10 {Meaningful} Valentine Gifts Money Can’t Buy
With Valentine's Day quickly approaching, it's the perfect time to gift those you love with something far more meaningful than flowers or candy. Or books. Wait, what? No doubt the Beatles were onto something with the lyrics "Can't Buy Me Love". Love⎯real love⎯cannot...
Love is Guarding Your Mind from the Muck
Love. If there’s anything the world needs now it’s love, sweet love. {cue music} Words, heavy and dense like thunderclouds, roll across TV screens, Facebook feeds, and well, my own mind. I’m convinced that whoever originated the saying, “Sticks and stones may break my...
3 Books I’m Reading this Winter {And Why You’ll Want to Read Them Too}
I love reading year-round but especially so in winter. Everything about the season woos even the nonchalant reader into its web. Frigid breezes, barren branches, and darker days all invite us to come in, bundle up, light the logs, and pour a cup of tea. What better...
How I Prayed for Each Room in Our Home
The story - my story - truly begins with why I prayed for each room in my home, not the how. I knew moving to our new place in the country would be both a blessing and a test. A test of faith. Traveling on roads aren't easy for me since a bad car accident years ago....
Silence in the Snow and Why We All Need It
In our former house on a city street, snow was the only hope for silence. Every other day was filled with sounds of cars and trucks whizzing by, occasionally hitting the telephone pole that sat only inches away from the road. Across the street was the police...
Where to Write? 20 Inspiring + Unique Settings to Try in 2017
If you're searching for creative and unique settings to create {whether that's writing, painting, drawing, etc.} this year, I hope you'll find the following suggestions helpful. At the very least, perhaps one or two will jumpstart another idea! A well-loved writing...
Cathy Baker
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