Last week I shared a new collection of photographs on Write Click — bottle caps, of all things — and wrote a bit about my process (mission, obsession, what have you) for gathering those images. In working with some of the concepts from Christine Valters Paintner’s new book Eyes of the Heart: Photography as a Christian
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Source: malinconialeggera.tumblr.com via Faith Squared on Pinterest So it seems I’m going to be spending some time with this wall I’ve run into. Pretty, isn’t it? In my creative life over the last six months — through all the successes and failures, disappointments and opportunities — there’s been an underlying certainty about what to
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Last week I had an idea. It was one of those ideas that took on a life of its own. One that was not going to leave me alone until I followed through. So…this week I have a new website that will serve as both a hub for my writing and a home for my
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Source: wordsoverpixels.com via Faith Squared on Pinterest I have not survived against all odds. I have not lived to tell. I have not witnessed the extraordinary. This is my story. So reads the cover of Amy Krouse Rosenthal’s Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life, a charming book full of funny, strange, sweet, poignant little anecdotes from A-Z.
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Source: debbiesmyth.blogspot.com via Faith Squared on Pinterest Literary Mama: Help Wanted: Blog Editor. It felt like a long shot, but then again, so has the rest of my life these past few months. I knew two things: I would love it, and I would be damn good at it. So I wrote the letter,
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Source: betterphoto.com via Kimberly on Pinterest The essays were piling up. The editing was done. The words – so many words – needed homes. I claimed I wasn’t ready to take the next step. I claimed I didn’t know how. I wasted time editing things that didn’t need editing and then threw away the revisions. I
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The following is a scene from a typical F2 meeting, which generally take place on the phone in between other conversations of great import, typically regarding food (usually chocolate); make-up, hair or skin care products; and/or our favorite recent Pinterest finds. Alizabeth: I have an idea for our site. Michele: Of course you do. What
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The jig is up. The bullshit has been called. I’ve asked God to show me the places in my life where who I am is not in alignment with who I want to be. And shown me He has. He’s shown me that I’ve been acting — not always, but too often — like a
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It’s 7:12 a.m., which means I have exactly 18 minutes before the clock expires on my writing time and I have to get ready for work. At 6:30 a.m., a construction zone erupted outside, shattering the early-morning quiet of my suburban neighborhood. For 42 minutes I’ve been trying to ignore the rumbling of the concrete trucks,
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