Using Interruptions To Encourage and Inspire

Through God we shall do valiantly, And it is He who will tread down our adversaries. Psalm 60:12 Turning on my nightlight, I looked at my clock. Only 2:00 a.m.! I’d been laying here since 10:00 pm, unable to sleep! It was one of my rare and frustrating nights when sleep kept eluding me and [...]

Making Writing Fun for Kids

Here’s a novel idea. Writing is about writing, not spelling. (I’ll admit, I blinked when I read that. I had my schoolmarm hat on.) If you read my blog, you know I homeschool. You’d also know my mantra: Learning needs to be fun whenever possible! Handwriting for the K-3rd graders isn’t exactly a love affair. [...]

Writing Interruptions are Not Wasted!

Our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore , take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and having [...]

The Good Interruptions

Interruptions are not always bad. Sometimes they’re necessary. Sometimes they’re blessings in disguise. Last week my regularly scheduled post was interrupted by Spring Break. There was really no reason why I couldn’t have posted, I just got off schedule. And getting back on schedule this week left this column empty…again. But I have a good [...]

How to Be Outstanding

“Dear brothers and sisters, be firm. Do not be moved! Always be outstanding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord. … to the extent that God has blessed you. … because a door of great opportunity stands wide open for me, but there are many opponents. [...]

To Sleep or Not to Sleep?

The kids are finally asleep. I just kicked off a second load of laundry, straightened the living room (for the fourteenth time today) and cleaned the bathroom. Exhausted, I ignored the dirty dishes in the sink. It’s 9:27 PM, but it feels like 11. I should write. I should work on that project that has [...]

Vlog on Interruptions: Cause I Didn’t Have Time to Write

So I’ve been wanting to do more vlogs and since I missed my post this morning, here is a two-take impromptu encouragement from a VERY EXHAUSTED me. And honestly, I think I was talking TO MYSELF more than anyone else out there! So what do you think? To Vlog or not to Vlog more often? [...]

How to Write Without an Office

Does the lack of privacy keep you from writing? In a recent web class I learned more about the unique way I learn, write and study. I had to laugh but I’m in a stage of life where my natural needs in the way of office space (private, quiet, creatively decorated) aren’t an option. With five [...]

Rejoicing in Hope Every Day

I looked up at our black walnut tree and cringed. This winter we’ve been denuding it of all its green “finger thick” limbs, donating pounds and pounds of them to a good cause—a friend’s alternative cancer therapies. Evidently one of the natural approaches she is trying involves drinking a tea made from young black walnut [...]

Writing With a New Job

Not so long ago I posted about the interuption of hunting for a new job. Naturally, there comes another shock to your daily routine when the new job is found. If you’re like me, it’s difficult to maintain any kind of writing routine when your real world is suddenly derailed and put upon a new [...]

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