Today’s blog post is a short story. The cottage door opened and shut as Selenna bent over her mother’s sleeping form. She felt her mother’s forehead—cool and dry— before straightening to find Maera, her lifelong friend, standing before her with a frown. Maera lifted an eyebrow. “The elders said you returned. I called them liars.”…
Valentine’s Day may be over, but it’s still the month of love. The holiday itself can be stressful for many of us. Did we buy the perfect gift? Can we still get a reservation somewhere? We see other people receiving extravagant bouquets, but our special someone seems to have forgotten all about the big day.…
In seasons where life feels slow and dull and the future seems to hold all the promises we could imagine, it’s easy to focus on tomorrow like it’s the dangling carrot getting us through today. We keep our eyes on the prize, striving for the next day, the coming weeks, the summer months, or even…
Have you ever felt the way King David did here? In these very difficult and challenging times, with every person on the planet grappling with grief, fear, anxiety, and uncertainty, have you cried out to God and received only silence in response? We all feel that way sometimes—maybe a lot of times. And David shows…
Twenty-twenty is over. Finally.
Every Christian says we should do this, but many of us struggle to follow through with the fourth commandment: remember the Sabbath and keep it holy. I remember how at my Christian college they would encourage students to rest and take time to pull away from the hustle and bustle … but they also had…
I was a very slow reader. I hated being called on to read aloud in first and second grade, maybe as much as I hated playing the publically humiliating math game, Around the World. I wasn’t good at reading, and I didn’t enjoy it. But my mom worked patiently with me at home and I…
I’ve always admired Wonder Woman. The female superhero is kind, beautiful, and strong—everything we’re told we can be. Her daring weekly escapades filled my television screen as I grew up. I could be Wonder Woman. I could defeat evil (and those school bullies). I just needed a red, white, and blue bathing suit and a…
2020 has been a year of surprises. A year ago, I had no idea that 2020 was going to be the year I would write, edit, and publish three novellas. I’ve always enjoyed writing, but as a mother of two, an ESL teacher and volunteer interpreter, I didn’t have a lot of time to devote…
[Guest: A. C. Williams] Don’t Be an Ostrich
Do you ever get tired of being a grown up? I sure do. I have moments when I just wish I could go back to the joy of my childhood when I didn’t know anything. So often, we equate joy with blissful ignorance. Why is that? Personally, I’ve never found ignorance to be all that…
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