On Being a Terrible Bowler (& a Giveaway)

I’ve never been an athlete. Can’t even pretend to be. My talent level with any activity requiring strong hand-eye coordination, a ball, a net, a racket, a bat, a golf club or a hockey puck (or even skates, for that matter) is fairly low. And combining running or catching with a ball and avoiding […]

When You Need Rest

Years ago, when I was going through a season of changes I didn’t necessarily desire, a friend shared this with me.

“Healthy things grow.
Growing things change.
Changing things challenge.
Challenge forces us to trust God.
Trust leads to obedience.
Obedience makes us healthy.
Healthy things grow.”

It was what I needed to hear then, and what I’ve needed to be reminded […]

Why Your Story Matters

On Monday I had the remarkable privilege of sharing a bit of my personal story on national Canadian TV. Live. No take-backs. No editing. Did I mention it was national?

Despite having been invited to share, there was still this small, doubting, mocking voice inside me asking, “why would anyone care? What’s so special about […]

“Summer of Awesomeness” Book Giveaway

If you know me at all, you know I’m a reader. Like, a voracious, two-books-a-week, just-one-more-chapter-I-promise kind of reader. These days, with all that I’ve had going on in life, I’m more of a fiction and memoir reader than anything, because I love getting lost in a great story.

With summer in full-swing, and this […]