Do you feel you need a time out? As though you’re in a fast-paced game and there’s no break in sight for a rest? For direction? For...

Do you have a comfy chair for relaxing and reading or even writing? Years ago several writer friends and I drove to Reno for the day to...

was thinking about the typical kid sayings the other day when I took four of the grandkiddos to the dentist. It was a day of . . . Five...

I live in the largest alpine valley in North America: the Sierra Valley. At about 5,000 feet in elevation, the Sierra Valley is...

Hope: n. desire accompanied by expectation of or belief in fulfillment I can have hope for a good future because I trust God. I do not...

I grew up in a church-going family, but Sunday meant one thing for me: doughnuts. Sunday was a big production. My sister and I got...

I was having such a great time with friends at a book convention. Each day was spent strolling the miles of aisles looking at new book...

My dad was brilliant and kind. He once said, “There should just be one law: Be nice.” Doesn’t that make sense? If we made all our...

Jesus included everyone in the conversation. He spoke with a Samaritan woman–who wasn’t part of the Jewish faith in-crowd, being half-Jew...

Scripture says that God will reign over the earth. When I think about figurehead kings and queens around the world, I wonder how others...

As a board member of The Sierra Schools Foundation, I recently helped coordinate efforts to bring social-emotional training to our small...

How can we figure out God’s calling on our lives? Earlier this week I wrote about the three times God laid a call on my life. Quickly...

The last two days I have shared two of the three callings I know that God has laid on me, as well as how they have played out in my life....

Yesterday I shared the first of three calls I know God put on my life. The first was this: “I want you to write for me” in 1986. Three...

he greatest torture I could inflict on our gregarious daughter was to banish her to her room. She thrived on the company of others, so...

Warnings. Words of advice. Gut feelings. Cautionary tales. Do we pay attention? Do I listen to others’ counsel and pay attention to their...

We drove to church yesterday, with a black wall to our right half of the way to Reno. Wildfires licked up just about every spot of green...

What kinds of limitations have you put on yourself? “I’m a woman–that’s a man’s job.” “I didn’t get a college education so . . . “ “My...

I often paint an idyllic picture of my little town with photos that I post on my personal Facebook page. Quaint houses and cute churches....

I don’t know another time when I’ve felt I’ve lived just about every line of this famous piece of poetry written by King Solomon from...