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I've been writing almost as long as I've been reading! I used to write stories for my friends, using our "clique" as the characters. Woe to the ones who made me angry! And my best friends always got their Prince Charming. Now, as a pastor's wife and homeschooling mother of four, I want to write Spirit-filled stories with characters that demonstrate the love and power of God in the everyday and the extraordinary situations of life.
Recent Posts
The Christmas Pressure Cooker
Even after my own reminder to stay in peace and not get all discombobulated about the traditions of the season I fell in the Christmas pressure cooker yesterday. I spent most of the day doing my Christmas shopping online, trying to squeeze the ...
Are your traditions expired?
'Tis the season of tradition. Traditions that fill us with the spirit of love and joy. And traditions that sap our energy and drag us down like a load of coal in our stockings. Did you hear that collective gasp out there in cyberland? Am I slamm...
How do you solve a problem like ____?
Nuns were singing in my head this morning.Not warbling some lovely Latin hymn or even the churched-up Sister Act version of My Guy. I woke up with the nuns from The Sound of Music singing "How do you solve a problem like Maria?"(Read the complete ly...
Thanksgiving
The glossary in the back of my Bible defines thanksgiving as "recognizing and thanking the one who has provided a gift." That's pretty simple, isn't it? I love Ecclesiastes 3:12-13. "I know that there is nothing better for men than to ...
Turkey Drover Spirit
Our Thanksgiving turkey, hermetically sealed in its plastic wrapper, defrosts in my kitchen sink. With luck I'll remember to pull out the frozen bags of bread before I go to bed tonight. (I've been saving the heels and mangled leftover pieces of brea...
Your kids are ingrates? Whose fault is that?
"Thank you, God, for mommy and daddy, and brother and sister, and the dog and the cat, and my toothbrush, and the nightlight, and my teddy bear, and my pillow, and grandma and grandpa, and my fishing pole, and the car, and the hamburgers we got ...

