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  • Category: Anxiety
    • When Fear Hides
    • Sunday Between Eleven and Twelve
  • 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
    • Life Advice from a Civil War Woman
  • 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
    • When Love Redeems the Ugly Stepsister
    • How Thanksgiving Came to the United States and Why
    • How to Break Free from the Chains
  • Category: Homeschool
  • Category: Life from my Kids' Points of View
    • “But I’m Not a Teacher…”
    • Love and Like: When Agape Love is Hard
    • False Evidence Appearing Real: When the Lawnmower Stole My Mother
    • Apple Versus Apples: An Open Letter To Myself
  • Category: Music
    • The Broken Piano
  • Category: people pleasing
    • When We Fall for the Lie “Approval Equals Love”
    • But I Have This Treasure
    • The Impersonator
  • Category: perfectionism
    • Shattering the Fairytale Part 2: Rewriting the Story
    • The Broken Phone
  • 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
    • When the Bible Isn’t Rated G
    • The Redemption of Kip
  • Category: satan's lies
    • The Problem with #JudasAteToo
    • When Your Heart Is Stamped “Condemned”
    • Is It Really God’s Will?
    • What a lie: If My Life Were Different
    • Counterfeit: The Art of a Con
    • Misconduct and Allegations: The Problem We All Have in Common
    • When You Can’t See God
  • Category: Songwriting and Everything In Between
  • Category: special needs
  • Category: Splinters in the Windmills of My Mind
    • How To Handle Critics While Raising Your Strong-Willed Child
    • The Preacher’s Kids Part 2: Don’t Kill the Guppies
    • The Fishbowl, the Glass house and Other Annoyingly Transparent Cages: The Life of the Preacher’s Kid
  • 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
    • Breaking Free from Stuttering: The Power of Limitations
    • In High Cotton and a chat with Ane Mulligan!
    • All About “Hush”: A Special Visit from Leanna Sain!
    • “Wild” Mascots of the Civil War
    • Broken But Never Worthless
  • Category: Writing Fiction
    • The Ultimate Summer Reads Sweepstakes is here and YOU can win!
    • Writing and Living From Your Scars

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