by | Guest Posts, Life Application
I was in a movie once. Now, I’m famous. I even went to the premiere and brought my mom and best friend to watch. I felt pretty important — until my mom asked me to rewind the movie in the theater because the scene went by too fast.
I may have forgotten to mention I wasn’t the star. I didn’t even have a speaking part. I sat at the table with a complete stranger and was instructed to laugh when I heard the word “Action!”
After three takes, I got up and went home. I prepared myself for the agent to call and the deals to start rolling in. Six years later, I’m still waiting for the call.
Today I’m guest posting for Jeff Goins over at Goinswriter.com.
Come on over and read the rest of the post here.
by | Book Reviews, Life Application
You’ve been asking me for a while now when my book, Dear Dad, Did You Know I Was a Princess? would be out. Well, you’re going to have to wait just a little while longer. It’ll be out in April.
But.. There’s good news!
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I’ve got my second eBook, Liar Liar, coming out soon and I’m excited to share it with you.
About the eBook
Liar Liar is an eBook about not only believing the truth about who you truly are, but also speaking that truth into reality. It’s a call to take the next step in your faith and take action with your words.
This eBook will challenge you, change your heart, and lead you in the right direction to believe the truth about your true identity.
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by | Life Application
There are just some things in life that suck. There are circumstances we become a part of that are out of our control and that too sucks. So, what do we do about it?
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Do we accept those circumstances or do we simply live with them?
God has been showing me lately that there is a difference. In Ken Davis’ new book, Fully Alive: Lighten Up and Live – A Journey that Will Change Your LIfe, Ken asks this question:
“When did we stop living life and start letting life happen to us?”
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by | Guest Posts, Life Application
From Sundi Jo: This is a guest post by Emily Wenstrom. Emily is a professional writer working in marketing and public relations. She blogs about creativity in art and career at Creative Juicer. She also recently launched wordhaus, a short story zine built for the digital age, now seeking submissions. Follow her on Twitter at @emilywenstrom. Want to submit your guest post? Click here for the details.
I hate the Olympics.
Growing up, I was a swimmer. It was a big part of my identity–three different teams took up significant parts of my mornings, evenings, weekends and summers.
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Then in 2000, I was watching the amazing Amanda Beard at the summer Olympics, and it hit me: she was only a couple older than me. She’d already won medals in the last Olympics, at 14 years old. She was up there on the world stage, and I was at home on my couch.
Ever since, the Olympics, a messy mix of emotions. I still get that sense of wonder and awe. But I also can’t quite let go of that sense that I don’t cut it.
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by | Life Application
From Sundi Jo: This is a guest post by Maria Keckler. She is a writer, speaker and the editor and publisher of Stories from the Vine. She blogs about leading through living, writing, and publishing a phenomenal story at http://mariakeckler.com. Follow her on Twitter. @MariaKeckler. Want to submit your guest post? Click here for the details.
What race have you been called to run?
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I was fifteen when Mom uprooted our family from our home in Mexico City to give us a new start, three years after Dad passed away. I was terrified. I was starting ninth grade and didn’t speak English. Losing my friends and home didn’t occupy my mind—only the reality that unless I learned English, my dream of one day becoming a teacher and writer would die forever.
Urgency became my middle name. I started a race against time, and I could not afford to lose any. It was all up to me — or so I thought.
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by | Life Application
I’m not a big fan of change. I like to be in control. Unless things change because I change them, it takes me out of my comfort zone. I get it honestly. My mom struggles with the same thing. We like things a certain way and when life gets shuffled around, we can get a little cranky.
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Mom loves peanut butter, but not just any type of peanut butter. It has to be Jif Creamy Peanut Butter. Since I was a little girl I don’t remember any other type being in our pantry. You know the Visa slogan, “Don’t leave home without it.” That applies to my mom and her Jif peanut butter. If she’s going on a trip, it’s on her must-have list. After all, choosy mom’s choose Jif, right?
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