Two weeks ago, I went to Realm Makers, a conference for Christian novel writers, with my friend Emily and her mom. If you’ve been on my email list for a while, you’re probably familiar with these plans already from our fundraising efforts. Emily and I are so grateful to our generous supporters who made this…
Dear Reader, I met Rue Arrow through the Young Writer’s Workshop online community. If you meet her, the first thing you’ll notice is her deep passion for sharing Christ’s love with others. I see this in her as I work with her on the Community Assistant team, and I’m sure that many others have experienced…
This year, I had the honor of writing the “Women in Church History” profile on Betsie and Corrie ten Boom for the Charis Women magazine. I published with this magazine twice when it was known as the Women’s Spectrum, but this is my first time having an article published under the magazine’s new name! The…
Emily and I are pleased to share a sneak peek into our video mini-course: “Conquer Your Creative Side with Confidence.” We worked hard on this series as a gift to those who supported our plans to go to a writing conference together this summer. In a handful of short episodes, we discuss creativity from a…
I just went on a long journey called the college decision process, and I’m happy to announce that it’s finished, once and for all. ~ It began with a wild scramble to find any possible college name to include on my spreadsheet…
“How does a Christian stand strong in such a confusing culture?” Sara Barratt’s Stand Up, Stand Strong was written to answer this question. The book is a call to this generation to live with bold faith. I had the delight and honor to review this new release in exchange for an advance copy. If you’d…
I was baptized almost three years ago. It was a huge experience for me and taught me quite a few things I’d love to share with you. Whether your baptism is coming up or you are just beginning to consider making this leap of faith, read on. A friend asked me to write a guest…
“Who am I,” asked Moses, “that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?” (Exodus 3:11) So often we ask the same thing. Who am I, God? How can I possibly do this thing you’ve asked me to do? We ask this question and look to our own strength….
Hi everyone! I want to write you all a quick update about the fundraiser Emily and I have been doing and how that’s going! In case you missed it, here is the video where we announced our big plans to travel across the country and attend a writing conference (and here’s a post in more…
Are you a high school senior making big plans to do hard things? The Rebelution is a teenage rebellion against low expectations, and I wrote an article for their website with tips for my fellow seniors. (They happened to publish it on February 16th, which was my 3rd “blogiversary”!) Here’s a sneak peek: High school…