My friend Mary DeMuth is the author of two novels and a couple parenting books. She will be on Family Life Today March 22 and 23 and gave me permission to post this article about pioneer parenting. I hope it blesses you today! Some of us grew up in stable, Christ-loving homes. Others did not. What happens when people from …

The Winter Pearl is the first book of Molly Bull’s that I have read. In it you will be transported back to 1888 Colorado, a time far removed from ours. Life was harsh and often filled with difficult choices. In this book Honor McCall is running from an uncle who wants to force her to marry him. To escape she …

American teenagers are working too much in dangerous and unsupervised conditions according to a new study released in the March issue of Pediatrics. The results come from a 2003 study of 928 teenagers by University of North Carolina. Teens under the age of sixteen are not supposed to work past 7 p.m. under federal regulations, but often do. There are …

My post this week on Generation NeXt Parenting is a challenge to stretch our dreams. You know the verse: Proverbs 29:18 — without a vision the people perish. Well, pop over to Generation NeXt Parenting today to see what I’m writing about. It’s time to expand our dreams for how God can use us. Let’s dust off our deeply held …

The Secretary from our office circulated this one on Friday. I have no idea where she got it from, but thought it was pretty good.———– THE BEST LAWYER STORY SO FAR THIS YEAR – 2007 One afternoon a lawyer was riding in his limousine when he saw two men along the roadside eating grass. Disturbed, he ordered his driver to …

This bright and chilly morning you would have seen me shivering outside the train station in downtown Lafayette, standing on train tracks next to a busy highway losing all feeling in my toes, or inside — where it was warm — getting more traditional headshots taken. More than 300 shots later, I’m feeling all grinned out. I don’t know how …

Want to read some great books and chat with the authors? Then check out the American Christian Fiction Writers’ Book Club. The ACFW Book Club gives fans of Christian fiction the opportunity to communicate with each other, chat with ACFW authors, and discuss books. Book Club participants are invited to join an e-mail group set up to facilitate announcements and …

Thursday I was on the phone with my Mom…not usually a blog worthy event. However, she was telling me about a fundraiser our restaurants had participated in. As I listened, I got chills thinking about how that spirit that permeated during World War Two might not be gone after all. At the end of January a family in North Platte …

Many of you may have heard the screams or felt the dance of joy. I just learned this afternoon that Heartsong Presents is going to contract my next two Nebraska World War Two stories. I am so excited, blessed and amazed! This is a dream come true…and it let’s me know I might be more than a one-book contract girl. …

If you’ve read my blog for long, you’ve probably gathered that I like politics. It wasn’t an automatic when I went to law school that I wouldn’t look for something on Capital Hill. In fact during my clerkship I landed an appointment to the Department of Justice. Then we moved. I passed the FBI background check with flying colors, but …