Learning to Love, Part 3 – To read at Seriously Write CLICK. As Christians writers, we have a war within ourselves. Creativity can demand almost idolatrous obedience. We can worship our words, our writerly needs, and our artistic process. Simultaneously, …
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Lessons in Love, Part 1 I thought I was pretty good at loving people. I care about injustice. I strive for equality. I love my family and my husband. I serve in the prison. I care for the kids at …
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Recent events have overwhelmed me. In my quiet times, I’ve been dancing up to Jesus, meditating on his Word, and yet shying away from intimate contact. When he touches my heart I run away. Today I recognized this, and I …
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The Empty Nest, Part 4 When our youngest son was a Senior in high school and our youngest daughter in eighth grade, it occurred to me that my gig as a full-time mother and home educator was almost complete. Retirement …
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Part 3 of a Three-Part series on Chronic Illness My autoimmune disease is stripping me of airs, graces, and hubris. I used to feel professional, strong, and efficient. But now, no matter my outer appearance, I feel flattened by unrelenting …
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Part 2 of a Three-Part series on Chronic Illness A couple of years ago I was an overcommitted workaholic, and I was destroying myself emotionally with constant, condemnatory self-talk. Then I got really sick. Since contracting Epstein Barr two years …
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Part 1 of a Three-Part series on Chronic Illness Hello, my name is Melinda, and I’m a recovering workaholic. We workaholics are broken people. We feel our worth is determined by how much we can produce, how quickly, and how …
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Let’s discuss the Kickstarter campaign for Fallen. A work-intensive event that advances the gospel AND tells the story of the foundational event in human history is going to take time for recovery and reflection, no matter the outcome. But, with a …
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I expected to be able to rest up in one week. I apologize for taking off two whole weeks. My recovery is taking longer than I expected. That’s how these chronic illnesses often work. Please pray for me as I …
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Taking this time off was SO needful! Detaching from everything was essential to prepare to edit Fallen one last time. I’ve been resting, soaking in Epsom salts, visiting my massage therapist, my doctor, and my chiropractor, adjusting to a new …
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