Ever have one of those days when you feel run over by a truck? When all you see are the cracks in your armor, without the strength to put it all back together again? Today began as one of those days. So many yeses with not enough noes, add lots of to-dos minus not enough Read more…
Difficulties Are Like Bridges
Last night I chatted with an old friend. We hadn’t talked in ages. We’d met years ago, volunteering at a Women of Faith Conference in Texas, just after my life had fallen apart: marriage, family, job, home, father, and every beautiful thing I owned suddenly gone. She had been an encouragement to me. Today she finds Read more…
Why You Can Expect A Breakthrough
Like me, aren’t you ready for a breakthrough? You know… That moment when Viola! Suddenly everything looks different from here. I’m working on my next book. In the throes of creation, it feels like being in labor… Wading upstream… In the midst of spring run-off. It’s muddy, exhausting work but it won’t let us go. Read more…
When Life Is Not What You Expected
The tyranny of goals and expectations on top of an uber-full life for months on end has left me overwhelmed, discouraged and tired. Can you relate? Chronically feeling like a failure for not getting it all done, rarely enjoying the ride? From beneath the boulder of expectation, it’s difficult to appreciate the view. But the Read more…