The Recount of 2013 {or, when you thought you were done and you realize you’re not}
May 24, 2013 By 28 Comments
Yesterday as I was typing up the Table of Contents for the 50 Women book and getting the manuscript all polished up and ready to turn in to my editor, I counted up all the lovely ladies. You know, just to make sure. And then I counted them again. And then I counted them again. And after the fourth recount (flashback to Gore/Bush election of 2000), I realized, a week before the book is due, that I am one woman short.
{This is me screaming}
I should remind you, I did not sign a contract for a book entitled 49 Women Every Christian Should Know.
I thought I finished two weeks ago. I’ve been very busy patting myself on the back for my super organizational skills and my stellar ability to meet a deadline.
Pass the candy jar, please.
So after counting and recounting and recounting, a few choice words, several squares of dark chocolate and 10 gnawed fingernails, I faced reality: I have to research one more woman and write 2,000 more words.
To top it off, my kids’ last day of school was yesterday. Can you say Mega Minecraft Marathon 2013? At least someone is happy around here.
Suffice to say, there is no blog post today. I’ll be researching and writing about Gladys Aylward. Don’t feel badly for me though. While you’re all at the pool today, I’ll be in the library. And I’m bringing chocolate.
God Forgives Everything … Even the Very Worst Thing
May 22, 2013 By 17 Comments
{A word of caution: this post contains offensive language…} I heard a crash behind me, the snap of branches breaking, scatter of gravel. When I looked over my shoulder, I saw his bike on its side, front wheel still spinning. He was crying, heaving, gulping sobs. But not because he’d crashed and not because he’d [...]
[Continue reading...]Hear It on Sunday, Use It on Monday: When the Holy Spirit Doesn’t Come in Tongues and Fire
May 19, 2013 By 29 Comments
The Holy Spirit first spoke to me in the middle of a church sermon. The irony is that I didn’t believe in God at the time. You might wonder why I was sitting in a church pew on Sunday morning if I didn’t believe in God. Two reasons. One: I wanted to believe in God, [...]
[Continue reading...]Weekend One Word: Anything
May 18, 2013 By 11 Comments
God can do anything you know – far more than you could ever imagine or guess in your wildest dreams! He does it not by pushing us around but by working within us, his Spirit deeply and gently within us. (Ephesians 3:20-21, Msg.)
[Continue reading...]4 Steps to Living a Spacious Life
May 17, 2013 By 38 Comments
When Holley Gerth asked us to put our dream down on paper a few weeks ago at the Jumping Tandem Retreat, I didn’t do it. After all, I figured I already have a dream, this writing/publishing dream. I’m still working on that one, right? I don’t need another dream, do I? So I sat quietly [...]
[Continue reading...]She said, “I Do.”
May 15, 2013 By 84 Comments
There were vows and rings. A best man and a maid of honor. Toasts and hugs and kisses. Brats and burgers, stories and laughter. And there was love. Abundant love. Exuberant love. Joyful, celebratory, smiling, laughing, weeping, I-want-to-spend-the-rest-of-my-life-with-you love. The ceremony took place on a dock next to a pond. The couple wore tee-shirts and [...]
[Continue reading...]Hear It on Sunday, Use It on Monday: When You Forget that You Don’t Have to Try to Please God
May 12, 2013 By 18 Comments
“Mommy,” he says, stopping me just as I cross the threshold of his dark bedroom, “is it okay sometimes if I go right to sleep without praying first? Because sometimes I just feel too sleepy to pray before bed.” I step from the bright hallway back into Noah’s dim bedroom. “Of course it’s okay,” I [...]
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