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Things I Know to Be True 24 Aug 2013 | 09:42 pm
Sarah Kay did a TED talk. It's about poetry and life and the stories longing to jump from us. In the talk, Sara mentioned when she teaches poets, often her first assignment is to ask people to share ...
On hotel rooms that smell and killing ideas before they begin 22 Aug 2013 | 05:46 am
Alicia's kids raised nearly one thousand dollars by hosting a lemonade stand this week. No joke. I was thrilled when my kids raised over thirty dollars with a nail polish stand, but one thousand dol...
On School Supplies, a Fish named Chief, and Transitions 16 Aug 2013 | 02:18 pm
Our youngest packs and repacks her school supplies in a crumpled-up Target bag by the front door. Preschool supplies include a pink, polka dot towel with her name on it and a monkey towel complete wit...
Because Over the Summer Your Kids Forgot How to Spell and You Like To Do Good From Your Kitchen 14 Aug 2013 | 04:53 pm
The world needs more love letters. On this we can agree. And it wouldn't hurt our kids to use their writing and art skills to serve others. That's always good. This week our family is trying activit...
Paying the electricity bill isn’t sexy. But feeding the poor is. 12 Aug 2013 | 06:25 pm
It started in the comment box (because forget the post, good conversation always happens in the comments). See, I was talking about giving without being ripped off, and Adriel brought up the point tha...
Announcing the Ezine: Impact (with crafts) 8 Aug 2013 | 09:13 pm
Drum roll, please. Friends, I'd like you to meet Impact. Impact meet my friends. I know you two will be fast friends. Impact is a free ezine Lisa and I put together for you. Yes, you! Why? Because ...
Because College Bound Grads Are Packing: A Regret and A Challenge 6 Aug 2013 | 06:08 am
George Saunder's gave the convocation speech at Syracuse University for the class of 2013. Recently, The New York Times reprinted the speech, and my good friend passed it along to me. I gobbled-up th...
Intro: Impact (with crafts) 5 Aug 2013 | 04:24 pm
Long ago (that's a year in blog time), a group of friends and I gathered together and wrote Love Letters to the Underloved. We penned letters to moms who adopt, victims of abuse, military spouses, dre...
What I Learned In July 2 Aug 2013 | 06:45 pm
1. Fasting won't kill me. 2. Neither will scripture memorization. My friend just memorized the entire book of James, but I can't memorize simple passwords to accounts I use daily. I tell myself my he...
When You Interview Jeff Goins 1 Aug 2013 | 06:08 am
I interviewed Jeff Goins on Tuesday. You know Jeff, author of Wrecked, You Are a Writer, and his latest book (which releases tomorrow) The In-Between. Say what? Yep, sure did, and let me tell you, he...
