Nov 6Contrary ContronymsWhen I was growing up, one of my favorite fictional characters was a ditzy maid with a genuine knack for baking named Amelia Bedelia. She...
Oct 31Remembering why I'm hereTell me if this sounds familiar: you buy a ticket for a movie, sit down in the theater, watch a bunch of commercials, followed by a slew...
Oct 18Fan of the GameWhen my husband Brent and I were still living in Memphis, from time to time we enjoyed shelling out $5 to attend a Red Birds baseball...
Sep 20Spiritual AmnesiaGrowing up mostly in the 1980’s, I will admit that I watched a lot of television. And once we eventually got cable, my sisters and I...
Sep 13Book ItI love to read. In fact, falling headlong into a fascinating page-turner is one of my favorite things to do—summertime or wintertime,...
Aug 23Kinsman RedeemerAfter a couple of months of harvesting grain along with the servants of Boaz, Naomi gets to thinking about her dear daughter-in-law Ruth....
Aug 16Rest from gleaningIn the second chapter of the Book of Ruth, we see the two widows, Naomi and her daughter-in-law Ruth, after they’ve traveled from Moab to...
Aug 9CrossroadsCenturies after the trumpet sound had finished echoing off the stones which used to be the walls of Jericho and centuries before King...
Jul 18Vast Triangled HeartWhen I come into the kitchen in the morning before our kids are up and going, I can almost always count on finding an assortment of water...
Jun 27Poison ivySo it all started with a dead pine tree. Our yard is bordered by these giant conifers, and one of them up and died. We had a couple of...
Jun 26Lost carWhen our older son Knox was around 4-years old, he was given my husband’s vast collection of Matchbox cars. Included in the throng were...
Jun 13HikingWhen we get a chance to get away, my husband Brent and I enjoy finding new places to hike. Considering that he was born near the Great...
May 18Tell Someone DayOther than your regular holidays—ones like Christmas, Thanksgiving, Mother’s Day, Arbor Day—there are some pretty crazy celebrations that...
May 9Washing windowsA few weeks ago I washed the inside and outside of most of the windows in our house. This is worth mentioning because I often feel like I...
Apr 18Canopy bedI always wanted a canopy bed, a canopy bed with a frilly dust ruffle and tons of fabric draping over me as I dreamed perfect, happy...
Apr 3Happy treesOn a cold evening, a few weeks ago, I turned on the television and was pleasantly surprised to find there’s a whole channel devoted to...
Mar 19It has a nameWhen I was in high school, our drama group put on the play The Miracle Worker. As was the case for most productions, I was a backstage...
Mar 19Like a childI work at a preschool a couple of days a week. I know that these kids ranging from one to five-years old will eventually grow up to be...
Feb 14DeliveranceWe got a taxi to the hospital and after what felt like forever—if you’ve spent time in the waiting room with a sick loved one you know...
Feb 7Feed my sheepIf you’ve been inside any stores since Christmas, you know that Valentine’s Day must be just around the corner. Heart-shaped candy boxes...
Jan 17Something familiarI’ve published a few books over the last eight or nine years, and something I’ve noticed when a person has read one of my books is her...
Jan 3Artificial reefs“They don’t know that it isn’t real.” This was the reply from Rodrigo, the man who took our family snorkeling on his little boat, the...
Dec 22, 2021Say “You-hoo!”When our girls were little, one of their favorite games to play was hide-and-seek. They would tell me or my husband Brent to hide our...
Dec 6, 2021We are the championsLast weekend, our youngest son’s soccer team played in a tournament in Gatlinburg. Back in August, when they first listed it among the...
