So...how have I never actually done thanksgiving as a Word of the Week??? I've looked into the history of the holiday, but not actually the word. An oversight we shall rectify. 😉 The word thanksgiving as "the act of giving thanks" dates to 1530, with what I hope is...

Sometimes, God's timing just leaves me astounded. Even when it's something that, to most, would seem small. I had one of those moments in my writing world just after getting that call about the lesion on my brain, and I wanted to take a few minutes to tell you about...

We are still in the "Thanksgiving" theme over here. And any Catholics among us (or Greek/Latin scholars, or church historians or theologians) will take one look at this Word of the Week and say, "Well, duh, of course you are." Simply--eucharist literally means...

A few weeks ago, as I was in that season of waiting to learn whether cancer had spread once again through my body, I had the simplest, most beautiful realization. I'd been thinking a lot about how when rest in Him, we're cradled in His hands. There's such comfort in...