November starts the season of family gatherings, holiday parties, and sometimes a cookie exchange or two. For me, this time of year has always been a little stressful. You see, I want a Good Housekeeping kind of table setting but I don’t have a decorator’s kind of mind. Nor do I have access to the…
Audacious Love is Humbling
I work with the women’s ministry organization Minnesota Bridging the Gap. Bridging the Gap hosts a conference every year and as part of that conference our writing team puts together a devotional based on the theme of the conference. The theme for this year’s conference was Audacious Love and I wrote this story to share in the devotional. If…
Overcoming Fear
“She’s fearless,” we hear someone say about another person, usually after she’s done something crazy like walk on a tight rope over Niagara Falls. And yes, there are a few people in history who have been seemingly fearless in their attempts to accomplish unbelievable feats. But, at some time or another most of us experience…
Finding the Extra in My Ordinary
What’s new? It’s a question I hear all the time amongst friends. When asked of me I seldom seem to have a good response. What is new? I don’t want to answer with “Well, yesterday I got all the laundry washed, dried, folded, and put away.” Because that seems a bit . . . well…
Visiting a Minnesota Icon
On my Pinterest page I have a board titled “Things to do in Minnesota.” On most every pin that has anything to do with food Mickey’s Diner is always listed. I’d never been there but this weekend I finally convinced John that it would be a fun thing to do on Sunday morning (being as we’d…