In an episode from Season 7 of The Office (the best television show ever created, and yes, I’ll fight you on this) Kevin, the bumbling, blundering, awkward, balding, slow-witted accountant tells the audience that there are two types of people in this world: “There are some people who have charm and some who don’t. Guess…
For the past few months, I have participated in an activity that is way out of my comfort zone: group journaling. Eleven friends and I chose a theme for our journals, completed five pages on that theme, and then passed them along each month to another participant. After one year, our journals will return to…
“We will not hide them from their children, but tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might, and the wonders that he has done.” (Psalm 78:4 ESV) Like so many of my fellow Americans, I tuned into Disney+ on July 3, 2020 to watch the live cast recording of…
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…
“And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God” (Micah 6:8 NIV). Do you have a catchy email signature tagline? I recently spent some time coming up with a message sign off that was original, memorable, speaks to my work as a…
“But ask the animals and they will teach you, or the birds in the sky and they will tell you; or speak to the earth, and it will teach you, or let the fish in the sea inform you. Which of all of these does not know that the hand of the Lord has done…