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...
Up For a Summer Challenge?
Thanks to friends Lori and Lynn, I was introduced to the book 40 Ways to Get Closer to God, by Jerry (Chip) MacGregor with Keri Wyatt Kent. I downloaded it via Amazon, but I've not yet set sail on this journey, so I'm curious—would you be interested in joining me for this summer challenge? Here's a brief description of what awaits us: Practical Steps to a Deeper Faith. Sometimes faith demands...
Sunday Snippets
Today I'd like to introduce a new series, Sunday Snippets. Summit Church has an amazing team of pastors including Jason Malone, Kyle Estepp, and the Mauldin Campus Pastor, Brooke Taylor. One cannot help but want to take notes—and share them—so every Sunday afternoon, I plan to post pithy points jotted down during the morning service. Most are not written down verbatim. Please visit...
Friday Fave – Writing Tides
Favorite quotes included in Writing Tides, a recent read by Kent Ira Groff : Writing is a way of paying attention to things twice, savoring their layers, their essence. -Groff The world is charged with the grandeur of God...And for all this, nature is never spent; There lives the dearest freshness deep down things. -Gerald Manley Hopkins, God's Grandeur No surprise in the writer, no surprise...
Currently…
Obsessing over: Hydrangeas. Bountiful blooms scattered throughout the garden greeted us upon our arrival Saturday afternoon. The Nikko blue hydrangeas were snipped from a plant I dug up in my grandmother's yard prior to her move to assisted living, making them extra special to me. Working on: A writing schedule. I’ve allowed a multitude of distractions to disrupt the schedule I began in...
The Applause of One
Only hours before the awards ceremony at Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writer's Conference, I crossed paths with Julie at the Cloud Cafe. Although I’d received a positive critique from Dr. Donn Taylor the day prior, I had low expectations of placing in this year’s poetry contest and I was disappointed -- not in the assumed outcome, but by the fact that I was...well, disappointed. Why...
The Center of Our Attention
Care to guess who quickly became the center of attention this week at the beach? And rightfully so. Zach and Piper Sarah and Piper Brandon and Piper Megan and Piper Dad and Piper Piper's first swimmie time Last year we knew a baby girl would be joining us for this year's family beach trip—and now, Lord willing, we look forward to introducing Brandon and Megan's little boy to...
Looking Back, Moving Forward
Me, Dee Dee Parker and Beth Fortune Dee Dee taking full advantage of the cafe (okay, she's holding my drink too) Lori Roeleveld, Latan Murphy and Julie Webb Kelly A whirlwind doesn’t begin to describe my week at BRMCWC: Classes/workshops included Steven James, Alton Gansky, and Kim Bangs. (Need I continue?) Quality time with Julie and Lori on Saturday (and meeting Lori’s amazingly talented...
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