Thought you would enjoy reading an interview with Christian author Colleen Coble. The third book in her Mercy Falls series, The Lightkeeper’s Ball, releases this month. Colleen is a prolific author of romance, romantic suspense, [...]
I haven't posted for a few days because I've been enjoying having my daughter back home. She's quite jet-lagged and experiencing a bit of what I call "culture dissonance," but home. She had a marvelous [...]
This morning I drove to O'Hare with another parent from our church, and we dropped our teens at the United Terminal. We hugged them goodbye and watched them walk inside to meet the rest of [...]
Today I'm participating in the Lenten Blog Tour. Be sure to visit other blogs on the tour--some really thoughtful posts are already up, and some amazing writers are participating. In a few days, my daughter [...]
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, [...]
Ash Wednesday, 2011 The horizon—the color of ashes—promises a storm. The muddled snow, which had been melting, is arrested by the returning cold. Lent, a somber season, seems the practice even of my leafless gray [...]
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The week’s first winner in our New Testament words contest is Harmony Wheeler, who asked about the word “transformation” in the New Testament: “How do we truly know God and The Spirit are transforming us? [...]
Reader and FB friend Lynda wrote to ask a parenting question. I'm no expert, so I'd love your opinion on this: "how do you limit electronics for your children in your home?" Our kids are [...]
Stumbled across this blog via Google alerts. It's always nice to know people are reading and quoting my writing, but more than that I appreciated what this pastor had to say about the very present [...]