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...
Loveliest Indeed
Autumn...the year's last, loveliest smile.- John Howard BryantLoveliest...
My Friday Fave
My most recent favorite find is this handcrafted birdhouse, picked up at a nearby church rummage sale. The rim of Robin's Egg blue first caught my attention, but I was taken in by the shabby tin roof, the heaviness of the piece, and a little tag still attached to it's steeple announcing it once sat in a Michigan gallery.Handcrafted, shabby, and money marked for missions. What more could a...
Say “Yes!” to God
Ann Voskamp Lysa TerKeurstAt 8:00 p.m. tonight I’m saying "no" to: T.V Facebook Fluffing the spoiled dog Editing the Christmas e-book Reading the latest issue of The Writer's Chronicle...so that I can say “Yes to God” by joining Lysa TerKeurst and Ann Voskamp (author of One Thousand Gifts!) for their combined Webcast on the subject of what it means to say “Yes!” to God.Lysa will be speaking...
What’s All The Hubbub About?
I stumbled upon the Hub City Bookstore in Spartanburg SC several weeks ago while searching for bookstores in the area. Having been raised in Sparkle City, i.e. Spartanburg, I was intrigued by its downtown location—specifically with it being on the first floor of the Masonic Temple. It's a place I'd seen all my life but never visited. Hub City offers a variety of writer's workshops in a nearby...
My Friday Fave
Move over history magazines—The Writer's Chronicle has arrived! Six weeks ago, Barnes & Noble tried to convince me they'd never carried The Writer’s Chronicle, even though I’d purchased every issue from them over the past year. I stopped by B & N several times since, only to find history magazines overflowing into the literary section. Don't get me wrong, I love history, but they were...
The Problem With Perfection
"When the problems before you seem to loom larger than the Power behind you, the purpose in living can fall right out from underneath of you." - Ann Voskamp I can't recall one posting of Ann's that has not stirred my conscience—and yesterday's post when perfectionism and to-do lists overwhelm was no exception. Can you...
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