by Lydia D Crouch Amelie stood in the spacious courtroom. The flags, the guards, the very railings that separated those on trial from the...

This is Ralph. I've had Ralph since I was in junior high. Ralph was my first and remains my only guitar. I have written countless...

I’ve been thinking about Joy for years. It’s a powerful thing. But the church I have known has, for the most part, attached guilt or...

A while back, we watched a show. I forget which one, but probably The Amazing Race. In one episode, the teams were in Africa in safari...

This was one of those paintings that I absolutely loved, but wasn’t necessarily “sellable” like a landscape or florals might be. The...

So I've been doing Noom for two and a half weeks. I've lost 6 or 7 pounds, which is great but that's not why I'm doing it. (I'm going...

Today I was praying for a young friend. He's so incredibly bright that it might just rob him from relationship if he doesn't learn...

There are buzz words that float around the Church. They are wonderful because you hear this vocabulary and suddenly you can see what the...

Forgive me, but I’m about to go all Southern on y’all and I might even rant a minute. Try to keep up. ...but I’m just tired of heading...

I found this pic of me. It was taken when I wasn't looking. I was in my 20's living in Hawaii, just starting to sell art. I felt fat...

“And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to...

I've just been reading my Bible. I'm in Matthew 8. I may be stuck here for a while. There's so much. Even as even as a wanna be...

Most of the time, I'm pretty confident about this path I'm on. I love making art in almost any form. I LOVE being a student! I've been...

Hey. I'm here. I'm not sure what to say. I had dreams about this blog. I kept saying I was writing it just for me. But I'm realizing I...

It's true. God asks us to be different. So often we don't give our "yes" because we're afraid He'll ask us to do something strange. I...

I'm sitting in a quiet room in front of a quiet tree in my quiet - no one is awake yet - house. We all have Covid. When you're the mom,...

I'm feeling the need to be home focussed this year. I mean, I'm always about home, but sometimes it's about inviting guests over. This...

So this week has been one of "those" weeks, and today in particular has been one of "those" days. I started out with a list. A good list....

You would think that an artist wouldn't have a perfectionistic hang up. But that's simply not true. An artist is a person. We come in...

I'm in a fabulous mentoring group called Created to Thrive. It's part of Matt Tommey Mentoring and I could market, promote, sell,...