What are you giving up, and what are you taking up?
So often we reduce the season of Lent, if we acknowledge it at all, to giving up some indulgence. But this "spiritual spring" is also a season of "taking up." We take up our cross, [...]
Daily Bread
For the last fifteen years or so, my husband and I have been self-employed. Buying our own health insurance, working odd hours. Chaos is normal, but so is freedom. The flexibility worked for us as [...]
What can I do?
It's 2 degrees here, with howling winds that drive the windchill well below zero. I am inconvenienced by such weather--car doors freeze shut, roads are a bit slick. But I slept in a warm bed. [...]
Giving thanks
Are you feeling thankful yet? Or just busy? I'm juggling work, deadlines, and planning dinner for 12 people (five of whom are new to the country, strangers to us, and may not speak much English). I'm [...]
Breakfast at the shelter
"I was hungry and your gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in..." (Jesus, in Matthew 25:35) My neighbor [...]
Winners!
Thank you to all of you who left a comment. The generous folks at Zondervan are going to send all 13 of you who left a comment by today a free review copy of Simple [...]
Book giveaway!
My new book Simple Compassion is arriving in stores now! To celebrate, I'm giving away ten review copies here on the Deep Breathing for the Soul blog. Simple Compassion is a weekly devotional that will help [...]
Book winners!
During the next three months, Deep Breathing for the Soul is going to be giving away books every week, both here and through our Connecting e-newsletter. So invite your friends to visit the blog, and to subscribe [...]
Rest reviews
A number of you are now reading my forth-coming book, REST: LIVING IN SABBATH SIMPLICITY. Don't forget, if you're someone who got a copy of the galleys, that you agreed to read and review the book [...]
Rest resonates with readers
Although it won't be in bookstores until January 1, 2009, people are already talking about "Rest: Living in Sabbath Simplicity," my new book with Zondervan. Just today I had a pastor call me and [...]