Come one, come all!Cinderella opened last night to an almost sold-out crowd–and there are three more performances! (My sister, shown in dress rehearsal at top left, will be Cinderella in the matinee. 🙂 ) Check out more pictures from dress rehearsals here and here. And if you’re in the southern California area, email showlights.theater@gmail.com for details […]
My family’s life right now is a whirl of rehearsals, emails, and phone calls, of altering costumes and gathering props, of organizing tickets and writing programs, of juggling—as are our directors and all the families involved in our upcoming production of Cinderella—all the myriad details that come with putting on a musical. We open in […]
When one of my critique partners recommended The Yada Yada Prayer Group to me, I expected it would be good. But I didn’t know I’d fall in love with it by Chapter 2. I’d never read a novel quite like it. In some ways the story reminds me of my critique group: a group of […]
Little did I know when I arrived at the Mount Hermon Christian Writers Conference a year ago, slightly terrified of pitching to editors and agents—and of meeting and being mentored by one of my favorite authors, Lauraine Snelling—that I would gain not only incredible knowledge and connections, but a critique group who would become some […]
Eating chicken salad and chatting with friends at the Main Street Grill…spending a peaceful Sunday afternoon at Meadowgate Farm…listening to one of dear old Uncle Billy Watson’s famous jokes…sitting in prayer within the quiet stone walls of Lord’s Chapel with Father Tim. These are some of the things that make you feel At Home in […]
I went to a powwow last Saturday. Odd that after living five years near the largest Native American tribe in the country, it took moving back to California to get me to a powwow. But one is held quite near us here, sponsored by Christian Native Americans, though many vendors and participants are not believers. […]
It was a Sunday near Martin Luther King Jr. day, my senior year of college, and I was visiting a church I had never attended before with two of my roommates. Near the close of the service, we sang a stirring and unfamiliar song. At the bottom of the music, I read, “African-American National Anthem.” […]
Happy February, everyone! Am I the only one who always has to think about the spelling of this month? Or am I the only one who doesn’t tend to pronounce that first “r”? 🙂 Well, I’ve officially missed my Tuesday blog for this week. Sometimes life just happens–or I just forget. So, I thought today […]
Today marks the first of November, All Saints Day, when the Catholic Church has for centuries honored departed followers of Christ, especially those martyred for their faith. Nearly 500 years ago yesterday, a certain fiery German named Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses against papal indulgences—pieces of paper that claimed to offer divine forgiveness for […]
My family and went to see the movie Courageous in the theater this past Saturday. I don’t know when I’ve laughed and cried so hard during a movie. We’ve enjoyed all the movies made by Sherwood Baptist Church in Georgia—Flywheel, Facing the Giants, and Fireproof—but I think Courageous was their best one so far. The […]
