Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 I have reached the end of my list of tips for making memorizing verses easier. Next week I’ll share some musical resources that weave verses into song and memory without effort. Make sure you stop by — I’ll have a free download for each of you, a discount code…

Read More

The hall wore vertical stripes like a matron trying to hide her spreading hips. Yellowed light from 20-year-old wagon-wheel chandeliers froze cameras unable to resolve the flash-or-no-flash dilemma. Plates on tables presented forgettable food. But God came there. Through the words of timid but obedient women, He spoke gentle firm correction to this woman who…

Read More

We leaned against the elevator walls staring but not seeing, numb from the not knowing. My stomach sank as the cube rose, then stopped, each floor marking a unique fear. Third floor – surgery. Fourth floor – newborn intensive care. Fifth floor – hematology and oncology. Please God, not that. Finally, the 6th floor: cardiac…

Read More

This week I’m trying to finish memorizing Eph 6:14-18, and also re-memorizing Gal 2:20.(This is a good example of alternating easy with hard.) And, as promised, here are four more tips for memorizing. You can find Part One here, Part Two here, and Part Four here. Narrate. Summarize in your own words what the verses…

Read More

This writer is a homebody. She avoids crowds, lines, and noise. Craves quiet, simplicity, and alone time. Left alone, she’d spend days with a good book and journal. Summers would find her in the hammock with an iced tea. In the winter, she’d curl up under a blanket with a steaming mug of coffee and…

Read More

Today is the first day of The Relevant Conference, where two hundred Christian women are gathering to learn more about writing and blogging and to be encouraged and encouragers of one another. Many of us have become good friends through emails, phone calls, Skype, and Twitter, praying for one another and counseling each other through faith and…

Read More