History, Real Life, and Faith
I often see my life as a book. You know: chapters, index, footnotes. We all can figure out the chapters in our life book: natural demarcations when our life changed in a significant way. I perhaps have more chapters than the average person because we moved 13 times during my husband’s Navy career. So in addition to all the usual chapters…
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The Good News IS for Modern Wo/Man!
Stereotype: A fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing. As a writer, I sometimes work in shorthand, to keep my characters set in my mind while I do other things with them. I can label them as “this” or “that” and more easily predict what they will do. Stereotypes can be very helpful in…
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How writing and editing are a lot like pruning a garden!
Letting the force be with you in a foreign language. Here’s the set up: I was invited once to a family wedding in Cali, Columbia. All I knew about Cali was its reputation as the center of world narco-terrorism. I’m a coward. But my brother dared me. Fortunately, my husband is a good sport and he agreed to come, along with our teenage daughter. Besides, the family promised…
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I’ve long been interested in the concept of generational sin. It’s a problem, usually like alcoholism or anger, that begins when one person makes a choice and the ripples from that poor choice reverberate all through the lives of family members. Studies have demonstrated time and again the value of making moral choices not only for your own sake, but also…
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