Welcome to my second love note during these marvelous 7 Days of Christmas, a full, fun week of stories, thoughts, and scripture leading up to Christmas Day. Just a little gift from me to you, dear BBFF (Blessed Blog Friend Forever). May your blessings outweigh your stressings as we celebrate the birth of our Savior! ...
Christmas Blessings
Welcome to 7 Days of Christmas, a full, fun week of stories, thoughts, and scripture leading up to Christmas Day. Just a little gift from me to you, dear BBFF (Blessed Blog Friend Forever). May your blessings outweigh your stressings as we celebrate the birth of our Savior! “‘Don’t be frightened, Mary,’ the angel told ...
Bless This Mess
Dearest BBFFs (Blessed Blog Friends Forever), I do apologize for my brief hiatus of the past few weeks here in Blogworld, but I’ve been blogged down (er, I mean bogged down) tending to a wrecked knee – a torn meniscus, the Ortho insists. Surgery will commence in January. Since this is my “good” knee (the ...
Thanksgiving Means Giving Thanks, Even for Plan Z
As Thanksgiving approached, the only thing my friend Debbie, mother of eight, found in her freezer was a pound of ground meat. Finances were tight. Her husband had been holding down three part-time jobs since being laid off the year before. With company coming for Thanksgiving dinner, Debbie really wanted to serve a traditional turkey, ...
Word Fun Winner!
Congrats to the winner of my random Neologisms drawing: Carolyn Law! Thanks for playing, everybody! And a tip o’ the hat to all the Word Nerds who sent in some very clever new definitions for old words. Loved each and every one of them! (Scroll back to last week’s post to LOL at some real ...
Old Becomes New
Okay, BBFFs (Blessed Blog Friends Forever), thought we’d have a little fun with words this week. (Keep reading to the end for your chance to win a fun prize!) Like most authors, I am, after all, something of a wordsmith and adore discovering the hidden humor lurking behind certain letter combos. Ever heard the term, ...
Why Creeks Dance
Because Papa God has called me to write about the red-hot topic of stress, I get lots of feedback from readers of my Too Blessed to be Stressed books. I consider it a privilege – and a responsibility I take very seriously – when I get messages from my BFFs (Blessed Friends Forever) requesting prayer ...
Feeling Too Blessed to be Stressed This Fall
HUGE congrats to the winner of my Color Your Way to Autumn Calm Giveaway … Connie Saunders from Kentucky! Connie’s prize package is already winging its way to her at this very moment. Warm thanks to everyone who entered and remember, a new giveaway is right around the corner! (Be sure to sign up for ...
Living With Nuts in My Batter
I suspect that you, like me, have been dismayed and dismantled by recent headlining hate crimes, politically motivated mud-slinging, and incomprehensible violence against one another. Sadly, it’s nothing new. Since Cain lifted that first crushing stone against his brother, enmity has rocked our sin-infested world. Papa God created us each differently and we’re bound to ...
Rising to the Challenge
Why is it that explaining accidents usually begins with, “What was I thinking?” Those were the very words out of my husband Chuck’s mouth when he appeared in the living room of our remote Smoky Mountain cabin shortly before bedtime, his face draining of all color and color (red) draining into a puddle on the ...