Five Lists You Should Make

  Lists keep me sane. If I can lasso all the appointments, deadlines, groceries, projects, birthdays, budgets, and end-of-the-world scenarios into a list, I can face anything. So, in case of a Zombie Apocalypse or a particularly bad Tuesday, here are five lists I...

The Lord’s Acre

When you write a book, you never know where it may show up some day. One of mine went to the Lord’s Acre sale in our neighborhood last fall. In case you aren’t familiar, here is a little history: This is a tradition of the Methodist church, especially in...

A Man of Information

After forty years, I find it hard to come up with the perfect anniversary present for my favorite man. Wendell and I married as teenagers. Seriously. We were so young his mother had to go to the county courthouse with us and sign a permission slip for Wendell to marry...

Today, We Pray

I’m writing this on our National Day of Prayer. And I’ve deleted about a dozen snarky lines on the subject. It isn’t that I don’t believe in prayer or that I disrespect any of the people behind the project. I’m thrilled that we are...