Launching today: A Powerful Story
Success depends, in part, on not just providing a great product or a necessary service, but on letting people know about those products or services. In other words, you’ve got to tell your story. You [...]
How can you walk in God’s presence?
Today is Day 2 on our Deeply Loved Lent adventure. Today's devotional is all about simply focusing our attention on Jesus throughout the day, and enjoying the gift of his presence with you. If you're [...]
Living into Christ’s love during Lent
Ash Wednesday, 2015 Depending on which faith tradition stream you swim in, today is a solemn day of reflection, the beginning of a season of prayer and fasting—or not. I grew up in a evangelical [...]
What does “working smarter” really look like?
True confession: my ability to create a decent PowerPoint presentation is mediocre at best. And yet, I just (finally) emailed my PowerPoint to the tech guy for the West Coast Christian Writers Conference, where I [...]
Are you an aspiring writer?
Almost every week, I hear from someone who wants to write. They write me brave emails, looking for a word of advice or encouragement. It's one thing to be a writer--anyone with a pen and [...]
A monastic approach to motherhood
I’m excited to welcome Micha Boyett, author of Found: A Story of Questions, Grace and Everyday Prayer, to the blog today and tomorrow for a little interview. First, my short review of Found: Being a [...]
Free e-book copy of Breathe
Many of you remember my 2005 book Breathe. I know some of you continue to use it as a resource for small group discussions or your moms' ministries, or just to remind yourself to slow [...]
How to make a living as a writer, Part 1
I’ve been working as a writer since I graduated from college almost three decades ago. Some years (when I worked full-time for a newspaper, for example, or when I wrote four books in one year) [...]
Join us at Moms Together
Parenting isn't easy--but it's even harder if you try to go it alone. The good news is, you don't have to! That's why I'm a huge fan of Moms Together, an online community that draws [...]
Free study guide and bookplates for your book club
Are you doing a summer book club or study group? I'd love to hear about it--and send you bookplates. Courtney emailed this week to tell me she's leading a summer study of my book Breathe [...]