laughter with Ane Mulligan
- All Things England with Michelle Griep
- YA and Fly-by-Faith Fiction with Amy Earls!
- Research, Writing, and Control…oh my!
- If you’re struggling today…
- Episode 17: Listen to the first chapter of Where Dandelions Bloom!
- Fairy Lights: Learning to Dance in the Rain
- Episode 16…the family show!
- Listening for the Sacred with Brian Spahr!
- Struggling through Story, Cool Kids, and Finding Hope in Pain…a visit with Pepper Basham!
- The Power of The Promise with Patsy Hockaday!
- Talking Grace, Collaboration, and Words of the Year with The Ruth Experience
- Episode 6: Colorful Pasts and Messy Stories…Hanging Out with Shadia Hrichi!
- War and Atheists: The Riveting Story of O Holy Night
- Episode 3: Silver Strands and “Even Ifs” with Crystal Caudill
- The Problem with Being Nice: the 30 Day Drop the Gossip Challenge
- What “Euphoria” Really Means
- Monday Prayers on Fear
- Monday Prayer for July 5, 2021
- The Glove
- What’s the Deal with the Christianese?
- When Your Road is an Emmaus: What to Do in the Waiting
- A Tale of Three Dogs: What it Means to Walk with God
- What’s up with the Christian Cliches?
- Cracked Pots
- What I Learned in the Darkness
- Shattering the Fairytale: When Perfect Isn’t Enough
- Where Have All the Good Girls Gone?
- What is my 2020 Word of the Year?
- What We Can Learn from the MacArthur/Beth Moore Debacle
- Am I Good Enough?
- When Forgiving Seems Impossible: Part 3
- When Your Heart is Stamped “Condemned”: Part 2
- Civil War Trivia 101
- Girl from the Land of Gray
- Lapping Up Air
- Blinded
- Hippie Gospel
- Fear is a Liar
- The Broken Piano
- The Bell Ringer
- Fleas and . . . Thanksgiving?
- Cover reveal…
- The Power of Pronouns
- The 30 Day Attitude Challenge
- A Word for People Pleasers
- An Open Letter to My Girls: Here’s What to Look For When You Date
- Las Vegas and God
- Give Way
- Please Welcome Guest Blogger…Nancy McAllister and the Amazing Greta Oto Butterfly!
- The Legacy of…Today: Dead Man Walking
- Euphoria in a Rice Field…I Think Not
- Untied Shoelaces: Insecurity’s Scream
- Oxygen Masks
- Bless Her Heart: Code Words and Torn Labels
- Sour Fruit
- The Fingerprint
- Concrete Heart
- No Fast Passes Allowed
- Stuck on a Roller Coaster…But Not Moving
- Where I Get My Characters: Quirks, Stalking and More
- Comfortable with Uncomfortable
- The Performance Bug and Stinky Oysters
- Lattes and Fruit
- Pink Socks and Dust Bunnies
- More Than a Hiding Place
- Tambourines and Accordians
- Stuttering
- Joy for 2015 and Beyond
- Category: Christmas
- Christmas Lights: What to Learn in the Darkness
- All is Bright: The Story Behind Silent Night
- Christmas Treasure: The True Eyewitness Testimony of Bethlehem Shepherds
- When My Heart Finds Home: A Christmas Story
- Why Mary?
- Was Jesus Really Born in a Stable?
- A Whole New Spin on the Innkeeper of Bethlehem
- The Angel
- The Fascinating Story of “O Holy Night”
- How Miss Perfection Stole Christmas
- When the Holidays are Hard: The Story of Hope Behind “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day”
- Holding Jesus
- When Christmas Plans Fall Apart: What We Can Learn From the Chaos
- The Angel
- Category: Church Life
- It’s All About Jesus…and Me: When the Entitlement Culture Hits our Churches
- Jesus Wasn’t Calling: How I Learned to Walk Away from Perfectionism and Self-Inflicted Martyrdom
- The One Christian Cliché I’ve Tossed for Good
- When Mother’s Day is Painful
- A Wounded Shepherd: When Pastors Suffer With Depression
- Life in the Ministry Trenches: the Pastor’s Wife Part 2
- Life in the Ministry Trenches: The Pastor’s Wife Part 1
- Category: Civil War
- Category: depression
- Category: Family Life
- Wants and Needs: Which One is Netflix?
- Homeschooling Mishaps in History
- An Open Letter to my Son: What Kind of Girl Should You Date?
- An Open Letter to My Girls: Who Should You Date?
- Abortion: Speaking for the Silenced and Wounded
- The Problem with Perfectionism: Conditional Love
- Butterfingers: Interruptions & Learning How to Be a Servant
- Raising a Wild Child Without Losing Your Mind
- 5 Tips for Handling Criticism While Raising Your Strong-Willed Child
- When Your Kid is…Different
- A Father’s Love: Monster Chasers and Hallway Protectors
- 5 Ways to Bust Up Homeschool Blues
- Taking the Anger Out of Interruptions
- Homeschooling: The Good, the Bad & the Funny…5 Things No One Told Me
- Math, Tears and the Whys of Life
- “Dear Shane, I’m your biggest fan…”
- The Obscure Thanksgiving List: Banana Pudding, Spanx and Tweezers…Oh my!
- Find the Humor
- Category: freedom
- Category: Homeschool
- Category: Life from my Kids' Points of View
- Category: Music
- Category: people pleasing
- Category: perfectionism
- Category: podcast
- Fleas and…Thanksgiving?
