The roar from the TV filled the room as my husband and son sat glued to the football game on the screen. “Aw, come on!” my husband smacked his leg. “Can you believe this? They need to get rid of that guy!” I slid the Thanksgiving turkey into the oven then stood and watched the instant replay of the ill-fated …
Don't Ditch Your Dream
What is crazier than trying to achieve a dream in 30 days? Fasting while you do. Since issuing my 30 day “Dare to Dream” challenge, a lot has happened. I wonder if it has for you, too. Seeing how my dream (a devotional on God’s heart) is holy ground, I decided to approach it with an extra measure of consecration. And …
Dare to Dream
Tomorrow I’m planning to do something crazy. Something far beyond the doldrums of my daily routine, something outside the precise corners and rigid edges of my tight to-do-list. It’s something I have wanted to do for ages, something I have prayed about and longed to do. I tried to approach it once before, but it wasn’t the right time. However, …
I'm Taking the Plunge
Remember last week’s post, Risky Faith? Well, today I’m standing on the edge of a cliff of sorts, and I’m taking the plunge. And I need to tell you about it because it affects you. Here goes: God is leading me to approach my writing very differently than I have so far. He’s calling me to abandon any idea …
So Your Writing Has Been Rejected. Now what?
Psalm 37:5-6 “Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him and he will do this: he will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun.” I just returned from a writer’s conference where each year aspiring writers carefully pack up their dreams and carry them to an idyllic setting in the …
Finding God’s Will for Ministry
Few things challenge me more than waiting in faith for God’s clear direction while a dozen of my own ideas beg pursuit. How very difficult it is to wait for anything in our “get it now” nano-second society! Especially when we know exactly what we want to do and possess all the tools needed to accomplish it. And yet, our personal, …