Adapted and updated: In 2011, my husband and I made an incredible drive up the coast of California between Los Angeles and San Francisco, with a side trip to Point Reyes National Seashore north of San Francisco and Muir Woods. We enjoyed breathtaking vistas of rugged coastline and walked a trail gazing up at immense […]
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Life Is Beautiful…and Hard
Thanks to a recommendation from my highschool friend Becky Rusell, I recently finished reading Kate Bowler’s remarkable and moving book Everything Happens For A Reason: and other lies I’ve loved. (Amazon link) When Kate Bowler was diagnosed with Stage IV colon cancer, she was 35, happily married, and had a newborn son named Zach. She was […]
Gone But Not Forgotten
In the midst of your family celebrations, your Memorial Day sales, and your day off from work, don’t forget them…the men and women whose ultimate sacrifice secured the freedom to enjoy all the rest of this country’s blessings. And if someone gives you a Buddy Poppy, here’s the reason: Here’s an excerpt from my Compass […]
Is It Well With Your Soul?
In our time on this earth, we are both body and soul. We are bombarded with advice on how to take care care of our bodies (though many of us do it quite poorly), but the nourishment and care for our souls is not such a mainstream topic. It should be. I have certainly been […]
Book Review: Mary Magdalene Revealed
Subtitle: The First Apostle, Her Feminist Gospel, & the Christianity We Haven’t Tried YetAuthor: Meggan WattersonPublished 20194 stars The author, Meggan Watterson, is a feminist theologian with a Master of Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School and a Master of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary at Columbia University. She has authored or co-authored several other […]
What Masks Need To Come Off?
This updated and expanded post appeared originally in the February 2021 issue of Heartspoken’s “Compass Points” newsletter. If you’d like to be the first to get my content straight to your Inbox, subscribe to “Compass Points” using the form below or in the sidebar. After the last year (2020), we’ll never think of masks the […]
Heartspoken Life Lessons From An Affiliate Marketer
Elizabeth’s Note: As an entrepreneurial writer, I belong to a professional online membership group called Marketing Trailblazers. The members and group leaders are incredibly generous in sharing their tips, knowledge, and best practices, so it has been a wonderful way to keep up with the world of online business. One of my colleagues there, Luc […]
“He’s Alive!” — Easter Morning’s Powerful Cry
From abject fear to utter joy and liberation After the horror of Jesus’s crucifixion, suffering, and death, as the disciples huddled in fear and disbelief, imagine how they felt when they first heard the joyful cry, “He’s Alive!” Our churches don’t often dwell on the awful time between the suffering and death of Jesus on […]