New Creations

Note: On Saturdays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. In my world, June 12 has always been my maternal grandparents’ wedding anniversary. (“A pretty double wedding,” the local newspaper called the 1924 ceremony my grandparents shared with one of her… Continue reading New Creations

Here’s to the Ultimate Winner

Note: On Saturdays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. You see it sometimes on awards shows and at sports championships… the winner before thanking Mom and Dad and spouses says, “I’d like to thank my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.”… Continue reading Here’s to the Ultimate Winner

On the Nightstand: Be Bold in the Broken

Mary Lenaburg‘s had a journey few of us would envy, but one that definitely inspires: twenty-two years of caring for her daughter Courtney, who as an infant suffered a series of seizures from which she never fully recovered. Mary’s got a gift of transparency when it comes to sharing her story and struggles…. how how… Continue reading On the Nightstand: Be Bold in the Broken

Friends in Faith: Deborah Elliott-Upton

It was a hot west Texas day in Amarillo, and I was going to be teaching at a writers’ conference. I came in a day earlier to “play” with a writer friend, Deborah Elliott-Upton, who I’d met a couple years earlier at the same conference. We had hit it off right away the first time,… Continue reading Friends in Faith: Deborah Elliott-Upton