Friends in Faith: Heidi Hess Saxton

Heidi Hess Saxton and I first crossed virtual paths nearly twenty years ago when I was the editor of Writer’s Digest magazine and she was a freelance writer. She was the kind of freelancer I enjoyed working with-always on time, her articles hitting the mark in content and length. Flash forward a few years and this… Continue reading Friends in Faith: Heidi Hess Saxton

Friends in Faith: Lisa Mladinich

My Bible study group recently spent time with Proverbs 31:10-31, the woman of worth passage. As I heard my friend Lisa Mladinich speak at the Future with Hope women’s conference in October, I was struck by how she lives those verses. Lisa, author of True Radiance: Finding Grace in the Second Half of Life, positively… Continue reading Friends in Faith: Lisa Mladinich

On the Nightstand: October 2016

I recently reconnected with Ginger Kolbaba, an editor and writer I knew and respected a great deal when our paths crossed about fifteen years ago. In one of those God-is-so-fun situations, Ginger edited my dear friend Letitia Suk’s new book about do-it-yourself women’s retreats. Well, one thing led to another and Ginger is now critiquing a… Continue reading On the Nightstand: October 2016

Friends in Faith: Paula Hummel

Paula Hummel and I grew up less than a hundred miles apart in the Upper Midwest. (Me about ten years before her, but does that really matter? Not to me!) We have some other similarities in our backgrounds, but it’s the way Paula lives her faith today that inspires me. She’s a devoted wife and… Continue reading Friends in Faith: Paula Hummel