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.
My Prayer for the Weary Ones this Time of Year
Lord, It was your love for us that moved you to do the unthinkable. To wrap your all knowing, all loving, all gracious God sized heart in human flesh. You became like us, to love us in our own language. The weary world heavy with hurt, sin, and grief would never be...
What I’m Loving Holiday Edition
What's better than a "What I'm Loving Right Now" post? A "What I'm Loving Holiday Edition" of course! I will fill this over the next month with holiday randomness. Gifts, stocking stuffers, music, BOOKS (yep!), recipes, and whatever I think gets us in...
What I’m Loving Right Now!
What I'm loving right now links will live right here for you to find easily! I will add to the top of the list each time I send out an email. These links may or may not be affiliate links. This means, when you click through and purchase something, my family receives a...
Looking Back, Looking Forward
2023 has been an incredibly full year. If you have followed along, you know I started working full-time at my church as the Director of Women's Ministry. In February my husband experienced a second sudden cardiac arrest. Thankfully, his defibrillator worked...
The Next 100 Days
I have felt the pull for a few weeks now. Come and pray. Come and lay it down. Come and listen. Come and receive. Simply, come. So, I'm diving back into Threadbare Prayer today for the next 100 days. Today is day #1 and the prayer which is one...
Threadbare Prayer: Psalm 121:8
“The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forevermore.” Psalm 121:8 LORD, As I am moving further up and and further* in on this journey, sometimes I don't feel like I can take the next step. Maybe it is because I foolishly insist...
The Real Purpose Behind Storms
It has been a long, long week. I was telling someone close to me who hasn't lived in Florida or experienced a hurricane, that the hardest part is the mental fatigue. You hear about the storm, you casually think about the storm, it gets closer, you think about storm...
Threadbare Prayer: Matthew 6:9-10
My book Threadbare Prayer: 100 Prayers for Hearts that Feel Hidden, Hurt, and Hopeless released in October of 2020. I realized recently that I left out the most famous prayer in all of Scripture from Matthew 6:9-10. I decided to write it and share it with you. To find...
Unraveled: Hope for the Mom at the End of Her Rope
Hope is my favorite story. I have been telling it through my writing for the past 10 years. Why? Because God keeps asking me to. About a year ago, Harvest House Publishers invited Brooke and I to share Hope with a brand new generation of moms. We took our book Hope...
Wholehearted Writing
Last week I did something I have never done in my 12 years of writing. I went to the beach for a writing retreat. I had been praying this past winter about being wholehearted in all areas of my life. (Wholehearted is my word of the year for 2022.) I have felt weary...