Confession #1: (I am slightly embarrassed to admit this but) I really love a good love story. Observation of Fact #1: There are a lot of really awful Christian romance novels out there. (And when I say really awful, I’m talking “how-did-this-ever-get-published” awful…) Confession #2: As a result of Observation of Fact #1, when I find…
I’ve been thinking a lot about dreams lately. Eight years ago, I had an epiphany of sorts, realizing that my dream for my life had changed dramatically. Today, if I’m brutally honest – I don’t think I ever really let go of my old dream completely, even while embracing a new one. I think I was actually…
Every now and again, a book comes along that completely captures my heart and soul. A book that says all the things that I’m pretty sure God has been trying to tell me anyway, and tells a story in which I can easily find mine. Michele Cushatt’s memoir, Undone, is exactly that kind of book. Michele’s…
Remember how I said that I was going to soldier on, and keeping fighting myself into wiser patterns of thought and behavior? You would think that at this point in my life, I would know better than to make statements like that… Last week was rather an epic Lenten fail. I did not succeed in establishing anything even…
My car wouldn’t start this morning. This car is eighteen years old and has over 211,000 miles on it. It’s freezing cold out there. It’s allowed not to start every once and awhile. It’s earned that much. But I found myself texting the friend on whom I had to cancel: “I really did not need…
