Catching our breath
We women often feel like we spend a lot of time pouring ourselves out, juggling a variety of responsibilities. Yesterday I wrote for a couple of hours, then worked at my part-time job for seven [...]
The Simple Compassion Challenge
This month, we're asking readers to perform one act of Simple compassion each week, and to tell us about it. You can watch my YouTube video explaining the challenge here. Each week, you pray, asking [...]
Winter’s beauty
About 5:30 this morning, I heard the familiar rattle and scrape of the village plow roaring past on the road. Outside my window the world is painted white again. Each branch on the tree in [...]
Book reviews continue
The blog tour for Simple Compassion is rolling on! this tour has two components. First, bloggers are writing about Simple Compassion, and you can visit those blogs to talk about the book. Second, the site [...]
Simple Compassion blog tour begins!
If you have a small group that is looking for a new book to read together in 2010, I'd like to humbly suggest you read Simple Compassion together. But don't take my word for it. [...]
Blog tour starts soon!
If you have a blog, I'd love to come "visit" it next week during our blog tour for Simple Compassion. To participate, just leave a comment here or get in touch via my website. Let [...]
A cry to break the silence
I was driving home from the grocery store this morning and listening to K-LOVE, the Christian radio station. Singer/songwriter Chris Tomlin was on, talking about the inspiration for a song he'd written. He mentioned that [...]
Re-defining giving
Here is an article from this month's newsletter. To receive this free newsletter every month, subscribe at right. Giving, if you let it, will transform your soul. As a spiritual practice, giving breaks the strongholds [...]
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. [...]
Equipping and encouraging in Chicago
Synergy, a Christian women's leadership conference held each March in Orlando, is coming to Chicago next month. Registration is now open. Click here to learn more about the conference and to register. The theme for [...]