The busyness of your life leaves little room for the source of your life.

Instead of giving someone a piece of your mind, it turns out far better if you give them a piece of your heart.

[Bill Jensen] shared his extensive publishing background with me, and prayerfully offered to work out a proposal and to see if God opened any publishing doors? I never get over the unexpected ways of God.

The prayers we weave into the matching of socks, the stirring of oatmeal, the reading of stories, they survive fire.

You love as well as you are willing to be inconvenienced.

The book [ One Thousand Gifts] took just over a year to write, on the fringe hours, early and late, around home educating 6 kids and farming and blogging.

You've got to use the life you've been given to give others life