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The painful side of Father’s Day
I recently had lunch with a friend that bluntly stated, “I HATE Father’s Day.” My friend, like many others I know, didn’t grow up with a kind, loving father. So, for her, Father’s Day is a reminder of the Hallmark type dad she didn’t have. If you think about it, all the cards on the rack for Father’s Day say really sweet things, praising wonderful fathers. Here are a few samples of card headers I saw in the store this year: To the world’s best dad… To my wonderful father… My dad, my hero… Then, you open them and find gushy words about how he set such a…
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Teaching our children to pray for bullies…
As we enter into summer, our kids look forward to a break from all things school related. But, I challenge you to take advantage of the summer months and encourage your kids to pray…specifically for the school bullies. I realize that not all students have a dreaded bully in their life, but even so, most students at least know who the school bullies are. So, I encourage you to read my latest article posted on Crosswalk.com entitled 3 Biblical Reasons You Should be Praying for Bullies.
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Interview with author Bruce Goodwin
This week I had the honor of interviewing Bruce Goodwin. If you’re in the area, you can meet Bruce at an upcoming book signing event! Bruce will be at Cabin Fever Coffee in Defiance, Ohio on Wednesday, May 27th from 3:00 – 6:00 pm. That’s tomorrow! So, mark your calendars, get to Cabin Fever, enjoy some coffee and pick up an autographed copy of Bruce Goodwin’s Four Pistols! You’re not near Defiance, Ohio? No worries, Bruce may be coming to a city near you! Keep tabs on his book signing tour here! Bruce tell us about your novel, Four Pistols. Four Pistols is an historical fiction based on the JFK…
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3 Biblical Reasons You Should be Praying for Bullies
When our oldest son was in the first grade, he came home from school complaining about every kid (and parent’s) nightmare…a bully. Apparently this boy was not only harassing classmates during class, in the hallway lineup, and at the lunch table, but he was preying on kids smaller than himself and pinning them down in a choke-hold on the playground. We gave our son some practical advice on dealing with bullies, but then we armed him with his best defense: prayer. I explained to our son that people hurt for different reasons. We sometimes hurt on the outside, like when we get cuts and bruises. But sometimes we hurt on the…
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Interview with author Madeline Brock
This week I would like to introduce you Madeline Brock! Madeline is twenty years old and loves life, her family, and the Lord. Raised in rural Ohio, Madeline is the oldest of five children and enjoys music, cooking, and hiking. She is finishing up two years of service in New Mexico with the Navajo people. She will be returning to Ohio, reuniting with her family, and awaiting the adventures God will take her on next! Madeline, today we’re highlighting your book, Tatiana, book one of the Upward Way Chronicles; tell us about it… Tatiana is a coming of age story about a young woman growing up in 1840s rural Pennsylvania.…
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Interview with author Keri Nicole Aeschliman
Today I have the privilege of introducing you to author, Keri Nicole Aeschliman. This young lady is such a sweetheart. I hope you enjoy getting to know her as much as I did! And, as if getting to know Keri wasn’t enough ~ there’s a bonus! Keri is offering free shipping, through her website, on orders of In Paths of Righteousness through May 9th! You can get your copy at www.storiesbykerinicole.com ! A little about your writing: Tell us a little bit about your book, In Paths of Righteousness. This Christian novel is set in a small Minnesota farming community in the late 1800’s. The main character, David Riley, is…
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Prayer for our most influential people
I heard on the radio today that TIME Magazine has issued their list of the most influential people of 2015. As usual, there were names on the list I didn’t recognize, there were names that made me smile and names that made me roll my eyes. But, there was one name in particular that got my attention…Kim Kardashian. Last November I saw two posts that caught my eye, “What you should tell your teen (and yourself) about Kim Kardashian” and “Things I plan to tell my teenage boys about the nude pictures of Kim Kardashian”. While I agreed with what these articles had to say, I was struck by how…
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What Fantasy Teaches Us
I recently took my sons to hear a local symphony play all our favorite songs from Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings and Star Wars…and yes, much to my boys’ embarrassment, I cried. What can I say? Music moves me. But really, it was more than that; it was knowing what the music was doing in the minds of everyone in the room. You see, while we were packed tight in our seats, listening intently to the rumble of the drums, the high pitch of the piccolo and the deep moan of the cello, we began to dream. If only for a moment, we were mixing potions, flicking our wands…
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Should I always feel hope?
I’m just as passionate about watching movies as I am about reading books, and one of my favorite movies is Phoebe in Wonderland. If you’ve seen the movie and you know my struggle with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), it shouldn’t surprise you that I’m slightly obsessed with this movie. Phoebe is a nine year-old girl who has OCD tendencies and, by the end of the movie, is diagnosed with Tourette’s Syndrome (TS) – or as Phoebe says, “Gilles de la Tourette syndrome. It’s a beautiful name, I think.” I’ve watched this movie countless times, watching Phoebe, relating most to her character as I remember my own childhood; but seeing pieces…
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The woman I don’t want to be…
If you’ve seen the movie, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, I’m sure you laughed when Maria Portokalos says, “Let me tell you something, Toula. The man is the head, but the woman is the neck. And she can turn the head any way she wants.” You laughed at that, right? I did. Another great line we all like to quote is, “If momma ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy!” There was a post making its rounds on Facebook recently that said, “Arguing with a woman is like getting arrested. Everything you say can and will be used against you!” We women laugh at these silly quotes because we know there’s some…
