A Fun Video About Verbs
Sometimes I show my students little instructional videos that make us feel like children learning grammar for the first time. I do this because, believe it or not, students often don’t learn grammar anymore. They’ll often ask me, after I talk about my love of vivid verbs, what a verb is. It’s not too late! […]
When a Good Thing is Bad for You
This morning, yellowjackets descend upon the raspberry patch. Perhaps they’ve nested down below the stalks in the ground. I see so many of them greedily clinging to the ripe raspberries, and I back off, bowl in hand, and run back to the house. I think of those sweet berries with all those yellowjackets on their […]
Join the Launch Team!
It’s time! It’s time! I would like to invite you to join my Launch Team for Chosen for Christ! You’ll join a private Facebook book with a link to sign up for your FREE BOOK, beautiful sharable images, and Facebook Live event with me 🙂. I’m looking for friends who will promote this book and write […]
Strength in Helplessness
I loved reading Hannah Whitall Smith’s words today in God is Enough. She describes us as instruments to be used in the hands of God. I love her analysis of that imagery because, as she says, “the moment resistance is felt in any tool, the moment it refuses to move just as the master wants, that […]
All Your Tomatoes: Oven-Dried Tomatoes All Winter
I return from my speaking event and realize it’s one of my favorite times in the garden: the tomato harvest. I slice the tomatoes, mix them with garlic, a drizzle of olive oil, and all the chopped herbs still in the garden (oregano, thyme, and basil). I spread them in a pan and sprinkle them […]
A Wonderful Event
I loved my time speaking to the women of Grace Fellowship Church in Johnson City, TN. It’s always amazing to see people respond to God’s word. It’s incedible to see the Holy Spirit at work. It’s real. Here are some photos of the event!
The Verb I’m Thinking About
Today a friend I haven’t seen in a while asked me, “So what’s your favorite verb these days?” I love that I have friends that ask such questions. And I love that God made me the kind of person who actually has an answer to such questions. I tell him that I read a sentence […]
A Peek Into the Classroom
I loved today! What a great day for teaching. I turned on some music of students volunteering their favorite songs. Today, we listened to Van Halen’s Jump and then Jimmy Eat World’s, The Middle. We began class with a name game: your current breakfast obsession. The majority of the class announced their love of breakfast […]
Midweek Reset
I normally wait till Saturday to clean the whole house, prep meals, and prepare something extra special for dinner. But lately, it feels as if waiting a full seven days to reset the house isn’t working as well. Things devolve into chaos by Wednesday. By Wednesday, we all want to order pizza and just stay […]
God Fulfills His Purpose for Us
This morning, I read the comforting words of Psalm 57:2. David writes from a physical position of despair and distress, but from a spiritual position of victory and assurance of God’s faithfulness to Him. He’s in a cave. He’s fearing death as Saul pursues him. Yet he writes this: I cry out to God Most […]