When Self-Love is Wrapped in a Giving Shawl
My husband gave me a soft nubby-textured shawl for my birthday. But it wasn't just any shawl. It was a Giving Shawl. I recently spotted it in a local gift shop but didn't pay too much attention to its name. So when I released the soft ribbon surrounding the shawl to...
4 Ways We Can Pray for Our Adult Children
I wish they could have started sooner⏤the prayers for my children. When I entered into a relationship with Christ at the age of twenty-seven, my boys were ages 6 and 2. I desperately wanted the cycle of divorce to end with me and for a new legacy to begin with...
What to Pray When You Release Your Work Into the World
It all begins with an idea. Maybe it's a story, a blog, a song, a ministry, or simply a more productive way to accomplish a task in the office or at home. The idea percolates and begins to take shape⏤this could take minutes, months, or even years. The idea is...
It’s Launch Day for My New Mountains Devotional Guide + Giveaway!
When we set out to live closer to the mountains last year, there was no way to know that the launch day for my second book, Pauses for the Vacationing Soul: A Sensory-Based Devotional Guide for the Mountains would land on the anniversary of our closing date. But in...
Temperaments and Marriage: Guest Post by Andrea Merrell
I'm delighted to welcome Andrea Merrell to the blog today. We met in 2010 when I attended the Blue Ridge Mountains Christians Writers Conference for the first time. Her quick smile and warm demeanor made me feel right at home. Only recently, however, did I realize we...
The Life-Changing Results from Praying in Every Room of Our Home
The morning I spent praying through our home back in January is a morning I won't soon forget. Perhaps you remember this post I wrote back when limbs were exposed, and so was I. I can't say for sure why turmoil erupted from within when I began tapping the keys for...
Cathy Baker
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