In September, I was humbled to receive the 2025 ACFW Genesis Award for Contemporary Novels for my novel Calls in the Dark. But awards are never won by just one person. I would never have received it if it hadn’t been for those who supported me, and this is the speech I gave that night—plus […]
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Parenting is a constant state of letting go. First time we allowed someone to hold them. First time they slept in a different room. First time in the church nursery. With a babysitter. At school. Granted, some of those times we felt like we dropped and ran, desperate for a break. But halfway through, we
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Yes, you read that title right. Sometimes life is awkward. Like that day with those boots. Or the time I got a key stuck in my nose.
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It was an innocent idea. Or perhaps naïve. I’d go out to the little pond and feed the geese. My bag of bread had gone stale, and rather than dump it in the garbage, I’d share it with the flock living just beyond my apartment balcony. After all, they had a bunch of young fluff
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Because I find myself sobbing today—For our nation, for Texas, for our schools, for our children… And for yet another family near me who just lost their child completely separate from the nation’s tragedy. Oh, Lord, how long? There are no words! So I had to go back to what I know. What I wrote
Some days, life feels heavier than others. Yes, as my earlier post said, the movie isn’t over. But we start to wonder if the ending won’t be what we expected. Or at least what we hoped. Let’s be honest—Tragic plot twists are intriguing on a screen. Not so much in our lives. That goal fades
I had a fight with Siri today. Ok, to be truthful, it isn’t the first time. Just proves, once more, my abusive relationship with technology. I love it, and it just keeps beating me up!
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a Mother’s Day article (originally written for Fountain of Life magazine) It was the only time I ever called a radio station. At least so far. Who knows, maybe tomorrow another desperate situation will arise. That time, I was a young mother, and the talk show topic was “How to Keep Your Preschoolers Busy and
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Ever feel like a failure? Some days our mistakes wail at us like an air-raid, and we’re left wondering how to recover. If you’re there, friend, keep reading. Because that’s when this story hits afresh. a reprint from my original Kenosha News “My Turn” column a few years back… I had a birthday. (Notice I
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