by Lindsay Harrel | Apr 8, 2016 | Bookish Stuff
I’m a planner. I like to know what to expect. But sometimes, the best things in life are unexpected. A few weeks ago (okay, March 13 to be exact…), I received an email from my agent. She told me she’d like to chat because I was being offered a contract for one of my...
by Lindsay Harrel | Oct 13, 2015 | Faith
Our culture really values people who are strong — especially when that strength is in women. I mean, don’t we all long to be seen as a strong person, someone who can handle whatever life throws at us and make it through — no matter how difficult the trial? Strength...
by Lindsay Harrel | Oct 6, 2015 | Other
This weekend, I rewatched The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. It’s a movie about a guy who daydreams. A lot. His daydreams bring him into a world where he’s a hero. An adventurer. A passionate artist. Someone who isn’t afraid of anything. At one point in the movie, the...
by Lindsay Harrel | Sep 29, 2015 | Faith
I’m not a glass-half-empty kind of person. In general, I tend to be cautiously optimistic. Except when it comes to myself. You see, even though I’ve had good things happen to me before, I have this weird voice somewhere in the back of my mind. This voice likes to tell...
by Lindsay Harrel | Sep 7, 2015 | Faith
Yesterday my husband taught a lesson in our Sunday School class. It was about the passage in Matthew 6 that talks about worry — and how we shouldn’t do it. There were a lot of great points made by him and others, but one thing he had written in his PowerPoint really...
