Dear Family and Friends, I am as amazed as anyone at what God is working in my life and all of you are a huge part of it. I could not end this year without expressing my deepest gratitude for your support over the last 12 months. So many of you Continue Reading
Before a Fall
Lysa Terkeurst knocked me down at the She Speaks conference. OK, it isn't exactly like it sounds. I'm sure it wasn't her intention, but that was how I felt when I left her “How to Write a Book” workshop Saturday afternoon. Who am I to think I Continue Reading
10 Ways to Let Go of What is Holding You Back
May I make a confession? I have not been practicing what I’ve been preaching. My fingers type one thing, but contradicting emotions and feelings keep bubbling to the surface and calling me a liar this week. With the writers conference and Continue Reading
Change Me
Change is hard. Just ask anybody who learned to type on a typewriter how they feel about the reemergence of the one space after a period rule. I have had to retrain my right thumb to strike that long space bar key just one single time from the Continue Reading
They Are Listening
As my six year old stumbled into the house tripping over his older brother one day last week, he was bursting with barely contained excitement. I thought perhaps like me, he was happy the sun was finally out after several days of dreary weather, or Continue Reading
Compelled to Write
Dear Friends, Some of you may know I started this blog to write about crafting and all the fun I was having with My Messy Desk, but you may have noticed God had other plans for this platform. I will still occasionally throw in a post or two with Continue Reading


