Do you ever forget how radical Jesus is? I do. Sometimes I forget what it really means that He came to bring an amazing, right-side-up kingdom into a broken, upside-down world. But yesterday, in Luke 6, I had an encounter with the radical Jesus. And he broke my paradigms…
Category: Holidays
Happy Valentine’s Day! Love, Freddie
Valentine’s Day is the time we set aside, every year to celebrate love and romance. And this year I want to celebrate by sharing with you a very special treasure, discovered tucked away in a stack of cards Lily had saved. It’s a Valentine from Freddie. There’s no date on it, but I have to …….Read More
I’ve Been Shorted!
I love looking at Christmas lights. But I DON’T love to chew on them. Apparently though, not everyone shares my preferences. (“Wait!” You are thinking. “Hold on now, Leya. Why are you writing a Christmas post now? It’s January for crying out loud! Aren’t you a little late?” Well no. Actually I’m not. But we’ll …….Read More
Project Update – NaNoWriMo Aftermath
Aftermath. Yep. That’s the word. Like when some life-altering cataclysm hits, and you wake up lying in the dirt, blinking numbly around at the altered landscape and wondering what just happened. That’s how it felt to wobble up out of my writing cave once December finally arrived. I know it’s been an outrageously long time …….Read More
Three Months in the Net: Lessons Learned
It’s been about three months now since I wrote my first blog post, “The Blank Page Plunge,” and began learning how to use the internet as an author’s networking tool. Before that I’d really only used it for research and entertainment, and so this was something new entirely. Now it’s been a quarter of a …….Read More
Boxing Day: The Holiday We Can’t Quite Figure Out
Today is the 26th of December. “Boxing Day.” Yes, you’ve probably heard of it. But if you’re an American like me, you’ve also probably wondered for most of your life what in the world that’s supposed to mean. All I could ever figure was that it must be the day for crushing, stomping on, crawling …….Read More
– Holidays on the Other Side of the Pond
So… I’m American. I’m used to American holidays. American traditions. American Santa-Claus. American eggnog. American outlook on life in general. But for months now I’ve been learning about English culture. And it’s amazing how much difference there can be between two groups of people who not only speak the same language, but actually used to be part of …….Read More
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year! Unless…
…Unless you’re an author who suddenly finds her writing schedule being trampled, pell-mell, by Christmas parties, Christmas symphonies, Christmas-tree hunting, Christmas cookie baking, Christmas light-hanging, Christmas shopping trips, Christmas ornament swaps, and Christmas, Christmas, C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S. Now don’t misunderstand me. I LOVE Christmas. But I also love writing. And apparently, the two don’t mix very well. …….Read More