creativity
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A Sacrifice of Praise – #1 Lent Painting
This Lent I hear God asking me to get creative with a sacrifice of praise. Instead of giving up something, I am leaving something beautiful behind. I am going to exercise my creative muscles for His Glory every day this Lent. Today is day 1 and I am being obedient. I wrote for the first… Continue reading
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Loyalty (A Poem)
Loyalty, it seems to be A trait we covet when we see. But Loyalty to Whom? At the end of the day If I cannot say, that Jesus took my breath away; Then my loyalty was nothing more than hypocrisy. The Bible shows a motley crew, of faithful friends and schemers too. A… Continue reading
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Trust Falling In Faith
I am currently co-authoring a book with one of my favorite friends, Kaitlin Chappell Rogers. We are from two different generations and we have hosted several podcast episodes of our conversations about everything under the sun. This book originated out of the overflow of these vulnerable discussions. In listening back to these heart-to-hearts, we realize… Continue reading
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30 Takeaways From My 30th High-School Reunion
Looking back through a 30-year-old lens gives me clarity bathed in gold dust. I pray you leave this post a little richer and that you are inspired to go on a hindsight treasure hunt of your own. 30 Takeaways From the 30th High-School Reunion: 1) Hindsight is NOT actually 20/20. 2) All of our filters… Continue reading
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Hooked On A Feeling: Writing Out Of Darkness
Have you ever been hooked on a feeling? I have! In fishing terminology, “take” is when the fish actually becomes “hooked.” But a fish is not “caught” until it is “landed,” prevented from escape. As believers, the enemy of our soul cannot “land” our soul but he can “hook” us pretty good, if we’re not alert… Continue reading
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Narrative Re-Writer
Pondering The Book of Ruth: The Book of Ruth offers hope to anyone who has ever felt like they don’t fit in. The odds were stacked against Ruth in the culture she lived in BUT GOD chose the least likely as a link in the lineage of Christ. The parts of our story that we… Continue reading
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Tweetables
I often use Twitter as an online journal. I tweet my God-whispered, take-away treasures. After writing in my paper journal, I will take the time to condense the words to a TWEETABLE moment and then take it a step further by making a word-picture to capture the whisper in color. It took me years as… Continue reading
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Sit With Me
This is the beginning of my 11th year of freedom. January has become my leaning in and listening month, -resting in God’s Presence, -writing what He whispers -and waiting on the MORE He promises and delivers. I don’t typically share the January private moments on the blog but I felt the Lord asking me to… Continue reading
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“Seek and Find the Savior” : Ornament and Poem
2017 Christmas Canvas ornaments! “Baby Blue and Burlap” Will have them at Railroad Antique on Nov. 9th art show:) @rrsantiques Wanted to start a new little Christmas Tradition with the baby Jesus ornament:) We have a pickle we hide each year and the child who finds it first gets to open the first present. It’s… Continue reading
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A Rejection Letter Doesn’t Change Your Why
Last Friday was National Day On Writing and the trending “#” was #WhyIWrite. I loved reading the answers that other’s gave and I truly enjoyed the self-exploration to uncover and clarify some of the main “Whys” behind my own #WhyIWrite. If you read my last post, you saw some of these responses: And I write… Continue reading