• Jun. 1st, 2013 Currents :: Iced Coffee and Homemade Creamer

    It’s Summertime! When summer rolls around, I start thinking of things like watermelon, chilled in a river. Or my mom’s pasta salad. Or hamburgers sizzling on a charcoal grill. All key ingredients to a perfect summer cookout. Or just a regular summer day. I’m not picky. This summer, I’ve added something new to my “It [ read more ]

  • May. 30th, 2013 Book Review :: Unglued by Lysa TerKeurst

    This is the sentence that convinced me that I was holding a must-read book. “Do I want my headstone to read, ‘Well, on the days she was nice she was really nice. But on the days she wasn’t, rest assured, hell hath no fury like the woman who lies beneath the ground right here’?” I [ read more ]

  • May. 23rd, 2013 Book Review :: Desperate – Hope for the Mom Who Needs to Breathe

    Best Book on Motherhood I’ve Read. Maybe Ever. Sometimes I pick up a book because the title sounds good. Sometimes because someone I respect has endorsed it. Sometimes because people I know have read it and recommended it. Sometimes all three. The title Desperate – Hope for the Mom Who Needs to Breathe caught my [ read more ]

  • May. 10th, 2013 The Kids Need Rest

    As a Mother, I’m tuned to the needs of my children. I know when the whining has more to do with hunger than attitude. When the fighting has more to do with cabin fever than hostility. When the drama has more to do with fatigue than the situation at hand.   This is why most [ read more ]

  • May. 8th, 2013 Book Review :: When A Secret Kills by Lynette Eason

    One of my personal rules of writing book reviews is No Spoilers – so be prepared for this review to send you straight to your local bookstore! Lynette Eason wraps up the Deadly Reunions series with When A Secret Kills and, well, at the risk of sounding cliche… It starts with a bang. (Sorry, that’s all I [ read more ]

  • Apr. 16th, 2013 Outward Appearance

    Emma getting ready to flip over the bar. Last Friday night, our family had the privilege of watching a Special Olympics gymnastics meet. There were many amazing moments—the flair each athlete brought to their floor exercise, the impressive balance demonstrated on the beam, the jumps on the vault, and our own Emma’s bar routine that [ read more ]

  • Apr. 9th, 2013 A Playlist for the Broken

    So many things are messed up. So many people I love are hurting. So many friends are broken. And while I’m a lifetime member of the “I can fix this” club, there are some things I cannot fix. Some hurts I cannot heal. Some wrongs I cannot right. Some hearts wearing scars I cannot fade. But [ read more ]

  • Apr. 4th, 2013 Let’s Talk About Poetry

    April is National Poetry Month . Hop on over to The Write Conversation  for my thoughts on poetry…and why writers should read it! Grace and peace, Lynn

  • Mar. 19th, 2013 How Do You Actually DO This?

    Last week’s post – Are we taking the “RunPee” approach to the Bible? – generated some interesting feedback both in the comments and in person. The basic gist of it was this….it’s all well and good to say we need to read and embrace all of Scripture, but we don’t want to just go through the motions. How do you actually DO this? To [ read more ]

  • Mar. 14th, 2013 Best Books for Baby Showers and Newborns

    If you’ve followed Out of the Boat for any length of time, you know that I have a serious addiction…to books! It began when I was quite young, was encouraged by my family, and as an adult, I’ve never attempted to get over it. It gets me in trouble occasionally…say when I stay up until [ read more ]