September marks, for me, a shift towards settling in as fall and then winter encroach and the world outside begins to close in for a long winter’s rest. As the weather cools, our own routines shift from open-ended vacation days to rhythmic school and work. I love this change in seasons, this annual shift in…
We’re thrilled to have Myquillyn Smith sharing the secret to great hospitality in this excerpt from her new book, Welcome Home: A Cozy Minimalist Guide to Decorating and Hosting All Year Round (Zondervan). It’s the same in every episode of House Hunters. First comes the not-at-all funny joke about how the wife gets the big…
Last week, a friend of mine shared a meme. It depicted an old man in front of a bingo board. Above him was a picture of a weather radar showing twin hurricanes hurtling across the Gulf of Mexico. “Who had double hurricanes on their 2020 Bingo card?” the caption read. Twenty-twenty has certainly felt like…
“All people are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of the Lord endures forever.” (1 Pet. 1:24-25 NIV) Last year, a good friend and fellow contributor followed her dream and started her business as a flower farmer. I was…
In 2015, with no say in the matter, I left the battleground of my husband’s terminal illness and entered the wilderness of widowhood. After thirty years as a wife, this new country felt disorienting and dangerous in nearly every way. My instinct was to hide. Stay safe. Take no chances. The problem with that plan?…
I recently attended a benefit dinner for a local Bible camp. The missions committee at my church bought a table and invited my husband and me to take two of the seats. I wore the dress I had worn to my brother’s wedding, chandelier earrings, and very uncomfortable shoes. I entered the dining room on…