Friends, next week we will kick off another giveaway for Nancy Guthrie's book, What Grieving People Wish You Knew About What Really Helps (And What Really Hurts). I can't sing this book's praises highly enough. What Jill and Kara's book Just Show Up is for teaching us how to walk with suffering people, this book is for teaching us how to walk with grieving people. Here is a short video of Nancy talking about how to respond to a grieving friend and what to say. It's just the tip of the iceberg--the book will comfort you, blow you away, and answer the questions you've always had.

I'm so happy and pleased to announce the winner of our giveaway of Marcia Carole's impactful, beautiful book The Drink of a Lifetime: Patty Mellen! Patty, please use the contact page to send us your mailing address, and we will send you an autographed hardcopy of Marcia's work of art. Thank you to all who participated and helped us spread the word about this important book!

for Stacey and Ellie...

Every once in a while, I sense that God is asking me to write something to help me process stuff going on in my heart. I think this happens with writers and with people in general, but maybe it looks different for people depending on how they express themselves. For my husband, it’s with music. I remember my mother working in her garden, pulling weeds and nurturing roses and coaxing flowers to grow in sandy earth—this was her processing. She would come inside refreshed, resolved, rejuvenated. The scary thing for me is when God asks me to share it on this blog for all the world to read. Gulp…