Don’t say I didn’t warn you, because I did … twice — Sometimes people don’t hear what you’re saying because it’s too difficult to understand. I’m going to say it more simply this time. If you don’t listen now, there is nothing else I can do to save you. A few months ago, I wrote an article just for people who create…

Avoid this $1200 mistake I made — You know how Medium says they won’t curate your stories if you don’t attribute all your images? Be thankful. They’re saving you from yourself … and from the trolls and copyright bots too! This is not science fiction. They’re real. Read on to learn how not to make the one…

Lament and then live to tell the story — In January of 2020, I looked forward to the future. I thought it was mine to decide. But 2020 broke all of its promises and it broke us too. No matter who we are or how it affected us, we need to mourn the collective trauma. …

If you’re really a Christ-follower, they ended long before that — I saw it on a friend’s facebook post before I knew there were t-shirts, before I understood she was just repeating a slogan. I kept reading, looking at it, thinking surely I must be misunderstanding. I wasn’t. My rights don’t end where your fears begin! My Facebook friend was asserting…

How do Christians heal a divided kingdom? There’s a very simple (yet profound) answer — I read a paragraph this morning that I cannot get out of my mind. It said that a faithful follower of Christ will resist — with all his or her might — building a second kingdom. Second kingdoms feed deceitfulness in our own human hearts. …

On Coronavirus taste buds, toes, and how to figure out when it’s over — Estimates vary, but it’s believed that between 15 and 20 percent of Americans have already had COVID-19. Yet, despite a mountain of written information on the internet, most people don’t know what to expect or how to figure out when it’s over. There’s a group of us who can help…

…and then use them to make money — No one loves a grammarian. Trust me. When someone asks for help … that’s one thing (and even that can destroy a friendship). But when someone is mid-sentence, that’s another. Let’s just say I’ve learned to hold my tongue. My children I can correct. My co-workers? Forget it. So, instead…

10 skill stretches for writers who want to work at getting better — I remember my first writing class in college vividly. I’d been writing for fun (and for school) for years, but this was like nothing I’d ever experienced before. I got near-perfect grades on every assignment … until the last one. The big F on my final assignment taught me a…

Learn with video when you’re too tired for books — I studied Russian for three hours a day, three days a week in Moscow. But that was many more than three years ago. I spoke Russian every day (except Fridays, when we watched movies in English, drank Coke and ate Пицца Хат). …