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Put the Cap on the Marker: Erasing the Lines Between Us and Our Neighbors
What a joy to introduce you to my new friend, Candace Cofer! We met when she invited me to be on The Good Day Podcast to talk about Can I Borrow a Cup of Hope? Candace is the most organized pre-planning person I know, and our episode was recorded 14 months in advance (look for it October, 2026)!...
Psalm 121—When Moving Forward has Me Looking Back
I just so happened to be sitting at the base of a cliff when I read Psalm 121. It begins— I lift up my eyes to the mountains— where does my help come from? My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth. Not only was I in the perfect place to read this—surrounded by snowcapped peaks...
10 Years Later
Can you believe it has been a decade? Ten years ago, when I first released How to Love Your Neighbor Without Being Weird, the biggest hurdle we faced was social awkwardness. We were worried about being the "weird" neighbor who baked cookies that nobody asked for or had the door slammed in our...
How’s Your Heart Before the Holidays?
Hello, friend. If you’ve wondered where I’ve been lately, the short answer is: everywhere. This year, I’ve been busy living the stories that happen off the page. It has been a year of overflowing joy, overfull calendars, and major milestones: Jan: Celebrated my amazing mother-in-law’s 90th...
How to Trust God in Seasons of Change: A Psalm 118 Devotional
I woke up with a song from childhood looping in my mind: “This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad…” The irony? I did not feel like rejoicing. Lately, the building blocks of my life are being moved around as wonderful, exciting, and hard things are happening at the same time....
Holy Week Reading
Travel with Jesus along the "Via Dolorosa," which means "Way of Suffering," as you remember His route to the cross during Holy Week. I've combined the Easter accounts from Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John into one continuous reading. Reminiscent of the stations of the cross honored by many Christian...
