Today I am pleased to have the opportunity to giveaway a copy of a new book to one of you, my readers. “Open” is a new book by Craig Gross. I gave a positive review to one of his previous books, “Pure Eyes”. He is probably best known as the founder of XXXchurch.com. “Open”, which

I am pleased to announce that my recent post on modesty is one of a dozen being featured on the website Modesty Misunderstood. It encourages me and makes me think that my writing may be doing some good in the world. I spent a lot of time working on that post about “modesty”. In certain

Recently I’ve been thinking more about the idea of the Sabbath—taking a break from work one day a week. This is not a new concept; I’ve read or heard a number of people talk about the value of the Sabbath and the idea of resting from work. But for most of my life, I haven’t

At Bold Boundaries, I was a part of a brief conversation about openness in writing. It seems that the most open writing (typically spoken of as the most honest) is the best writing, or that which readers connect with and appreciate most. This also seems true in relationships; the best and closest relationships are those

Ten years ago today I wrote my first blog entry. Some of my friends keep up with internet trends and had jumped on board this thing called blogging. So I gave it a try myself. It started out more as an occasional, personal update. But the most interesting this is that it got me writing.

A friend of mine pointed this out: it’s ironic that the holiday focused on being thankful is becoming overshadowed by a day most focused on getting things we don’t have. It’s like “We’re thankful for all the black Friday sales and thankful for all the money we have, so that why can go buy a