Does anyone remember the old time flannel boards from Sunday school of yore? (I’ve always wanted to use that word—yore—and I finally did! #smallgoals haha!) So low tech but, man, they were so cool. Almost all my early memories of time spent in church involve carefully arranging pieces of stories like Joseph and his colored […]
Journaling Bible
How to Develop a Consistent Quiet Time Once and For All
“I just can’t get it going. I know it’s important. I really do. But I just can’t maintain a consistent quiet time. I get bored or I oversleep or I fall asleep before I can do it at night. I give up.” I sat there with my friend, trying to come up with something to […]
My New Journaling Bible || HCSB Illustrator’s Notetaking Bible
So, I have a new journaling Bible. Yes, this makes three. Whatev. 🙂 I use my journaling Bibles in different ways and I have loved experimenting with techniques and tools. I love the way I can slow down and meditate on a passage or idea or even a word as I create on the pages […]
What I’m Reading August 2016
So, before we get to the books I’m reading … can I tell you my big news? I’m writing a book! In May I signed a contract with Bethany House Publishers to write Praying for Girls: Asking God for the Things They Need Most. Y’all, for real, I can’t even explain how excited I […]
Looking at Ourselves through the True Lens
Last week I had to get my headshots updated. Can I tell you how much I *hate* doing that? All I can see in photos of myself is chipmunk cheeks and the way my stomach pooches out so I look a little bit pregnant {which I assure you I am not!}. Scott was doing the […]
A Peek at My Journaling Bibles
Can I preface this whole post with the fact that I know there are countless people in Instagram-land who are far more artistic and creative than I am? And that some days all the beautiful pages in their journaling Bibles just flat out intimidate me to the point I don’t share my own? Also, I don’t […]