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December’s Belated Desktop Calendar!
Although my Weather Channel app predicts huge snowfalls in the northwest, here in Georgia it feels an awful lot like October with highs in the 60s and low 70s. I played with some tree and lights pictures for December's calendar—sorry it's so late!—but when I walked...
My Gift to You—Book Bonuses for December!
Got book-lovers on your Christmas list? In celebration of my first book, the Beauty of Grace, and the upcoming release of my second, the Gift of Friendship, I'm offering some fun book bonuses for December purchases! Email me your receipt(s) for December book orders...
A More Mary, Less Martha Thanksgiving at (in)courage
I tried to cancel Thanksgiving dinner this year. The memory of last year’s failed turkey spatchcocking experiment remains vivid in my mind. Although I’ve flipped the calendar page twelve times, it’s hardly enough to forget that big bird, which remained uncooked when...
Win Tickets for Two to Straight No Chaser in Atlanta! #TheNewOldFashioned
[Contest closed - Nancy is the winner!] Want to guarantee a lucky Friday the 13th? Win tickets for two to see Straight No Chaser at Atlanta's Fabulous Fox Theatre next weekend! Friday's concert marks SNC's seventh visit to Atlanta and their second to the Fox. I'm...
Feels Like Fall—November’s Desktop Calendar!
Ever arrive late to a crowded meeting and slip in the back, hoping no one notices how you failed to get your act together and show up on time? Yeah, that's me with November's desktop calendar. But she's here, gloriously quirky pumpkins and all! Longtime (in)courage...
This World Won’t Feed Your Soul today at (in)courage
I read the email Saturday afternoon as we pointed our car north and began the hour-and-a-half drive home from an early morning cross country meet. “It’s your lucky day! Tickets are still available for THE AVETT BROTHERS!” it declared in bold letters. My third son and...
It’s Fall, Y’all—Decorate Your Desktop for October!
Hello friends and welcome to October! Fall is my favorite time of year, and although the leaves are still mostly green on the trees, there's a nip in the air and the promise of fall foliage and sweater weather ahead. My two youngest girls and I visited an orchard...
Why Matthew 18 Works today at (in)courage
Can’t we all just get along? Unfortunately, the answer is no. In a perfect world we live together in harmony, but in reality we’re sinners who sometimes struggle to see eye to eye. Jesus understands our human nature and knows we need tools to handle offenses among us,...
Summer Reading List: Hands Free Life and Girl Meets Change
Two friends release books into the world today: Rachel Macy Stafford's Hands Free Life: Nine Habits for Overcoming Distraction, Living Better, and Loving More and Kristen Strong's Girl Meets Change: Truths to Carry You through Life's Transitions. I want to share them...
When Our International Adoption Turned Local
I'm pleased to welcome my friend Emily T. Wierenga to the blog today! Emily's new memoir, Making It Home: Finding My Way to Peace, Identity, and Purpose, releases tomorrow. Atlas Girl was one of my favorite reads of 2014 and I'm excited to read Emily's follow-up....
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