My husband is on vacation this week. Instead of chilling on a sandy beach and listening to the waves crash against the shore, we have chosen to do a staycation. We’re finishing up projects around the house that have taken a back seat due to the busyness in our daily...
When I was a young mom, one of my greatest fears was losing one of our boys. At times, I allowed those fears to smother my faith and twist my thinking. Even after praying for God’s protection over my boys, I still struggled with letting go and trusting God. That...
This isn’t the blog post I planned to write. But life doesn’t always go as planned. Last Wednesday, our family entered into a season of grief and mourning as our precious Penny, a rescued chihuahua-mix, passed away unexpectedly. Praise God, my husband and I were home...
The Father He Deserves, the third book in my Holland Brothers series, releases today where most books are sold. Here's a brief blurb: A determined dad. A wary mother. Making amends is never easy… Injured in a kayaking accident, champion Evan Holland returns home to...
This morning, I flipped through my notebook skimming over my to-do lists for the past week. So. Much. Juggling. But that’s normal due to the different hats I wear—wife/mom/daughter/sister/aunt/writer/teacher—to name a few. But juggling isn’t uncommon, especially for a...
Years ago when we learned I was pregnant with our second child, I had a deep-seated fear—I loved our firstborn so much that I feared I wouldn’t be able to love our next child as much. Thankfully, that irrational fear disappeared pretty quickly because once the reality...
This past Christmas, my husband surprised me with an extravagant gift—a Canon EOS Rebel T7. While professional photographers may consider this a beginner camera, it’s a major upgrade for someone who is used to using her iPhone to take photos. Even though my husband...
Two weeks ago, my husband and our youngest son headed to the woods for hunting season. Both are gifted photographers. My youngest son has the creative ability to capture light in breathtaking ways simply by using his smartphone. Even though my guys didn’t get the deer...
by @lisajordan There it was. That familiar coil in the pit of my stomach waiting to attack my creative confidence—fear of failure. Every creative deals with this fear at some point in his or her career, maybe even quite often. When I felt my writing was close to the...
@lisajordan As I sat in my Sunday school classroom two weeks ago waiting for my students to show up, I did a quick scroll through Facebook and noticed a post from my local newspaper mentioning a weather alert for that evening. We were supposed to get the dreaded...
