Teaching my American teen to not judge a politician or a snippet of news before understanding the truth of it, has been more and more prevalent in our conversations these days. I never bring up politics with my kids, but I do question when they repeat what they’ve heard, or worse, claim it as factContinue reading “Parenting an American”
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A New Thing
My first piece of women’s fiction comes out this November. It has been a DREAM of mine to write this type of fiction. Since I started writing for publication, my instinct has been to write character-driven stories from a woman’s perspective. But, I also love a good, clean romance story, and Romance was my entryContinue reading “A New Thing”
Another post about writing
Currently, I am working on finding my love of story again. The royalties trickle in and each time, it reminds me how the effort to get there broke me and how, finally, my passion oozed out until I just didn’t care to write one more word.
Why I Left Orthodoxy Once
I gave my catholic, apostolic upbringing a good ol’ college effort my first year at school. But while many accuse college campuses of liberal and anti-God ideas, they forget that college campuses offer the opposite too—fierce persuasion for fundamentalism, for tantalizing emotional worship, and backed by all the workings of ministry teams to successfully attractContinue reading “Why I Left Orthodoxy Once”
Until Next Time, Friend
It’s been a long road to acceptance of saying farewell to Iowa. I told my friends, the hardest part is going to be saying goodbye to my house, knowing I will never be able to go inside it again. And I literally imagined myself having a breakdown every time I thought about it. During myContinue reading “Until Next Time, Friend”
Why I stopped writing
I withdrew from writing because it had become an idol. And I mean it when I say, “become”. Early on in my writing career, I had accepted an invitation to use my writing for good. And I am certain that by the grace of God, my published stories contained goodness…
Faith and Science
“Some Christians in the modern age pit the creation accounts of Genesis against modern scientific explanations for the origins of the world and cosmos…
A Change of Plan
Our plan is not what I thought it would be. Just last fall, we discussed how we would remodel our home for empty-nesting. We’ve raised our family beneath a Midwest sky and launched three kids into the great wide world—though, not too far away, and always with the promise of home as we’ve grown it.Continue reading “A Change of Plan”
The Best Years
My family will never be the same. For fifteen years, I grew up three boys from single digits to adulthood. For fifteen years, I raised an infant to a young lady. And for fifteen years, we really lived. Like full, boisterous, chaotic, loud, happy, sad, curious, hope-filled, life-filled, love-filled days and months and years. Together.Continue reading “The Best Years”
A Note about March 25
I am in my 5th year of embracing Orthodoxy as an adult (I left the faith as a 19 year old…hardly an adult). One aspect of the faith that has secured my adoration for this walk, is the rhythm of the Church. We read purposeful Scripture all year long, every Sunday, every service. Sometimes, IContinue reading “A Note about March 25”
