What I’m Doing Lately

Greetings I have so much to say that I don't know where to start. Words are running over each other and then I start overthinking and then I end up not saying anything at all. Hi. Remember me? It's been... a year. Feels like a lifetime. This year alone feels like a decade. But that's …

2 Sides of Truck Life

Scenario of the story: I'm a long haul truck driver. It's currently around noon and I'm parked at a truckstop in Laredo, Texas, taking a nap while I wait for my load to be ready for pick up later that afternoon. A gentle but persistent pressure in my bladder forces my brain to wake up …

Book Review: The Tinderbox

Book: The Tinderbox Author: Beverly Lewis Publisher: Bethany House (a division of Baker Publishing Group) About the book: With her parents' twentieth anniversary approaching, eighteen-year-old Sylvia Miller finds her father's cherished brass tinderbox left unlocked. Against her better judgement, Sylvia opens the heirloom, not realizing what she's about to discover will splinter apart her happy …

Road Blocks

Today, I came across the episode God’s Will For You: Where Purpose and Passion Collide of the podcast As For Me and My House. I've been following Milena Ciciotti on Instagram for a while now and she and her husband very recently started their own podcast. This particular episode couldn't have come at a more …

Book Review – Jerusalem’s Queen

Book: Jerusalem's Queen Author: Angela Hunt (New York Times best selling author) Genre: Biblical fiction Publisher: Bethany House About the book: Born in the small village of Modein, a place made famous by the warrior Maccabees, Salome Alexandra knows better than to harbor grand dreams for her future. She pales in comparison to her beautiful …