Posts by writingjoy
Opportunity in Five Minutes
It’s late, but I love to drift into dreamland from the pages of a book. I roll to my side, curl around my Kindle, tiny reading light spotlighting dark words on the pale gray screen. She watches me from the end of the bed, then steps slow, silent, one foot at a time, across the…
Read MoreRun. Breathe. Think.
Eighteen years ago, I was a freshman in college. We had one required physical education class, affectionately referred to as “PACL” – Physical Activity and the Christian Life (gotta love the way Christian schools have to stamp religion all over everything). PACL was pass/fail if I remember correctly, and it required students to exercise 30…
Read MoreWhen You’re Scared To Write Unmasked (and You Host #LifeUnmasked)
I’ve been hosting a link-up I call “Life: Unmasked” on Wednesdays for over a year now, in an effort to encourage you and I to stop pretending and be real… to write naked. A few brave souls link up each week, sharing the always complicated, never perfect, often messy truth about themselves, their lives, their…
Read MoreWhat I’m Into, December 2012
My friend Leigh Kramer began hosting a monthly link-up called “What I’m Into” in November. I’m always interested in recommendations from others, so I thought I’d put one together this month and see how you like it. Books I managed to read quite a few books this year (don’t miss my list of 9 favorite…
Read MoreSearching for a New Church?
Originally posted on May 27, 2012, at the beginning of our search for a new church. It took us some time, but we finally left an abusive church situation earlier this year. This was the first of a series of posts about our search. *** We are looking for a new church. In our nearly…
Read MoreTen Reasons We Need Christmas Right Now
Have you found Q Ideas for the Common Good yet? I just stumbled across them the other day. They describe themselves as a place leaders can explore what a better world, one that reflects God’s original design and intention, might look like and how God’s intention is showing up in the lives of their peers and the…
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