it’s here! kicking off the 2015 edition of 31 days of five minute free writes
The time has arrived! Starting tomorrow, we're kicking off the 2015 edition of 31 Days of Five Minute Free Writes! I invite all of you to join us -- and I'll even provide prompts to make it easier! If you're game, you can link up your own landing page or contents page starting at 8pm EST TODAY, September 30th. Click HERE for the link-up! Also, don't forget to head over to the Write 31 Days website tomorrow, October 1st, at 8am EST to add your unique url to the master link-up there! Here's a sneak preview of the prompts we'll be tackling this month: AND ... to add to the...
when you’re just about ready to give up
You know the days. You're laying in bed, wiping stray tears from your cheeks. Willing yourself to get up, but your body won't budge any more than the crumpled tissues on the floor. You watched your high hopes get dashed against unforgiving rocks, and your heart shattered right along with them. You know all too well just how much a hope deferred makes the heart sick (Proverbs 13:12). You've felt the sting of betrayal, the hollow ache of emptiness, the question marks left unanswered. You've given everything you had, and it wasn't enough. You've been punched in the gut, and you're doubled...
making it home :: finding my way to peace, identity and purpose
I’m sitting in Panera. I have forty minutes alone before I have to be back home with my kids. I came here to write this post that I promised Emily Wierenga, celebrating the launch of her beautiful new memoir, Making it Home: Finding My Way to Peace, Identity and Purpose. I sit in my corner booth next to the wall of windows, and I wonder how I can express the key peace, purpose and identity in the next half an hour. How can I do justice to so great a theme? I think about my own heart wrestlings through these issues, my quest for a heart occupied by peace, fully content with its purpose. My...
five minute friday :: doubt
How is it possible that we've already reached the end of September? Unbelievable! I don't know about you, but I feel like I blinked and nearly missed it. Regardless of how quickly time is passing by, I'm so happy that you've given up some of your precious time to be here with us this week! If you're new to Five Minute Friday, you can catch the scoop right over here. And if you feel like doing something wild and crazy with a whole bunch of other wild and crazy bloggers, how about taking on the Write 31 Days Challenge? We're kicking off October 1st, and the Five Minute Friday crew has added...
books on my wishlist & what i’m reading now
I love hearing what other people are reading. And I love reading. Every once in a while, I post a summary of books I'm currently reading, and books on my wishlist. Here's my list from the beginning of summer this year. Now that we're transitioning into fall, I figured it's time for an update: Books on my Wishlist: For the Love, by Jen Hatmaker I know, I know ... everyone is reading this book. But if it's as good as everybody says it is, then why not, hey? Wild in the Hollow, by Amber Haines I've heard that the writing in this book is exquisite. Looking forward to...
on being a writer :: limit {chapter 12}
Yay! We made it! We've reached the final chapter in our online discussion of this delightful and practical resource, On Being a Writer: 12 Simple Habits for a Writing Life that Lasts. Click here for a summary of our discussion, including links to the first eleven chapters. HUGE thanks to all of YOU for your involvement in this group! It's been such a delight to interact with you at this level, to wrestle through the questions together, and to strive toward better habits in our writing lives. And huge thanks to co-authors Ann Kroeker and Charity Singleton Craig, for writing...
out of the mouths of babes
Several years ago, I took my three-year-old daughter to the gym for some special time together in the pool. As we put our things in the locker room, my daughter suddenly started belting out the lyrics to a worship song she had heard at home earlier that day. The rest of the locker room was virtually silent – full of women who didn’t know each other, going about their own business. My first instinct was to shush my little girl and her impromptu solo – but something stopped me. I realized that many of the women around us probably hadn’t heard the good news of the gospel. A...
on being a writer :: rest {chapter 11}
It's Monday, and we're in the final stretch of our discussion on this fabulous little book, On Being a Writer, by Ann Kroeker and Charity Singleton Craig! If you're still here and coherent after five full weeks of reading and discussing, you're probably more than ready for this chapter on REST! Before we begin, catch this brief video message from the co-authors: [Tweet ""Set aside time to take a break from your #writing." ~@charityscraig, On Being a Writer"] And don't you love Ann's suggestion with the prop she shows in the video? [Tweet "@annkroeker recommends...
five minute friday :: celebrate
Hey there! Welcome to the weekend! I always feel like giving you all a great big high five when we make it to the end of another week with the help of God. If you're new in these parts and you're wondering what Five Minute Friday is all about, first of all, we're so glad you're here! You might not know it yet, but you've just landed in one of the most amazing communities on the internet. And I don't say that lightly, or because of ANYTHING to do with me! The bloggers who meet and link up here week after week are simply amazing. That's all there is to it. Go ahead and click over here to...
on being a writer :: plan {chapter 10}
Wow, we're in the home stretch of our discussion on the book, On Being a Writer: 12 Simple Habits for a Writing Life that Lasts! Thank you to all who have hung in there for the long haul -- I love hearing how you've been encouraged and challenged by this book and discussion group! For a summary of themes we've already covered and links to previous posts, click here. Next week is our final week. For today, we're looking at Chapter 10: Plan. Here's the video for this chapter from co-authors Ann Kroeker and Charity Singleton Craig: As Ann explains in the video,...
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