Um…I’m not sure how a summer song about favorite things turned into a Christmas song, but thankfully it’s one song (Christmas or not) that doesn’t get old for me. And, because I love sharing favorite things, I thought it’d be fun if we shared a list of our favorite things. 🙂 (But don’t… Continue reading
Tomorrow is hubby’s and my 4th anniversary. *throws confetti* It doesn’t sound like that long but we have done so much in that short amount of time — much more than we ever imagined we’d do. Every year for our anniversary, I give him a framed photo of us that lists… Continue reading
We all know that physical appearance is the big dragon that women are trying to slay these days. We have clothing companies either trimming down their humans into little waifs, or plastering “this model is not photoshopped!” on their ads. (Go Aerie!) I want to talk about the long-term stuff. What… Continue reading
Would you eat a fried tarantula? (Tweet this) This was one of the questions my Facebook partiers asked me this week and I expect you to answer it in the comments. We had a blast celebrating the release of A Time to Speak. So many questions were asked — both crazy and serious —… Continue reading
What makes you want to speak out? The blog hop for A Time to Speak is starting. This is to encourage myself and you to speak out against injustice, about your passions, for the sake of those whose voices are not heard. I am passionate about the teenagers of our world.… Continue reading
Fall 2006, I sat down, nervously, in my Theology I class at Biola University. I’d heard about this professor. He was one of the best…and the hardest. I was ready to find out why. I expected to be handed a syllabus — it was the first class, after all. I anticipated the… Continue reading
It takes intentional, teeth-grinding effort for me to get out of the house each day. I have many obstacles to overcome: I’m an author and editor, which means I work at home so technically I could work in my PJs if I wanted to. Hubby and I have one car,… Continue reading
A professor once told me this to my face. “There’s nothing Godly about patriotism.” Now, you have to understand that I was raised by a mom who was born Canadian. She fell in love with the morals upon which America was built and finally, after a lot of work and studying,… Continue reading
