For me, summer is almost always all about novels and memoirs. So let’s take some time today to talk about books, movies, television shows, and podcasts! Let the relaxing begin…. My Top 5 Books – in 3 Words The Hate…
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Keep Not Quitting
It’s been hard, oh, I know that. It’s been humbling and it has felt like nothing is working and it’s all uphill and you’re wondering why you even bother. It has felt like two steps-forward-one-step-back. It has reminded you over…
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What sort of parent is God? :: On discipline, parenting, and discipleship
We talked for a long time that night, this growing-up child and me. It had been a hard day: tears, a temper, frustrations, poor choices, consequences. We rested on a twin bed together, equally exhausted by the struggles of…
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12 Best Practices for Finding Time, Energy, and Inspiration to Write + A Prayer for Writers
These notes are from a writer’s workshop I presented at Princeton Theological Seminary’s Frederick Buechner Writer’s Workshop on June 7-8, 2017. It’s not the full workshop or prayer, of course, since much of that is improvised on the spot followed by…
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‘Twas my own heart, dilly-dilly :: on Manchester and more
We were all done having babies, our big three now bright persons in their own right, when Maggie was born. We had to get a new crib, a new car seat, new baby clothes: everything new but the books. We…
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