Christian Book Expo: The Lowdown

Susan Meissner and I at the Christian Book Awards banquet She won! The Christian Book Award for fiction (for The Shape of Mercy) Celebrating with Rachelle Gardner and Beth Jusino. On the Christianity Today panel. The Christianity Today panel: Stan Guthrie (standing),...

Untying

My heart’s been atangle bound by chords of language these past two years Even today telephone to ear mouth to receiver I stuttered speech unintelligible Two years old I am A toddler’s bumbling of language on my tongue A tear slipped out as I said au revoir...

What I’ll miss about France

Every day we walk to school and this is what we see. The little church with its own square. The place (pronounced plahhhce) that we walk through every day. The street we pass by. But more than that, more than the beauty of Southern France in Fall, we will miss our...

A Simple Sabbath Gift for You

Brightly colored sunsets and starry heavens,Majestic mountains and shining seas,Fragrant fields and fresh cut flowers are not even half as beautiful as a soul who is serving Jesus out of love, through the wear and tear of an ordinary, unpoetic life. Frederick William...