Deep Breathing for the Soul

The MomLogic blog’s Christian MomLogic page is featuring an interview with me today. My friend and fellow author Suzie Eller came up with some new and thought-provoking questions, which I think you’ll enjoy. Check it out.

http://community.momlogic.com/profiles/blogs/can-a-mom-really-rest

Faithful Reader, one of my favorite websites, is running an interview with me this week. Click here to read it.

Please pass the link on to friends!

Want to read the first chapter of Rest before you buy it? Click here to get it, for free.

I had the privilege of being a guest on Moody Radio’s Midday Connection on Wednesday this week. I’ve been on many times before and it was quite fun to talk with the show’s host, Anita Lustrea, about my book Rest. If you missed the show, it’s archived on their site at www.middayconnection.org, so click over and listen.

Talking about Sabbath has brought me some e-mails, including one from a Seventh Day adventist in Russia!

Also, you’ll want to visit my friend Jennifer Lyn King’s blog, to read our interview and leave a comment so you can have another chance at winning a free book. She’s also blogging at The Red Room, a website for writers.

Hey, click on over to The Mommy Revolution to join the conversation about Rest. This is a terrific blog, written by Carla and Caryn–it’s a cool format because they start the conversation.

Leave a comment and you might win a free book!

The Rest: Living in Sabbath Simplicity blog tour is still going strong. Please stop by each of these to leave comments, and you’ll be entered to win a free copy of the book!

Read Nicole’s musings and her original interview with me .

Then, check out Melissa’s thoughts on Rest

Another orginal interview is up today here.  

And read Mary’s review by clicking here .

Tomorrow, I’ll be visiting with Carla and Caryn at www.themommyrevolution.wordpress.com

The tour ends next week, and you have only a few more chances to win that book.

If you’d rather get a book in person, and you live in the Chicago area, I’ve got two booksignings tomorrow. One is at 9:30 a.m. at Willow Creek Community Church (at Seeds Resource Center) in South Barrington. The second is from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at Avalon Spa, at Rand and Long Grove Roads in Deer Park. (originally scheduled for last week but delayed due to weather).

Today, we remember the life of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. We reflect on his life. We look back at a life that was sacrificed, to make a difference. And tomorrow, we will watch as the first African American president is sworn into office. We look forward, to the future. The confluence of these events is especially poignant. It gives me great hope.

Dr. King once said, “Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.”

It is a decision we must make not just today, but every day. I think there is no nuetral ground. To do nothing is actually choosing the latter option of self-focused living.

I want to walk in the light of creative altruism. How about you? What do you think that looks like? Do you know anyone who lives that way?

Let’s talk about it! 

I’m sure plenty of you are tired of hearing about the cold in the Midwest. yesterday, the temperature didn’t go above zero degrees all day.

Through my window, it looks beautiful. The sky is clear and blue, the sun sparkles on the snow. But it’s weather best enjoyed through a window.

This kind of cold is not just something to complain about. You’re painfully aware that the conditions are not just annoying, but very dangerous. My husband’s car wouldn’t start when he was out last night, he had to have it jumped. Extreme cold makes life very difficult. For those who are on the street, it is unimaginable.

It also makes you incredibly grateful for things like a working furnace, a roof over head. Just today, I got an e-mail to let me know that a family from our church lost their home, and everything in it, to a fire.

They’re devastated, of course, but grateful that they are safe, and that friends are rallying to help them.

Can you see the beauty in the struggles? Have you ever found that difficult circumstances have made you grateful?

By the way, check out these two blogs today on the Rest blog tour. leave a comment, and you’ll be entered in a drawing to win a book.

The weather this season has been extreme. We’ve already had almost 40 inches of snow this winter–and we’re not yet half way through the snow season. Normal for the year is abou 27 inches.

due to the fact that it’s snowing and the temps are going to drop below zero later today, I’ve rescheduled the event planned for this evening at Avalon Spa. I’m hoping that people will come next Wed. Jan. 21, and that the weather will cooperate!

Stay safe and stay warm!

The Rest blog tour rolls on today.

Trish Berg, author and blogger, posted her review today at http://booksformoms.blogspot.com/ Be sure to visit and leave a comment to be entered in the drawing for a free book.

Also, Rachel Olsen of Proverbs 31 ministries is blogging about Rest today at www.rachelolsen.blogspot.com.

Please visit these blogs!