I received a free Advanced Reader’s Copy of “Daring to Hope” as part of the launch team and in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. Affiliate links are included below. I may make a commission from purchases through those links, but there are no further costs to you. Title: Daring to Hope […]
Reaching the Heart of a Matter – Part 2
The first step is to go through fire. Read Part 1 and my adventure with artichokes. “Was that it?” I asked when I bit off the tiniest piece of vegetable flesh from the artichoke leaf. I turned to my sister. “Do we need a dip?” We concluded that eating artichokes with dips is really just […]
Reaching the Heart of a Matter – Part 1
“Right?!?” my sister said in reply to my incredulous face as she showed me how to eat an artichoke. Let’s back track 40 minutes ago when I took 5 minutes to consult Pinterest before I washed, chopped, and seasoned three artichokes. I placed them face down on a baking pan and stuck them for 25 […]
Choose to Stay Gold
I couldn’t help but listen as the young lady talked about her boyfriend’s brother who has an MBA and other credentials, but chose a job driving around the city delivering boxes of tea for $10 an hour. She groaned in frustration and disgust. She was fed up with her boyfriend’s support for his lazy brother […]
Book Review: The Sacrament of Happy
I received a digital copy of “The Sacrament of Happy” by Lisa Harper through NetGalley in exchange for a review. All opinions in this review are my own. Affiliate links are included below. Purchasing the book through these links adds no further cost to you, but may give me a small commission. While reading The Sacrament […]
5 Things that Happen When You Stop Explaining Yourself
“You have the right to remain silent,” came true for me in college. No, no. I wasn’t arrested (but ask me about the time I shadowed a cop). There was overwhelming pressure to explain and defend myself from misplaced blame, and in chapel at college one day, God started to teach me about silence. In […]
On Good Friday We Remember His Death, But Not Me
It boggled my church kids to find out Jesus was 30 years old when He started His ministry, and 33 when He died. I asked them, “How old are you? If you started your ministry now, how much can you do?” A lot, they answered. I’m 32. It’ll be a more intense reflection next year, […]
