One of the best pieces of advice I’ve ever heard about creating is this: If you create for yourself, you’ll always know that at least one person is happy with your work. I wrote my first book Faithful Families for me and for my family. I’ve been so incredibly grateful to see it resonate with […]
Introducing Prayers for Faithful Families! Cover Reveal and Inspiration Read More »
Ten book Seamless Faith Giveaway! This Spring Seamless Faith is being re-released with more practices, supplemental guides and links to additional resources. It’s got a new cover (squee!) and a new title Faithful Families and an all around upgrade. That doesn’t mean that there’s anything wrong with the first edition at all, but I’d like to get it
On the Twelfth Day of Christmas My True Love Gave to Me… Ten Copies of Seamless Faith! Read More »
MON • MAR 30 Cleaning House Read Matthew 21:12–14. Then Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who were selling and buying in the temple, and he overturned the tables of he money changers and the seats of those who sold doves. (v. 12) Then Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who were selling
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More and more, advent feels like lent to me: a time of darkness and waiting and preparation. The older I get, the less I am attracted to the hyperactive frenzy that our culture tries to impose on us during advent and Christmas. I’m starting to relish advent as a time to snuggle in, sit in
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One of the things that I’m keenly aware of as a recently published author on spiritual practices for families is how I’m now part of the world of Christian marketing. As I’ve written about before, I believe only people can be described as Christian. I don’t believe there is such a thing as “Christian music”
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I can’t believe my little guys are two and three already! It really is true that the days are long and the years are short. In the book, I have a birthday tradition that is fabulous and it allows children to think about others on their birthday. This birthday blessing idea, though, is one of
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Let me count the reasons I love the Internet… connection to people and friends around the world. All the time. Skype with grandma and grandpa nearly every day for my boys. Recipe finding. And now, the most recent thing I love about the internet… the virtual book tour! That’s right, my book is going on
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So… my book Seamless Faith: Simple Practices for Daily Family Life is done being printed and is now available for purchase and reading. I learned a lot in the writing and publishing process. More about that next week, but for now, I thought I’d answer a few questions here about some of the nitty gritty
Reprinted from the church newsletter. Enjoy (if you can get past the giant run-on sentences!) When I was interviewing for the position as pastor at Northwood, I was very pregnant with Samuel, and it was a phone interview. I was full of nerves when I considered what would happen when I got to the stage
Some thoughts on being a pastor and a mother — a reverend mother? Read More »
Recently an old post (from 2010) called “Top Ten Mistakes Christian Parents of Teens Make” started making the rounds on Facebook again. While I don’t know much about the author, I’m deeply interested in the subject matter. Encouraging parents as they raise faithful children is a passion, and I wrote the book on it. (Ok, a book.
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