Tag: dailyprompt
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Life’s Lessons: Power Under Control
There is a moment in every heated exchange when you can feel it rising. Your pulse quickens. Your thoughts sharpen. Words gather at the edge of your tongue, fully formed and ready. In those moments, using language can feel like swordplay. We parry. We defend. We anticipate the next move. We prepare to strike before…
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The Healing Arts: Painting What I Couldn’t Pray
The Healing Arts Series #1 There are some wounds that do not loosen their grip through conversation. Some grief does not untangle itself through explanation. There are losses that sit too deep for tidy prayers. I did not paint this piece to decorate a wall. I painted it because I could no longer carry the…
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Peace in the Storm: He Wasn’t Panicking, So Why Was I?
The rain started gently, almost rhythmically, tapping against the windshield as the road stretched out ahead of us. It was late—the kind of night when the world feels smaller and quieter, as if everything important has narrowed down to the stretch of road in front of you. At first, my hands rested easily on the…
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Tea Time with Mandy: Trusting God With the Outcome
Before we begin, let’s slow the moment. Put the kettle on and make yourself a cozy cup of tea. I recommend Twinings Orange & Cinnamon Spice, mixed with a bit of English Breakfast for warmth and a gentle lift. If you can, slice a piece of warm lemon cake or prepare a small snack, then…
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Literally Literary: The Snow Goose
In the early 1940s, the world was at war—and not only on the battlefield. Children were losing fathers, brothers, uncles, and friends. Homes were quieter. Chairs sat empty. Questions went unanswered because the answers were too heavy to carry in plain words. Some authors understood that children did not need explanations, but rather they needed…
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Theo Talk: Replacement Theology, Antisemitism, and Why the Church Must Get This Right
Theology is never neutral. What we believe always bears fruit. Theo Talk exists because there are theological conversations the modern Church often avoids—either because they are uncomfortable, controversial, or demand historical honesty. As a junior-year bachelor’s student in theology who has worked across multiple denominations, I’ve learned that doctrine is not merely academic. It shapes…
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Life’s Lessons: Assume Nothing, Know Everything
I have always lived by a simple phrase: “Assume nothing. Know everything.” Not because I believe it is possible—or even wise to know everything. Scripture warns us plainly against becoming arrogant in knowledge. But because the prideful assumptions of mankind have always been man’s greatest folly. Time and again, it is not ignorance that wounds…
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Caregivers Cozy Corner: Why Hot Matters
There are days when the road feels endless. Doctor to doctor. State to state. Waiting rooms, parking lots, hotel nights, and restaurants squeezed in between appointments. Caregiving has a way of stretching time thin, leaving very little room to tend to yourself in between tending to everyone else. One of the strangest discoveries I’ve made…
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Tea Time with Mandy: When the House Is Quiet Again
There is a moment that comes after obedience that no one prepares you for. It arrives once the work is finished. Once the doors have closed. Once the car is finally empty again and the lists are folded away. It comes when the adrenaline wears off and the house, which only hours before was full…
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Peace in the Storm: Afraid to Choose
By the time Mara turned twenty-three, she had become very good at disappearing without leaving. She showed up online every day. Her face appeared in group photos, her name lit up in story views, her phone chimed with notifications from people who assumed proximity meant connection. But when it came time to speak or to…
Country Girl Gone City 