- Walking Through Grief with Alisha Bozarth
- A Safe Place to be Broken…a Chat with Tami Rowbotham of Incubator Creative Group!
- Encounters with God: A chat with Randal and Tracy Dowdy
- A Look at True Love…Laughing with Joy Massenburge!
- Callings and Prayer Walking with Janet McHenry
- Episode 1: Writing, Inspiration in Mess, and Losing Control…A Chat with Janyre Tromp!
- Category: redemption
- Category: satan's lies
- Category: Songwriting and Everything In Between
- Category: special needs
- Category: Splinters in the Windmills of My Mind
- Category: Uncategorized
- Mouths and Hearts
- Lessons from the Water Park: What is Agape Love?
- The Thief: The Problem with Comparing
- The Rodeo Clown: Learning to Be Seen
- Visiting Fox 16 News
- Stories from the Sea: Never Hide Your Scars
- When Life Hands You…Wigs
- Trolls on the Bridge: How to Keep Negative Feedback from Shredding Your Heart
- “To Do” or “To Be”?: Exchanging Checklists for God’s Presence
- Amazon Customer Reviews on the Bible: Putting Criticism into Perspective
- The Storm
- Rods and Staffs
- An Open Letter from a Recovering People-Pleaser
- Living Like Sugar
- White Space
- Drowning out Silence
- Lessons Learned in His Presence
- How Miss Perfection Stole Christmas
- Moving Down Alto Side: The Thankfulness Perspective
- Hanging Out with God: The Football
- Sippy Cups: When It Seems God Doesn’t Care
- What’s Your Passion? Living for the Things That Matter
- The Window Washer: Fear-Defying Faith
- Disney Theology
- Hot Air Balloons, Fence Lines and Lies: Why does God Have Rules?
- “Buzz Lightyear Did It”, “I Can’t Help the Way I Am” and Other Ways We Stay Stuck
- The Boy in 22 F: When There are No Answers
- Lie #5: Approval Means I’m Loved
- A Writer’s Prayer
- Lie #4: God is not really enough.
- Lie #2: If my life were different, I would be different.
- Lie Number #1: God’s Main Concern is My Happiness
- Why I Gave Up Talking Politics on Social Media
- Battered Bluebirds: How to Handle Lying Emotions
- Books are Not My Babies…and Other “Idol” Chatter
- The Heart Beat
- The Faith Run
- The Sidewalk
- Is Your Heart Stamped ‘Condemned’?
- The Married Couple
- Impressions
- Decision Making 101: Burning Bushes
- What Wisdom Is Not
- Contest and Giveaway!
- Buddy the Elf Hits Walmart
- Some final thoughts from the lovely Linda Tracy Miller!
- Welcome back my guest Linda Tracy Miller!
- Stop It!
- How to Help Your Preacher’s Kid Part 3: Feed Those Guppies
- Category: Walking with God
- France, the Hugenots and “Is God good?” with Janet Joanou Weiner!
- What is the Opposite of Thanksgiving?
- Garage Sales for Smiles
- Monday Prayers for Afghanistan…and our own apathy
- Relentless: How to Never Give Up
- Wielding Nerf Swords: How to be a Grown-Up in a No-Accountability Culture
- Am I a Wonder Junkie?
- My Word for 2021
- Is It Better “To Do” or “To Be”: How a Goal-Driven Person Seeks God
- Will You Take the 30 Day What-You-Say Challenge?
- When Love Rescues
- How a Pandemic is Stripping Away My Idols
- When The World is Spiraling Out of Control…What Do We Do?
- How to Find Joy in Failure
- Breaking Free Part Two
- When Life Hands You…Wigs?
- Why Dandelions?
- Would You Love Me Even Then?
- When Forgiving Seems Impossible Part 2: Rose Mapendo
- When Forgiving Seems Impossible: Part 1
- French Drains, Loving Your Enemies, and Pot Pie
- What You Can’t Take Back
- The Cross Remains
- Pursuing Peace: What and Who to Avoid
- My Word for 2019
- When Silence Isn’t Golden
- Jesus is Mine
- Painting Rust
- What Am I Really Chasing?
- I Have This Treasure
- The Underground Railroad and God’s Navigation System
- Another Christian Cliche: God’s Strongest Soldier
- White Space
- When the Wind and Waves Won’t Obey
- The Boy in 22F: When There are No Answers
- Palms Up
- The word for 2017 is…
- The Little White Pill
- Plot Twist!
- An Open Letter from a Recovering People Pleaser
- Fleas and…Thanksgiving?
- Sippy Cups: When It Seems God Doesn’t Care
- What I’ve Learned Living with Gastroparesis
- Unchained: Breaking Free From the Slavery Mindset, Part Two
- Unchained: Breaking Free from the Mindset of Slavery, Part 1
- When The Makeup Runs
- The Forgetting: Learning to Forgive…and Forget
- To Do or To Be…That Is The Question
- My Emmaus Road: What To Do In the Waiting
- Surviving Your Storm…Athlete in Training
- Caged
- Running for the Toy Aisle
- A Special Father’s Day gift from me to you!
- Caffeinated Spirituality
- The Apology Letter: The Day I Learned to Stop Being Dr. Phil
- Mirror, Mirror on the Wall
- Stuck in Second
- Selfie People, Selfie World
- But I Have This Treasure
- Category: Writer's Life
- Category: Writing Fiction