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January 2019

January 03, 2019

Life, Death, and Learning Wisdom

Last night I opened my phone's Facebook app and saw two new posts filling the...

December 2018

December 08, 2018

My Top Books of 2018

For fun, I joined the Goodreads Reading Challenge, in which members state their goal for...

November 2018

November 27, 2018

Advent Is Not for Sissies: a Review of Fleming Rutledge’s New Book

All summer, I itched to get my hands on Rutledge’s latest offering, Advent: The Once...

November 01, 2018

Read This Book: Laureano Delivers New Romance

I teased out the cover reveal a few weeks ago, and now the book itself...

October 2018

October 17, 2018

Carla Laureano Reveals Cover of New Contemporary Romance

When your fictional hero comes to life on the big screen, it’s easy to get...

October 02, 2018

Some Friendships Are not Good for Us

If you've lived past middle school, chances are high that you've lost a friend a...

September 2018

September 17, 2018

How to Find the True Rest that Your Soul Needs

It's fall, and I've started a new job and am teaching a weekly Bible study....

September 03, 2018

I’ve Been Waiting to Say This All Summer

This summer has been a lesson on waiting. Lots of work happened amid the waiting,...

August 2018

August 20, 2018

Get a Sneak Peek into Our Book Update

I've been a bit AWOL from this blog since early June, and mostly I blame...

August 15, 2018

New Children’s Books Focus on Generosity

A trio of children's books arrived in bookstores this week, carrying a message that can...

August 06, 2018

4 Ways to Transform a Difficult Back-to-School Season

Please welcome my friend, Dr. Julie Shannon, to the blog today. She writes at the...

August 03, 2018

Volunteers Join LEOs to Fight Child Sex Trafficking

The Dallas/Fort Worth news headline boldly proclaimed: Fort Worth pimp ‘Zigg’ gets life for sex-trafficking children. The...

July 2018

July 12, 2018

Plants, Puppies, and Parenthood

"The life of mortals is like grass, they flourish like a flower of the field. . ."...

July 09, 2018

Sneak Peek: the Cover of ‘Gritty and Graceful’ by Caryn Rivadeneira

Not many authors can write to audiences of all ages. We tend to "speak" better...

July 02, 2018

God’s Plan for Families

With the usual caveat that my parents weren’t perfect, I freely admit that I have...

June 2018

June 26, 2018

What I Want My Kids to Be When They Grow Up

As my oldest anticipates his senior year in high school, we have talked often about...

June 20, 2018

Do You Know How to ‘Speak God?’

Do Americans still use biblical terminology accurately? Do we even understand basic faith-related terms anymore?...

June 16, 2018

How’s Your Bible Reading Going? A Mid-Year Check-up

Swipe. Nine days behind schedule. Thanks, Youversion. Have you ever seen an icon appear at the...

June 13, 2018

Shalom and the #MPRRaccoon

What, you ask, was trending on Twitter recently? Perhaps the #TrumpKimSummit to mark the meeting...

June 08, 2018

Why I Didn’t Kill Myself

The subject of mental illness and its terrifying consequences dominates our news cycle. I wanted...

June 02, 2018

Humility and Integrity: the Foundation of Leadership

The headlines announce, sometimes gleefully, that this administrator or that politician was fired, forced out,...

May 2018

May 28, 2018

Save Your Sanity and Their Memories

I often feel like a fraud writing parenting posts. I may know my points to...

May 22, 2018

21 Years Married: 2 Crucial Reasons

This post comes to you courtesy of 1997. Two young, happy seminary students traveled to...

May 19, 2018

The Royal Wedding: Images and Video

Didn't get up early to watch Harry and Meghan tie the knot? Watch a full...

May 17, 2018

Can We Know God’s Will for Our Lives?

Later this month my husband and I will celebrate our wedding anniversary. Twenty-one years and...

May 14, 2018

Five Strategies to Ruin Your Kids’ Summer

Around here, summer break looms close—our kids' schools let out before Memorial Day. Will we enjoy—or...

May 11, 2018

The Secret to a Sincere Apology

A true apology requires true humility. Saying "sorry" for something you did never feels good...

May 08, 2018

Ask This Question to Determine Your Worth

What must they think of me? This question haunted my childhood. I love music, but...

May 02, 2018

Pre-Teens and Prayer at School

Thursday, May 3, 2018, marks the 67th annual observation of the National Day of Prayer...

April 2018

April 30, 2018

Read This Book: Learning Parables as More than Morality Lessons

How can we help children understand Jesus's parables as more than mere morality lessons? Marty...