Romania: Small Churches Making a Big Difference

January 21, 2012

Many of you know I had the privilege of traveling to Romania last summer as a writer for the Wycliffe News Network. I met so many wonderful people and had the privilege of hearing their incredible stories. The stories that affected me most were the accounts of religious persecution and oppression under communism. I heard [...]

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Goals vs Habits

January 17, 2012

It’s the third week of January and I don’t have my yearly goals written out or a plan in place to reach them. For a gal whose to-do list generally has its own to-do list, this is rather nerve-wracking, to say the least. Just thinking about it gives me heartburn. But somehow, I haven’t been [...]

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Are you Happy?

January 10, 2012

This question gets tossed around a lot in various forms. Are you happily married? Are you happy in your job? Are you happy with your new car? Your dog? Your house? Were you happy with your hotel stay? Your meal at the restaurant? We throw the question around lightly, and perhaps that’s as it should [...]

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Experience the “Gilded Age” onJekyll Island,Georgia

January 6, 2012

If just hearing names like Rockefeller, Astor, Morgan, Vanderbilt and Macy make you long to travel backwards to a more elegant time, you’ll love Jekyll Island. This small island off the Georgia coast was once home of the famous “Millionaires Club” where some society’s wealthiest families spent their winter months. Back then, the Island was [...]

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Out With the Old (Clutter), In With the New (Ideas)

January 3, 2012

I spent the last day of 2011 in my office, but I wasn’t writing, setting goals or doing other literary-type things. My end-of-year task was rather boring and mundane–but one that can breed incredible, far-reaching results. I purged my office. For those with meticulously neat work areas, this makes no sense, because straightening your creative [...]

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Three Questions to Ask Yourself for 2012

December 29, 2011

The week between Christmas and New Year’s is generally one of reflection for me. I take down the previous year’s calendar and compare what I had planned to do with what I actually did–or didn’t–accomplish. Then I put up the new calendar and start thinking about goals for the coming year. But this year, before [...]

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The Christmas Gift (eBook) — My Gift to You!

December 16, 2011

Christmas is hands-down my absolute favorite time of the year. I’ve always wanted to write a Christmas story, but I’ve never had an idea for one that compelled me to take action. Until now. Most story ideas flit through my mind and disappear, but the inspiration behind my novella, The Christmas Gift, showed up and [...]

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Is it an “Opportunity” or “Anxiety”?

December 8, 2011

Last month, I had a chance to do not one, but two things I’d never done before. I found myself at the helm of a 52-foot catamaran, and I also found myself as an extra on a television show. One of these was an opportunity that got me giddy with excitement, while the other started [...]

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Mary, Moments & Memories

December 2, 2011

We all have defining moments, things that happen that mold and shape us, that change the course of our lives. A list immediately comes to mind, right? Some of these moments are huge and wonderful and arrive accompanied by trumpets and fanfare — like weddings and the birth of children. Others roar in like a [...]

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