A college student named Liz Skiles balanced a dozen spinning plates at once. She hosted a freshmen’s Bible study, helped lead weekly prayer times, worked on the school janitorial crew, played intramural sports, discipled girls one-on-one, kept up dozens of friendships, and organized the children’s ministry at her church, on top of scoring A’s in […]

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When did you last wish for something that felt out of reach?  Maybe living a balanced life instead of being frazzled and rushed? About traveling the world? Maybe starting something – a business, a family, a church? About writing a book or singing on stage or or climbing a mountain?  Have you, like me, started […]

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I love life. Sunshine slanting through the window. Old men leaning across the table at Panera to laugh and share stories over coffee. The goldendoodle ripping across the yard toward me with his tennis ball, a giant grin on his face. My son giggling uncontrollably at the pirates in an old Disney movie.  But sometimes […]

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At the steakhouse I scooped up the barely used crayons from my children’s menus and tossed them in my purse. They only lay there a couple weeks before I dug them out one night hoping for a less cluttered purse to take to the grocery store.  Now, they lay like sticks of confetti in front […]

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Three years ago, I took a step of faith by creating this website. I bought the domain, figured out some web design, and started writing. Why? Because I’m a writer. I can’t not write. For years I barely even wrote in my journal because of college homework and then pregnancy brain. But it didn’t work. […]

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