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 […]
Writing
{Five Minute Friday} View
Every Friday this amazing group of writers join together to write—unedited, fearless, and brave—for five minutes. Our favorite (in)courager Lisa-Jo Baker, the Gypsy Mama herself, offers us a prompt and we write. This week’s prompt: VIEW. GO My view is changing so quickly. I used to look around and see Fisher Price toys with all […]
Go Ahead! Chase Your Dream
I am proud to call myself a dreamer. A big dreamer. An “idea slinger,” in the words of Sarah Mae. I thrive on exploring, digging, discussing, expanding … words, causes, processes. I love all of it! The conversation, the debate, it’s all thrilling to me. Most of what I write is connected to those big […]
Living the Art
We’ve been told we just need to make the proclamation: I am a writer. We’ve been told there’s only one rule: Content is king. We’ve been told the path to success: Build your platform. And yet, day after day, we read the story of those who have made the statement, written the content, and built […]
Discovering God’s Agenda
I must confess that my own life is ever torn by my desire to be a writer of significance and my desire to be nothing more than a soul who wants to discover God’s agenda for my life – one minute at a time. Calvin Miller How I long to write words that matter […]
When Words Don’t Come
Nothing. I want to write, to convey all the mixed up thoughts running through my mind. But somehow the words are not coming. This rarely happens to me … I always have something to say. But today … nothing. Blank pages haunt me. Five days of no blog posts scare me. What if the words […]