Love… One Sip At A Time // A Valentine Tea Party
I started hosting tea parties in an older home propped as pretty as you please on the corner of a quiet street. A family of four in a two-bedroom, one-bath home made for a tight fit, and tea parties felt downright snug, but no one would change a thing. Some teas were scripture-based, and others celebrated holidays, but every time, the room filled with the scent of scones, floral tea, and...
3 Things I Learned in the Wait + A Prayer for Those Who Wait
Waiting. In line. In the waiting room. For the results. On the pain to pass. To hear God answer our prayers. To see our prodigal come home. To be in love. For Fall, or for vacation, or retirement. "Patience is not simply the ability to wait - it's how we behave while we're waiting." Joyce Meyer Notice the title of this post is written in the present tense. I don't have this...
This is My Story. What’s Yours?
My story. // Fragmented family. // Young bride. // Two boys born here on earth, one in heaven. // Divorced. Twice. Single mom. // Came face-to-face with Jesus in a duplex. // Returned to church. My grandmother's church. A New Beginning's Class. // Met my husband of 25+ years. // Gained two God-glorifying daughter-in-laws. // Chosen to be the grammy to four future foes of the enemy. //...
What Can We Learn from These 5 Quotes?
I love quotes. And they love me. Pithy, thought-provoking...it's all there. So in the midst of this blazing summer heat, I thought I'd offer refreshment in the form of a fistful of favorites. In addition, you'll find a quick sip of thoughts. As you read the following five quotes, is there one in particular that resonates with you? So how do we fuel the curiosity within us? One way is...
3 Ways to Fill A Mug with Encouragement
The sooner we stop believing the lie that we must offer some grand gesture to make a difference, the sooner more souls will find rest⎯the kind of rest a good, good Father desires for His children. Maybe you remember the above quote from last week's post? There, I shared a simple way to put our desire to encourage into action. If you didn't catch last week's post, you may want to read it here...
When Ministry Begins With a Simple Mug
It needed a creative title. Or so I thought until this verse came to mind. "But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today..." Hebrews 13:3 Suddenly, having a carefully crafted title for this mini-ministry involving mugs didn't matter all that much. Because at every turn, we find people in need of encouragement. So, how do we become more intentional in observing those around...
How to Bless Those You Met At The Writer’s Conference (and 4 Highlights From Blue Ridge)
Now that the dust is settling from last week's Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writer's Conference, highlights {and ideas} are beginning to surface. First, the highlights: {ONE} Forging new friendships and celebrating established ones. There was a time in February when I considered not attending Blue Ridge this year (gasp!). I didn't have a particular project to...
How God Created Hope Through A Gift Made of Wood
It wasn't the first time God has used a piece of wood to speak to me. Years ago, it was the story of His Son hanging on a tree, taking on all my sin, that gave me true hope for the first time in my life, resulting in eternal life. And an abundant one, too. Part of the abundant life, I'm learning, is celebrating the small but creative ways God personally makes Himself known to us. By now you...
The Day Macaroni Art Jesus Became A Reality {An Ode to VBS}
I remember the day Jesus was no longer just pasta art glued onto a ripple-edged paper plate at Vacation Bible School. I was a single mom with two little boys in a duplex that sat just outside the city limits. Poor Sinful choices I'd made landed us there. I knew it, I confessed it, and asked the Man I'd heard about in VBS all those years ago for forgiveness. I've read in recent years how some...
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