Last week I spoke at the Lynchburg Evening Aglow meeting and shared my story based on my work in progress – the book I’m writing. At the end of the meeting, several ladies prayed for me and one used the phrase “ready writer” in her prayer. Others who were there affirmed that phrase, which I [...]

I’ve been reading two new favorite books (The Power of Who and Say Yes to No) recently that echo the thoughts of another favorite Vital Friends (buy it new so you get the code). All three discuss the great value and power of friendships. I can think of no greater time to have positive friendships [...]

It’s true. Today, instead of putting my mail in the mailbox at the street, like usual, my letter carrier came to my door to hand deliver my mail. He asked me if I was a consultant and what kind of work I do. And I told him. He then said for twenty years or so, [...]

Several weeks ago Michael Hyatt, President & CEO of Thomas Nelson, offered to send the book, The Faith of Barack Obama, to the first 100 bloggers willing to read and review the book. The book was an easy read, with only one hundred forty-four pages. Mansfield does a good job of covering facts and details, [...]

I’ve been thinking about community a lot lately: Twitter, church, friends, Zappos, running, tweetups and more. In the coming days, I’ll be blogging about each of those. Today, church community is on my heart. Background In January 1989, I moved to Lynchburg, Virginia with my (then) husband when he was called to serve as Minister [...]