Strengthening Your Steps
*article written for Judi Moreo's personal growth/development publication, "Choices" When considering life's journey, it helps to think...
Not Just Happenstance
for "Choices" publication When these moments happen, they give you pause. Sometimes you feel chills up and down your spine at the...
Eden: A Reflection
Do you want to live out of fear or love? It's become the guiding question of my life, and I'm grateful for it. I know which one wins as I...
Forgiveness Opens A Door
Traveling seems to elude me now that I’m busy raising two little kids ages five-and-a-half and four. But I have a backlog of trips that...
The Emblem: Prologue
Prologue: 1889 When he emerged from underground after hours of sweat-inducing toil, David Burnett couldn’t deny the protest of his back...
The Art of Letting Go
So write your story as it needs to be written. Write it honestly, and tell it as best you can. I'm not sure that there are any other...
Late Night Reflection
Late night reflection: You don't have to be fully healed to help those around you. Your broken places don't make you an ineffective or...
Prosperity: A Broader Definition
(Originally published for "Choices" magazine, personal growth/development) Now that I’m halfway through my thirties, my working...
Prologue (The Emblem)
Prologue: Early 1930 No sooner had he set down his chisel and glance at his lunch pail than Tom Rushton realized the side wall of the...
Season to Wait
It's hard to write about the first traces of frustration as someone who knows she's blessed. I don't want to show ingratitude toward a...