God at Work

My Surprising Writing Award!

My Surprising Writing Award!

I was humbled last week that my poem won Honorable Mention in the Tapestry national writing competition! "Cocoon Breaker" captures an illuminating discovery about myself several years ago, as I bumped along the twists and turns of a small city in Thailand. This...

“My Surprising Birthday Gift!”

“My Surprising Birthday Gift!”

I was honored to be asked to read a story from my book, Tire Tracks, at the Kingdom Creatives event this past week. It's an annual event organized by Word Weavers which has performances as well as the presentation of the Tapestry Awards. This is the first time I have...

The Long Road

The Long Road

When Tire Tracks was barely a few pages long, Peter and I watched the movie I Can Only Imagine. In one scene, Bart meets Amy Grant. She is thrilled to hear that her songs were the main thing that helped him survive during his difficult teen years of abuse.  I was...

Why Tire Tracks?

Why Tire Tracks?

Is there anything you have dreamed of accomplishing, but the busyness of everyday life kept you from starting? Or finishing? Tire Tracks was like that, until God used a sad family loss to push me to action. I have been writing stories about God at work for almost 40...