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.
Multitude Monday
Counting 1,000 Gifts #762 For the cross #763 For the price paid #764 For dying my death. #765 For finishing it once for all. #766 For giving grace in your moment of anquish. #767 For taking my sorrows and sins far away. #768 For hope. #769 For...
Who makes the moon reflect the sun…
flickr photo by dvs A full moon rises this week as Passover draws near. This moon was hovering over Him as He served the Last Supper and washed dirty feet. I see it as I'm tucking my girls into bed, and I say, "Come and see!" and we gather around the window and gaze...
What I Wore Wednesday
My friend Kimberly bought me a book once called, "All I Need is Jesus and a Good Pair of Jeans." Can I get an amen? I have loved and worn my favorite Gap Essentials Jeans to death. Sadly, they stopped making them! This week, I was able to get my new CAbi...
Grace Based Parenting (part 3)
"God has given parents the responsibility to be gatekeepers of His grace." p. 164 Our goal as parents is to lead our kids to Jesus and imprint His grace upon their hearts. By experiencing it in our homes and through our relationship with them, their hearts will be...
Multitude Monday
Whose to say, where community really happens? Is it here? There? Everywhere...I say, yes. Counting 1,000 Gifts... #750 Mothers of Daughters who cheer for eachother. #751 My Good Morning Girls - fiercely striving to devour God's Word and spur eachother on. #752...
Grace Story :: Kristen Strong
Kristen is an Air Force wife, enthusiastic mama and country girl writer. She is a joy hunter-downer who writes of looking upward for fresh-air encouragement at Chasing Blue Skies. She and her husband David have 3 precious young'uns, twin sons (age 11) and a daughter...
On Being a Visual Person
I learned something new about myself, recently. I'm {almost} 40 and I just realized it: I am a visual person. {don't you love this picture?} If I can see it, I can learn it. If I doodle while listening to a sermon or lecture, I remember what is said better. If you...
What I Wore Wednesday
This week I wore a lot of white... Left :: White Blouse {Kohls} Center :: White V-Neck T {Target-recent} Right :: White Cardigan {Old Navy - recent} ***** What did you wear? I'm linking up with Lindsey for the WIWW fashion show: P.S. Happy Birthday to my dear friend...
Grace Based Parenting (Part 2)
We all want a formula or at least someone to tell us how to DO this thing called parenting. You know what I'm learning? Parenting, is a full time job. Parenting with Grace as the under current of your home, takes even more time than that. It is life constant and...
Multitude Monday
“Sometimes…I have made the building process more costly than God ever intended it to be. Like other homeschooling mothers who live under the fear of not doing enough, I expected more of myself than God did. Consequently, I set unrealistic goals and higher standards...