Five Reasons to Travel When You’re Older

Five Reasons to Travel When You’re Older

I’ve read quite a few articles over the years about how you should do all your traveling while you’re young. I don’t totally disagree. Believe me, more than once I’ve wished the money I spent in college bars was used to fund a backpacking trip through Europe. However,...

One Word for 2014: DUST

Over the past few years, Compassion International has invited bloggers to choose one word for the new year and write a post about it. Writers were asked to name a single word that externalizes the promise of what the new year brings. The thought behind this practice...

My “Anti-Resolution” Post

The following post is an entry from my journal last year. I posted it on Facebook and didn’t think much about it. A friend told me that a mutual friend of ours saw it, and read it to their Bible study group. She shared that they were blessed by it. During a long...

Shopping With a Purpose

Yeah, I know. Sounds like a silly title. If you’re purchasing a gift for someone, you already have a purpose, right? Today I’m thinking beyond the purpose of finding a gift someone will like enough not to return. That the act of buying a great item in...