This past Wednesday, I hosted my First Annual Notable Newberry Nerd Party, in honor of my Midde/Jr. High writing students who read Newberry Award Winning books over the summer. During our sugar-filled breakfast (smile) of O'Doodle Doo's Donuts, several of us gathered...

Let God Take Your Breath Away This past Sunday, God took my breath away. And, my husband's as well. The Holy Spirit swept into a beautiful, yet very ordinary, sanctuary, and dusted a corporate body of worshippers with heavenly dust. Under the...

How many times are you asked, "Are you ready for Christmas?" A million or more! Join me as I take a few minutes to dissect this word, "ready." Please share you ideas, thoughts, or pre-holiday peace plans! Just for the record: Ready, defined: 1. completely prepared or...

Help Me Thanksgiving Day Prayer O God, when I have food, help me to remember the hungry; When I have work, help me to remember the jobless; When I have a home, help me to remember those who have no home at all; When I am without pain, help me to remember those who...

What a week. Sometimes, the universe aligns and things seem to fall into place. This week was one of those weeks. It was a week about listening to the hearts of women. Women fighting the spirit of anger. Women trying desperately to make a fresh start. Ah, fresh...

For the life of me, I have never been able to understand my crazy obsession with high school wrestling—until today. In high school, I'm sure it began with cute boys on the high school wrestling circuit. A whole group of us girls followed the wrestling team all over...