HOW TO BE BATTLE READY Four years ago I walked into the Embassy Suites in Charlotte, NC. It was my very first writer’s conference and I was completely 100% out of my league. Fan struck, I looked around at familiar faces. They were only familiar because I read their words and followed them on social…
How to Live Life Well Many days I start out my upstairs window in my bedroom and watch the cars pass by. In that moment I am most likely, in the middle of the afternoon, folding clothes or ironing. I watch the cars drive up our street, over the hill, and on to more important…
My mother has this obsession for succulent plants. It started with a trip to the Amish country and she saw all of the tiny plants in cut pots. When she came home from her trip, she set up a succulent garden in the back room of her house. It get the most light during the…
Three Reasons Why We Can Rest in Prayer What does it mean to rest in prayer? “I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life. And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask…