Tis the weekend after Easter… If I’m honest about it, I wasn’t ready for Easter this year. I’m not sure I’m ever ready for Easter – but this year especially, I was unprepared. My heart wasn’t ready. My spirit wasn’t ready. My schedule wasn’t ready. My budget wasn’t ready. My… nothing. I was not ready.… Continue reading Easter Seeds
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Maybe I Need to Stop
It's hard to slow down. Life is busy and demanding. Relentlessly so. Every morn rises with the needs of life pressing hard into my mind. There was a time not long ago when my first thought each morning was of the incredible man God had brought into my life. To love and to cherish; to… Continue reading Maybe I Need to Stop
The Shortage of Words
There is no shortage of words in our world today. Everywhere I turn this year, I feel bombarded by words -- some important, some flippant, some superficial, some profound, some firm with conviction (and some that perhaps shouldn't be), some redundant with talking points, and some just plain irritating. Perhaps this has always been the… Continue reading The Shortage of Words
Silence is Golden
Sunrise and Coffee Silence is golden, a blanket of warmth, like the rising sun on this 7th of March. But coffee is better. And louder. And far more convinced that there are words to share. Not only my words -- but yours, also. I am eager to hear what you're writing. I'm eager to hear… Continue reading Silence is Golden
Throw the Writing Advice Away
There are so many opinions about how and what you should write. Write what you know. Don't write what you know. Write something original. There are no original stories. Follow the rules. Break the rules. Don't "It was a dark and stormy night"... Unless it was a dark and stormy night. If you're waiting for… Continue reading Throw the Writing Advice Away