• Aug. 21st, 2012 First Day Fears

    First day of 1st grade Tomorrow is the first day of third grade for my sweet Emma, so I decided to revisit something I wrote two years ago—on the first day of first grade (isn’t there a Veggie Tales song in there?). **For those of you who might not know, Emma was born with Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome . [ read more ]

  • Aug. 18th, 2012 Currents :: August 18

    This week’s currents… Books: Have you ever read anything by Jenny B. Jones ? She’s a hoot. Fun YA/chick-lit. I stayed up way too late several times this week reading So Not Happening. (This begs the question…was I staying up late because of the Olympics, or do I just have a bad habit of staying up late?) Writing: [ read more ]

  • Aug. 14th, 2012 Where Do You Live?

    Where do you live? I don’t mean geographically. I mean day-to-day. Hour-by-hour. Minute-by-minute. I’ve been thinking about this a lot, and I’ve come to this conclusion. I live in that murky place where fear and faith collide. You might not realize this, but I know a few things about fear. I’m not afraid of heights, spiders, [ read more ]

  • Aug. 11th, 2012 Currents :: August 11

    The currents of my life . . . where wonders and weirdness collide. Books: I read a fun novel, Wish You Were Here by Beth K. Vogt . I’ve started quite a few books this summer that simply haven’t sucked me in. This one did. I mean, when the girl kisses her fiance’s brother five days before the wedding…well, you have to keep [ read more ]

  • Aug. 10th, 2012 Lethal Legacy by Irene Hannon

    I broke one of my personal reading rules for this book. I never (well, I guess now that would be almost never) read the books from a series out of order. I worry that I might be missing something important that came up in a previous book. I’m re-thinking my rule. Because Lethal Legacy by Irene Hannon was fantastic, [ read more ]

  • Aug. 9th, 2012 Raising Financially Confident Kids

    I know I said I’d be reviewing books and such every other week, but I had the opportunity to review two great books from Revell—one fiction, one nonfiction—but both reviews needed to be posted during the same week. I decided to go for it. Today, we’ll hit the nonfiction and tomorrow, you’ll get an Extra Edition. [ read more ]

  • Aug. 7th, 2012 Want to Get Wet?

    I just returned from a wonderful week of vacation in the mountains of North Carolina. We had an amazing time and I’m looking forward to sharing bits of what God showed me in the weeks ahead. But for now, as promised, today is the launch of the new and improved Out of the Boat. I’m keeping the most [ read more ]

  • Aug. 2nd, 2012 Review: You Are A Writer by Jeff Goins

    I keep expecting Edie to tell me she’s had enough of me, but she keeps letting me invade her corner of the internet on the first Thursday of the month! Today, I’m sharing my thoughts on a great e-book by Jeff Goins – You Are A Writer . I’d love for you to swing on over to The Write Conversation and chime in! And don’t forget, [ read more ]

  • Jul. 31st, 2012 Real Life Out of the Boat Stories: An Interview with Marcia Moston

    We spent last week talking about what it means to me to be Out of the Boat. (If you missed it, you can read about it here ). Today, I’m thrilled to introduce you to someone who got out of the boat, or in her case, out of the country, and followed the call of God to a remote [ read more ]

  • Jul. 26th, 2012 Still Out of the Boat (Part 2)

    As I mentioned on Monday , this week I’m taking some time to answer a frequently asked question. Why did you name the blog Out of the Boat? I’m going to answer by revisiting a couple of blog posts that were written in April of 2010 when this blog was just a baby, and when I [ read more ]