Small Beginnings
When we moved to this new house three years ago, it already had a nice little yard with a modest landscape. But I wasn’t happy with the variety and placement of many of the plants. The covered porch was pleasant, …
Summer Is Waiting
Spring is always marked by a flurry of activity. On the garden front this year, I dug up five, full-grown, but unhappy azaleas and moved them to more auspicious locations. Since chopping a bunch of their buggy branches off to …
Becoming a Writer, One Step at a Time
"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future (Je 29:11 NIV).
My one-year-old nephew has been determined to walk since he was about six months old. He was so set on walking, in fact, he initially refused to crawl. This resulted in a lot of tears, but once he figured out …
Wounded Where You’re Gifted
Have past wounds kept you from walking in your gifts? Let Shellie Arnold’s experience minister to you as you read her guest blog today. For years I’ve told others I didn’t plan to be a writer and speaker, nor did …