Book shopping
There's something about a bookstore. The smell of ink, paper, and coffee. The landscape of books: piled on tables, lining shelves. The quiet hum of people talking, or just turning pages. When you buy a [...]
Sabbath sailing
I stand on the bow of the sailboat and shove hard against the pier piling. Our small boat slowly spins away from the dock and I turn and begin raising the sail as my husband [...]
Rest: Living in Sabbath Simplicity
Hey, it's Free Book Friday. Because we're focusing on Sabbath this month (although Living in Sabbath Simplicity is a topic we discuss frequently here), here's an excerpt from my book Rest: Living in Sabbath Simplicity, [...]
Too Busy to Take the Call (Even from God)
How many of us looked at the calendar this week and cried, "What? It's almost August?? How did that happen? summer is flying by!" So often we think of summer as a slower time. There [...]
Book tour
Augustine asserted, “God loves each of us like an only child.” You may not believe that. Or perhaps you do believe it on an intellectual or theological level, but you don’t feel it. You have [...]
Deeply Loved, part 2
How honest can you be on the page? When you read a non-fiction book (but not a memoir) how much do you really want to know about the author’s life? A few months ago, I [...]
Deeply Loved
It's an odd feeling, reading words you've written. The process of writing a book takes long enough that you sometimes forget what you've written. After several months on the editor's desk, I received my edited [...]
Answering the call to write
About a month ago, several of the Redbud Writers and I sat on tall chairs in Johnsen & Taylor bookstore in Wheaton, and chatted about how to combine motherhood and writing. Some 30 to 40 [...]
Please welcome Frank Peretti!
I have the huge honor of a "virtual visit" today from best-selling author Frank Peretti, as part of the Ask Frank blog tour. I remember reading his book This Present Darkness and being blown away [...]
Free ebook. But why?
For a limited time, the ebook version of Deeper into the Word: Reflections on 100 New Testament Words is available from online sellers for the unbelievable price of "free"! Deeper into the Word is 100 [...]