by Jody | Nov 28, 2023 | Non-fiction
Report From an Unspruced Up Inbox So, how did you do? In the thirteen days since I posted Part 1 of this two-part series, how did you do with my handy, dandy Sprucing Up the Inbox plan? You want to know how I did? Not a terribly impressive showing, I’m afraid. I...
by Jody | Nov 15, 2023 | For Book Lovers, Non-fiction
Putting the Good in Goodbye People don’t know how to say goodbye well these days. We let relationships fade away, or end them with painful emotional scenes. At least that seems to be the way it goes when we decide to leave a church, or a romance, or a friend....
by Jody | Aug 10, 2023 | Non-fiction
Jesus said to them, “Come away with me. Let us go alone to a quiet place and rest for a while…” Mark 6:31 When her text came in, I was home alone, lying in bed, resting up between bouts of the most violent stomach flu in the history of my...
by Jody | Jul 25, 2023 | Non-fiction, Stories Between Friends
I met the delightful Susie Crosby in a Laura Christianson course in June of 2021. A short time later, I was excited to get her one word devotions delivered to my inbox. This week Susie kindly agreed to let me share this example post with you. I believe you will be...
by Jody | Feb 28, 2023 | Non-fiction, Stories Between Friends
I met Mabel in an online course for writers with Laura Christianson in June of 2021, and had the further pleasure of serving on her book launch team for Far From Home. I’m pleased to share this story that gives me even more appreciation for the gift of her...
by Jody | Oct 1, 2022 | Non-fiction
I’ve been shopping for clothes and thinking about labels. Not so much the labels sewn to waistbands or neck seams, but designations of popularity and unpopularity, success and failure, left and right and wrong and up and down. My 40th class reunion is approaching...
