Today I’m thankful to have Barbara M. Orlowski talking about her book Spiritual Abuse Recovery: Dynamic Research on Finding a Place of Wholeness. For those of you who read the post about spiritual abuse and the accompanying post about what to do in its aftermath, this resource will be very helpful! Barbara addresses the gap [...]

I’m thankful to be a part of a new kind of writers conference. It’s called re:write and it’s completely different from any writing conference I’ve attended. Why? Because re:write is for any writer wishing to turn their words into a living. Self published. E published. Traditionally published. Blog published. We have speakers who have done [...]

My dear friends Randy Ingermanson and John Olson have just released an ebook that is not only a great read, but it includes all sorts of writerly things in its backmatter. Because of that, I wanted to share it with you, in Randy’s own words. Now until midnight, October 8th, you can get all this [...]

I’m happy to have Joe Bunting here today. He writes fiction and non-fiction and teaches other folks how to write it, too, over at The Write Practice. If you’re a writer who wants to work on your craft, swing on by. … Today, I realized a dangerous thought was causing havoc in my head. The [...]

I’ll be spending mine with these amazing people (but minus Sophie who is away at college.)

What a privilege to have Andy Braner with us today! Andy Braner is a one-man study on the American teen—fast becoming the voice of young adults in the 21st century–and he’s got the credentials: son-in-law of Kanakuk Kamps’ Joe White, founder of Camp Kivu in Colorado, one of the nation’s top bloggers, and now author [...]

Not to say we are awesome, but my dear friend Tina Miller Howard of Fall Meadow Photography did an amazing job on our family pictures. In fact, they’re the best photos we’ve ever had taken of our family. Thank you, Tina! This is my favorite. We look like we’re posing for a TV show. “The [...]

I’m grateful to have John Wallace today sharing with us about a life of freedom. This fits so well with living uncaged that I thought I’d share it with you. I hope his words bless you! … I believe there are two major keys to living a life of freedom: 1) Do what you were [...]

This post has been lolling around in my head for quite some time. It’s kind of an oddball post, but I think it serves an important purpose. When Patrick and I met, we were both friends with Matt and Susannah Allen; in fact, we attended their wedding together when we were dating. Matt was my [...]

I am so very impressed with Author Media. They’re the folks who do the bells and whistles on this website. They make the car run, so to speak. While I have the amazing George tackle the design elements of my site, I’ve needed the WordPress expertise of Author Media. I happen to believe every company [...]