Finding Joy on the Journey in Faith, Family, and all Things in Between.
I am so thrilled to introduce an e-book by my friend Denise Hughes! As one of the first writers I connected with when I started blogging, I've grown to love both her tremendous heart and her ability to take apart the craft of writing and put it back together in doable steps that inspire, encourage, and facilitate meaningful words on a page. She teaches writing for a living but she also lives to … [Read more...]
Today is the day and Ken Wytsma's book Pursuing Justice: The Call to Live and Die for Bigger Things is ready to fly off the shelves and find a place in your heart for biblical justice. Not sure what that is? Well, you'll definitely want to get this book, then. You can read my review here, or you can just order a copy and jump right in on the conversation about what it means to truly give your … [Read more...]
I have always been an idealist, for as long as my mind stretches, I've desired to improve on that which seemed flawed. In many ways, injustice was the foundation my parent's childhoods were formed in. As a result, suffering has never been absent in our family's theology and with that a propensity toward cynicism. When you combine idealism, cynicism and faith you get a mind that incessantly … [Read more...]
I closed the door behind me and melted to the floor, my back against the wall. I pulled my knees into my chest and sobbed, my cries rising in sync with the furious wails of my baby. I didn't know what else to do. I had thrown up all morning, my throat raw and burning even as I cried. I couldn't do this anymore. How did anyone do this? I couldn't even handle the baby I already had and a … [Read more...]
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I clicked instantly with Megan's superwatt smile and Laura's warm and genuine conversation. We met at my first blogging conference, Blissdom. The conversation trailed into the new book they were co-authoring and I knew it was going to be great, not just because of their gorgeous hearts, although that's evident in the pages, but also in the fact that they could have been telling my exact … [Read more...]
Today I am blessed to host Emily Wierenga's beautiful writing. I connected with Emily when I started reading her blog and learned of her upcoming book, Chasing Silhouettes: How to help a loved one battling an eating disorder. She is an impassioned voice in the midst of so much confusion about eating disorders and body image. I relate to her words not as someone who battled anorexia but as … [Read more...]
Jen says that bookstores remind her of hope. And I get that. Because the potential is bound within those covers, sewn into each page, the hope of learning new things, being changed by the words as they flow into our lives, sparking imagination and wisdom. We all enter in awe, almost reverent, each of us moving into different sections of the store. We browse the stacks slowly, moving … [Read more...]
We have been knee-deep in book bags around our house. Our local library hosts a great summer reading program with coupons, prizes, and free books for every 3 hours of reading. They even have an adult reading program! Since we clock a lot of hours reading around here, my kids are especially excited to fill our library bags on each trip, since it now means prizes. So when my friend Mari asked … [Read more...]
The Giveaway winner is Paula @ http://www.averagehousewife.com/ Congratulations and I'll be contacting you soon. Before I read Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World, I had heard Bob Goff speak at our church. When I read his bio and saw that he is a lawyer and the Ugandan consul, I prepared myself for a somber hour with a lot of weighty subject matter and some … [Read more...]
As a semi-crazed book lover who gets euphoric over stacks of beautifully shelved rows of word filled pages, I was immediately drawn to my friend Anne's Book Carnival. Write about a book that changed your life. I knew immediately which book I would pick. It has truly changed my life and helped shape who I am, even down to the direction and vision for portions of this blog. I was … [Read more...]
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