Everything started here

 

I started writing on a blog called 29 Lincoln Avenue sixteen years ago. The name for my first blog came from the street address of the home I grew up in a small town in Southern Indiana. I loved the idea of inviting you into my “blog home” every week. 

It was through learning to write and create content there  (and then here) that I discovered my love for words and my voice as a writer. When I started, Twitter and Facebook were the  rage and blogging found a unique place that would be writers (like me) were able to practice publishing more than a handful of words at at time.

Through blogging I started writing books. I am eternally grateful for that opportunity to put something more of my heart in the hands of those who are  bookish by nature.

But even with Instagram, youTube, and every other social media option out there—I still love to add a few words here.

And I suspect I always will. 

Pray With Me This Christmas!

Distractions can pull us in all directions at Christmastime. It's hard to figure out how to celebrate the birth of Christ in a meaningful way when there are gifts to buy, cookies to bake, and events to add to the calendar. But what if right now, we made a plan to be...

What I’m Loving Right Now in November!

Hey friends! It’s November! It's time to give thanks and gather with your people! New here? What I’m Loving Right Now is a link based list that I curate from things I love and use in my real every day life. I started sharing these items in my emails and...

What I’m Loving Right Now in October

Hey friends! It’s October! Bring on the Pumpkin Spice, cozy cardigans, and cute boots! New here? What I’m Loving Right Now is a link based list that I curate from things I love and use in my real every day life. I started sharing these items in my emails and EVERYONE...

5 Years of Threadbare Prayer

There is something about October that pulls my heart back to simple prayers. I suppose it might be because my wandering heart has been tuned to this song of lament over and over again. A few years ago I started writing Threadbare Prayers on my blog during a wilderness...

Words To Live By

Of all the weapons in the world, prayer is your most powerful resource. His Princess - Love Letters from Your King by Shari Rose Shepherd Today, I am talking about how mom's need prayer, too, at the MODsquad.  If you'd like to join me there, just click the button...

Multitude Monday

Counting 1,000 Gifts #417 Side splitting laughter. #418 Stories that make us cry. #419  Answered prayers. #420  Safe enough to share your heart. #421 Eighteen  years strong. #422 Sisters in every way that counts. #423 IU Cru Girls weekend 2010.

Chair Time

"Then one of the Pharisees invited Him to eat with him. He entered the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table. 37 And a woman in the town who was a sinner found out that Jesus was reclining at the table in the Pharisee’s house. She brought an alabaster jar of...

The Best Of

This weekend  I am on my way out of town!  Daddy is in charge of the girl tribe and I'm joining some college friends for our annual reunion weekend.  We will be staying up too late, eating too many fattening foods, watching movies, catching up and laughing...

Unwrapping Wonder…

The scene always played out the same when I was growing up.  She would come in first, all 4 feet 11 inches of her.  She'd have a tray of pecan spins in one hand and The Dog in the other.  He would follow with a bag of groceries and of course, her purse.  They'd come...

Kids And Their Quiet Times

To read Parenting On Purpose and enter the Tommy Nelson Giveaway, click here. To check out how other Moms are teaching their kids to have quiet times, check out the MODsquad blog link up party!