Entering into this moment, would you stop and listen? I Love Your Presence - Austin Johnson. When life is full and my mind fills with anxious thoughts, I know I need a quiet moment with God. I wanted to name this post - Can I Get a Little Quiet Around Here! - but that felt …
Sometimes God gives me pictures and phrases like this to drive home a point. If you read last weeks post, Obsessing, you know I’ve been having trouble quieting my mind. This is more of that. As a Christian, I know the importance of not holding things so closely. I know to trust and have faith. …
Are your worries turning into obsessing?
Have you ever felt frozen in place? Wondering what your next step should be? And not just wondering—panicking—might be a better term.
The next promise in my March series is to tell you about what I write. I want to tell you I have a specific genre, but that always seemed so limiting to me. I love a good story…
The next topic for my month of March getting-to-know-me posts, is why I write. This is a common question writers get when taking courses or attending workshops on writing, especially if they’re Christian based. I think the expected answer is “Because God called me to be a writer,” or “God told me to write this …
This month I will be opening up about who I am, why I write, what I write, and the struggles I and my characters face. I grew up in a card playing family. Some of my fondest memories of my parents are of us sitting around their kitchen table with my kids playing ponytail canasta …
If you were to ask me, I would probably say no. I don’t consider myself that special, and I don’t have very good social or conversational skills. Mostly I’m an introvert who likes time alone. On Valentine’s Day, my husband took me to a concert given by a high school friend who also played at …
You might be asking, “What is time mush?” It is a phrase and a picture that the Holy Spirit inspired me with. Let me walk you through it. Being retired, there are days where I have no appointments or commitments, nothing to press me into motion. At the same time, I know if I try …
When it comes to stressful situations my modus operandi is to hide in my introvert shell. Which is counterproductive because that usually causes me more stress and just like that turtle, it stops me from moving forward. One thing began tapping on that shell trying to get me to come out, today’s Bible plan reading. …