VIDEO: A Reading From The Christmas Song
On Christmas Eve, during the worship services at The Ascent Church, I read a piece from The Christmas Song, a musical I wrote for Brentwood-Benson in 2010. I've posted the video below (thanks for my 8-year old son for being my videographer and my husband ...
Justin’s Cracker Barrel Commercial – The Rest of the Story
I thought about abandoning the audition and going home. We had already waited for an hour in a lobby full of other little boys outside a meeting room in the Nashville Hutton Hotel, and I had a crazy night ahead of me with 3 other boys' activities back in ...
Finding Courage for the Scariest Step in Tough Conversations
“Would anyone like to role play a tough conversation?” I ask. By their response, it looks like I’ve asked if anyone would like their hair pulled out one strand at a time. They look down at the table, then sneak wide-eyed looks at each other. I had just ...
Don’t Feed Your Monster
An author friend of mine recently met with a potential publisher. Their first question wasn’t about the quality of her writing. It was, “How many Twitter followers do you have?” She only had 5,000, which just wasn’t enough to get her a book deal. Photo ...
Christmas Verbs
It's a December Saturday. One of the precious few in the busiest month of the year. I'm drowning in unaccomplished Christmas verbs- plan, cook, clean, trim, decorate, hang, shop, wrap, package, create, write, mail, wash, call. Come to think of it, th ...
Radio Show- The Quest: Part 1
Odds are…a church won’t take a chance on doing something oddly different in their services. Something that requires hundreds of image-oriented people to be quiet and listen, with nothing to see, for TEN MINUTES. But after a brainstorming session with som ...
“Come As You Are” – A 2-minute film you need to see
I believe in the power of God to communicate hope through story. That's why, when I was offered the position of Creative Director at Fellowship Bible Church in Northwest Arkansas almost 20 years ago, I jumped at the chance. With a team of actors, writer ...
Munchkin: To Be or Not to Be?
I hate sharing disappointing news with my kids, especially when they've worked hard and have their hearts set on a dream. I suppose that's why the American Idol folks have fun with singers who did get through to the next round by prefacing the news with ...
You Try Being a Voiceover Artist- and a Mom
As you probably know, having a career and being a parent has its challenges. Yesterday, my 10-year old son and our 7-year old friend, and I went to the Word studios on Music Row in downtown Nashville to record character voices for an upcoming Christmas m ...
Deeper- A Music Review
I pointed my finger indignantly at the black woman on the stage next to me, “I am not prejudiced!” She tilted her head back and laughed, “Honey, we are all prejudiced!" And that was how I first met Naima- in a play on a stage. I would tell you she’s Af ...