• Sep. 25th, 2012 How Intentional Have You Been Lately?

    How intentional have you been lately? I’ve been hit-or-miss. Mostly miss. Which is a shame, since INTENTIONAL is my word for the year . As we discussed last week , there are a lot of areas in my life where I feel like I’m wandering. Housework, motherhood, writing, etc. And as we discussed, not all wandering is bad. Sometimes, wandering is the direct will of God. But [ read more ]

  • Sep. 23rd, 2012 Currents :: 09.22.12

    Books: All things Tolkien. September 22 is the birthday of both Frodo and Bilbo Baggins. I think we should all eat at least eight times today to celebrate. Who’s with me? Writing: I just discovered that my heroine is an engineer. I thought she was a lawyer. Sigh. Home: We’re doing some redecorating at our [ read more ]

  • Sep. 18th, 2012 Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost

    I’m a wanderer.   I feel like I’m wandering in my own personal desert. Walking in circles. Retracing my steps. But never getting anywhere. I wander in my home. I had all the laundry caught up a few days ago. And I get to do it all over again today. I fixed supper last night. [ read more ]

  • Sep. 11th, 2012 The Gap

    A couple of weeks ago, I shared with you how God had been revealing Himself to me —in everything from lost earrings to scheduling conflicts. I was thankful. I still am. But… Why is there always a but? But what happens when everything goes wrong? We don’t like to talk about that part. Because it isn’t pretty. Just a few days after that [ read more ]

  • Sep. 7th, 2012 Love’s Reckoning

    A few months ago several of my writer friends mentioned that Laura Frantz writes great historical fiction. So when the fine folks at Revell gave me the opportunity to review her latest, Love’s Reckoning, I decided to see for myself. Oh. My. Goodness. Love’s Reckoning drew me in, transported me to post-Revolutionary Pennsylvania and reminded me of how much [ read more ]

  • Sep. 6th, 2012 Are You on Goodreads?

    It’s the first Thursday of September, so I’m over at The Write Conversation . My first Thursday posts are usually focused on writers, but today’s review applies to all book lovers. Come by and check out my thoughts on Goodreads .

  • Sep. 5th, 2012 Why There’s No New Post Today

    I had a blog post *almost* ready to go for today. But I got distracted.     Can you blame me? Sometimes, the best thing this mommy can do is step away from the computer and go outside to play! (Even if it’s been raining and the new-to-us playset is sitting in mud and everyone needs [ read more ]

  • Sep. 2nd, 2012 Currents :: September 1st

    Books: I stayed up until midnight last night reading Love’s Reckoning by Laura Frantz . I am now officially a fan. If you like historical fiction, this needs to go on your to-be-read list. Check back next week for my official review. Family: My calendar has FIVE firsts next week. James’s 1st day of K-3. He was [ read more ]

  • Aug. 30th, 2012 Story :: Our Journey of Heartache and Grace from Eden to Evermore

    It’s no secret that I’m a huge fan of Steven James . His Patrick Bowers thrillers are so beautifully written that even though they walk the very edge of what my wimpy self can handle in the blood and gore department, I cannot resist them. Steven James knows how to tell a story. So I was excited to see how he [ read more ]

  • Aug. 28th, 2012 Does God Notice?

    In the past few weeks, aside from all the usual amazing things He does (like keeping the earth traveling around the sun at precisely the correct angle to support life…you know…the usual), God has taken particular notice of me. I know He always notices. But in the past couple of weeks, He’s been obvious about it. [ read more ]