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Strange Creatures
Some readers approach my books as if the tales are a strange beast from a foreign jungle. “That’s a weird one,” they say as they lean in, curious but cautious. “Is it poisonous? Looks questionable to...
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Waiting for It
I’m not very good at waiting. In grocery-store check-out lines I always look for the shortest one. I have been impatient at Chik-fil-A, the fastest fast food in the west. When picking up my kiddos from...
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How to Save a Life
Today is the official release date of Afloat—which means it’s been in stores for a little while. Invariably I appear to be late to my own party. Afloat is my seventh book, and though seven is a perfect...
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Does Love = Sacrifice?
This year, my husband and I missed our anniversary. We didn’t forget the date, and we had plans, but life happened and we had to postpone. We’re hoping to celebrate belatedly sometime this summer. Back...
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All’s Well, Even Though It Isn’t
My children are prone to bronchial infections, and once or twice a year, usually in the fall, we need to pull out our old nebulizer to administer a breathing treatment to the youngest. This spring he...
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Better Than Answers
There’s nothing like a natural disaster to remind this human just how small and powerless she is in the scope of the universe. I thought I’d say something about the Oklahoma tornadoes that cut down so...
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How Do You Imagine God?
For most of my life, this is the image of God I have carried with me: He is a professor, standing behind his desk, leaning forward on his knuckles, looming. His expression is grave, cautioning me...
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Proof of Faith
Last week I lay on the floor of my laundry room trying to light the pilot light in our troublesome water heater. At the beginning of the month my husband took an 18% pay cut. In an effort to cut...
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Winner of the iPad Mini Giveaway!
I’m so happy to announce that Deb Longworth of Avon, Massachusetts is the winner of my AFLOAT campaign giveaway. Deb will receive an iPad Mini courtesy of my publisher, Thomas Nelson (HarperCollins...
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Up Next: Stranger Things
It’s time for me to bow out of the blog scene (such as it is for me) for a little while. Other manuscripts are calling for my attention. Though I’ll be back here from time to time as topics burn a hole...
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Surprised by Strangers
When I was a college student I spent my summers waitressing for a family restaurant in my hometown. It was the preferred place for church goers to go for midweek pies and Sunday brunch. I didn’t...
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Awkward
While I was writing Stranger Things and thinking about the way strangers’ lives intersect, I went to the grocery store. It was a spontaneous visit at an odd hour and my daughter was with me—all three...
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You Are Worth It
Maybe you’ve heard of Katie Davis, who at age 18 left the United States to live with children in Uganda. In 2008 she founded Amazima Ministries, which today provides education sponsorships to 600...
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The One Who Doesn’t Belong
During a recent visit to an evening church service, I notice two things. First, the church uses a fog machine during its worship service. I don’t begin to understand this. By the end of worship the air...
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Stranger Things Giveaway Tour!
Get an inside scoop on Stranger Things and enter to win a free copy of the book! These wonderful bloggers are featuring interviews with me December 2-6. The Q&A’s feature both standard questions...
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Shop to End Human Trafficking
My novel Stranger Things releases in just a few weeks, in time for Human Trafficking Awareness Month (January). But I didn’t want to wait until then to share with you just a few of the places where...
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What’s Holding You Back?
Here’s the truth: Sometimes the last thing I want to do is reach out to strangers who might need my help. I’m introverted and easily overwhelmed by symptoms of our technological age—I’m flooded with...
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A Messy but Beautiful Meeting
Today, snow is falling outside and I’m tucked away indoors, drinking a cup of hot black coffee. The family budget is tight, but somehow we always find we have more than enough to give, to eat, to...
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Your Small Efforts Make a Huge Difference
Map by Polaris Project of potential human trafficking cases reported to their hotline. December 31 marks the release of my new novel Stranger Things, the story of a small band of strangers working to...
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Shed the Fear
It seems that making New Year’s resolutions is passé, and the trend du jour is to define one’s attitude toward the year in a single word. As it turns out, there’s an entire book and website devoted to...
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