Awhile back, I told you about my desire to be braver in my writing. I had barely put the finishing touches on that post when I received an email from my pastor asking me to speak in church about a time in my life when God came close. My first thought …

This week, we reach a couple of significant milestones at the Flowers house: six months of blogging and 21 years of marriage. In the grand scheme of life, one of these obviously is more noteworthy than the other. But before I talk about the truly important one, let me just say …

I’m standing at the kitchen island, cutting up fruit for a salad, when a verse pops into my head. I have no idea why I think of it right then—it had not come to mind for a long time. It’s a passage from my verse box—a plastic container full of …

For more than two months, I’ve been praying for the fruit of the Spirit to grow in the life of each person in my home. Every day, every piece: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control—all wrapped up in my One Word for 2015—fruit. You may wonder how it’s …

It’s been awhile since I posted my first Author Note. Turns out, calling what is basically a book review by another name doesn’t change the fact that it’s still, well, a book review. (You can find out how I feel about writing those here.) But I’m not giving up on …