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Are We Finding Our Own “Fixes”?

A few years ago, the hubbers and I celebrated our tenth anniversary with a trip to Sri Lanka. The package included a stay at a hotel on the beach, two buffet meals at the in-house restaurant, and a car with a driver who doubled as our tour guide for the duration of our stay there ...

Does What You’re Doing Really Count?

This last week didn’t quite go exactly as planned. I’m guessing that’s happened to you too in the recent past. You plan to stay on schedule. But the only thing that sticks to its guns is a blasted headache that ruins your day. You plan to work out and get outdoors more. But the only thing that takes ...

‘Am’ Is All That Matters – Why ‘The Chosen’ Speaks To Us

At the end of every show in the series The Chosen, my 11-year-old daughter asks with incredulity: “What?! It’s done already? Can we watch another one? Pleeeaseeee!” While my husband and I are pretty particular about limited screen time, we’ve indulged her every now and then. (There could, ahem, be the "possibility" that we allowed “another one” because ...

July is the New January: Time to Reset

It’s the halfway point of the year. Maybe the first part of your year has gone exactly like you planned it. (Somehow, the chances of that having happened will likely range from ‘slim’ to ‘yeah, right.’) For me, the first six months of 2021 were different from what I’d charted out. For one, I thought I would be ...

When Disappointment Is All You Can Unwrap This Christmas

I wrote this post last Christmas, but I sense it might be more relevant this year as we've navigated 2020. I've made some edits to the piece - but there's something that I can't alter: the unchanging hope that Christmas brings. May His hope be our anchor this season and always.   Maybe you’re done being merry. ...

Tackling Disappointment – YouVersion Bible Plan

We’ve all been there. The closed door. The broken relationship. The rejection. The loss. None of us are immune to disappointment. But we don’t have to dwell in it. In this Bible Plan we’ll look at truths from Scripture that will help us deal with disappointment and walk in the fullness of life that Jesus ...

Which Song Captures Your Legacy?

You know that little curvy arrow on your browser menu that refreshes your webpage? It’s a button I’m intimately familiar with. Every time I post an article on my website or on social media, I obsessively hit that button to track my readership and views and likes and subscriptions. When new numbers pop up, it gives ...

When Disappointment Is All You Can Unwrap at Christmas

Maybe this Christmas you’re not feeling it. You’re done being merry. You’re tired of faking holly and jolly. You couldn’t care less about goodwill to man. Things have not panned out for you the way you’d hoped when January 2019 dawned. Situations that looked promising have now been dampened by the reality of the last almost 12 ...
MEET SUSAN

I love words. But you probably figured that out by now, considering this website essentially collates my words on the web. Read More…