Category Archives: Learn

The Best Piece of Advice

Last fall, a YLCF reader named Amanda asked me some fun and thought-provoking questions for an interview over at Feelin’ Feminine.  The one that really gave me pause was this: “What is the best advice you have ever received?”  Not just the best advice I’d read, or the best advice I’d given, but the best [...]

Also posted in Beauty, Fear, Grow | 26 Comments

The Lost Art of the Mother’s Helper

We’re in the middle of a big move.
My little family is pulling up our roots (my roots anyway) in California, loading up a moving van and driving a bit north and a bit east, eventually landing in a tiny Rocky Mountain town (my husband’s roots).
You may remember that my husband is a Marine–a job that [...]

Also posted in Ministries, Motherhood, Singleness | 13 Comments

Dug Down Deep

I’ve always identified with Mark Twain’s line, “It ain’t the parts of the Bible that I can’t understand that bother me—it is the parts that I do understand.” It’s been my excuse for staying away from theological debates, it’s been the reason you’ll find me more often in Psalms than in Revelations.  But reading Dug [...]

Also posted in Biblical Studies, Books | 6 Comments

Haiti in our hearts…

I have four cousins from Haiti.
One is a missionary in Africa. One is attending West Point.
None of them would be where they are today if it had not been for the love of Uncle Dick and Aunt Dixie in adopting each of them. That love which is a physical picture of a spiritual [...]

Also posted in Current Events | 6 Comments

On the reading of the Psalms

The following was written by a dear friend of ours and his sending it to Philip and me was something of a New Year’s gift. I know that you’ll all be glad that he gave me permission to share it with you:
Are you a Psalm skimmer?  I confess that I am.  I often find [...]

Also posted in Biblical Studies, Inspirational, Seasons | 8 Comments