Fun News! Seated with Christ Audiobook Available Now!
It’s finally available! I had so much fun recording Seated with Christ last year, and I’m thrilled to offer the audiobook option to you. You can find it on Amazon, Audible, and iTunes. It’s so fun to think that my voice can share some space with you as you listen to this book. What a special […]
Step Away and Come Back
I remind my students and myself the importance of stepping away from work. I tend to keep pressing on into writing and editing, and I can feel the slog in my mind after a few hours. It happens the same way evening falls: The light dims. You aren’t quite as sharp; you aren’t quite as focused. […]
Psalm 46: With a Nation in Uproar, God Is a Secure Fortress
I remember this psalm today. I think about dwelling in the secure fortress of God–the One Who will be exalted among every nation. It’s a comfort and a reminder I needed. I can be still and know that He is God. 1 God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. 2 Therefore […]
Getting Along With Yourself
I return to some of the writings of E. Stanley Jones (1947, The Way) this morning. I read his bold but simple statement: “Men cannot get along with each other because they cannot get along with themselves, and they cannot get along with themselves because they cannot get along with God.” I think about getting […]
2 Lessons From Grandma: Even More Than You Think
We’re baking an old-fashioned almond cake (the kind Abraham Lincoln loved). Grandma instructs me in the way her own mother taught her: when you think you’ve creamed the sugar and butter enough, do more. I consider how I often stop short when the best and sweetest is just a ways ahead. Next, onto folding the […]
Today in the Classroom
I throw around phrases in my advanced writing class like high speed Frisbees, hoping students catch them and toss them back. We talk about critical thinking, methodologies, a written voice, and analogies. So much happens in an essay. So much rises and falls, like the time I saw children swirling up the sediment from a […]
The “It’s Never As Bad or Good As It Seems” Approach
I know this sounds like strange advice to say to myself before my children arrive home: “It’s never as bad or as good as it seems.” In other words, I’m learning how to receive news of their daily struggles and triumphs with measured responses. I’m learning how to speak with clarity, tranquility, and less hyperbole or exaggeration. […]
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A Parenting Moment: Remind Them They Can Ask for Help
I had a parenting breakthrough that my daughter gave permission to share. And it’s so simple. You won’t believe it! (She actually said, “Mom, I feel better. You should blog about this for other kids.”) Here’s the issue: When she’s at school and overwhelmed because she doesn’t know what to do in a situation (lost, […]
To Do Something Great
John Maxwell tells a story about Abraham Lincoln that I heard for the first time this weekend while walking the Gettysburg battlefield. Maxwell recounts this tale in his book, Everyone Communicates, Few Connect: What the Most Effective People Do Differently. Although I cannot verify the original source material (I’m still searching!), I’m told this by our […]