I've been participating in June's postcard art challenge, and what fun this has been. It's even better because I've been sitting here with June's gift to us as inspiration each day. It's right in front of me, and I get a smile each time I see it. [Read More]
Random Acts of Kindness and the Blessings That Follow
I've been thinking a lot about random acts of kindness. We see them everywhere. We really do. But they don't quite get the attention that they deserve, do they? We hear more about the bad events on the news, and not the good ones. [Read More]
More Cool Things
(Check out all the posts in this series.) A while back I posted about some things that, if they happened, would be really cool. These weren't goals, but things that had to happen to me without my doing anything to bring them about. [Read More]
How Do You See Yourself?
I was blown away by this video from Dove. It hit very close to home and I loved what they did with it. [Read More]
Blue Birds and the Bible
This week I've been experimenting with different pictures, taking a break from the strong women pictures I like so much and doing other things. Like birdies! I also love to paint birds. [Read More]
You Are Chosen by God
One thing I love about being a Christian is the idea that God chose us. Not the other way around. He chose us, loved us first, so that we could love him. This thought blows my mind a little. On those days when I feel like the world is against me (and we all have them sometimes) I go back to this [Read More]
Keep Going
The next time someone is trying to put you down, and make you feel bad about yourself, repeat these words to yourself. [Read More]
He Leads Me
One of the lines I meditate on frequently is "He leads me..." As in Psalm 23:2, "He leads me beside quiet waters." [Read More]
What Do You Meditate On?
A while back one of the sermons in our church was about what you meditate on every day. In other words, what are the words or objects that you continually go back to? [Read More]
You Need to Balance Marketing With Writing
I mentioned recently that I just discovered this fun feature from Amazon Kindle which allows you see which parts of your book are highlighted most often by readers. It's great information for a writer, because it allows you to see what people take away, and what types of information they're looking [Read More]