To start the new year, here's a fun post to celebrate blogging.
My writing friend, Tina Hunt, nominated me for the
Sisterhood of the World Bloggers Award. Having accepted, here are the rules I
now must follow:
1. Thank the blogger
who nominated you.
2. Put the award logo
on your blog.
3. Answer the 10
questions they’ve sent you.
4. Make up 10 new
questions for your nominees to answer.
Here are my answers to Tina's 10 questions for me:
1. If life is not a formula, what is it? Can
you sum it up in 25 words or less?
It's the sum of our choices. We want formulas for living; Jesus says, “Follow me,” one day and one choice at a time. It’s really that
simple (at least in concept).
2. What are your writing goals for 2015?
Finish my second book, Aiding and Abetting.
Continue to blog regularly. Finish two smaller pamphlet-size lessons for
download.
3. Are you a plotter or a panster?
Panster, all the way! Energizes me to fly
that way.
4. Where is your favorite place to write?
Outside…which is often impossible. So, by a
window where I can see outside works.
5. What was a highlight from 2014 for you?
Transitioning from Raleigh to Northern
Virginia, observing how God did everything so smoothly and with such perfect
timing. From the start of the plan in 2013 through the actual move this year, Don and I (and my parents)
had perfect peace, despite a few bumps here and there as we “adjusted”.
6. How do you decide what to write?
I try to listen to the Lord as best I can,
and write what He shows me. Most of my writing is centered on our choices and
obedience. My passion is to see Christians grow up – be set free by the truth learned
through obedience (John 8:31-32) – so the Church becomes a place full of people
who live and speak the truth boldly, in love. Then those who don’t know Jesus
can find Him there.
7. Cats or dogs?
Cats, most definitely!
8. Do you listen to music while you write? What
kind is best for you?
Sometimes, but not often. If I do, I set my
iPod to “shuffle” to get a mix of all types of Christian music, from rock to
country to worship. I hardly ever listen to secular music.
9. What’s your best stress reliever?
Being outside – walking, hiking,
or sitting – and/or listening to music. If I can do both, it’s a bonus. I also enjoy pondering...although sometimes that causes more stress than it relieves.
10. Tell us about your retreat ministry.
It’s really someone else’s ministry – I
helped her with a few retreats this past year, and may help her in the future. Before that, I spoke at a few
retreats, and want to speak at more in 2015 as part of my speaking ministry.
Thank you, Tina, this was fun! Now I nominate Jeanne Doyon, website http://jeannedoyon.blogspot.com/.
Here are your
questions, Jeanne, if you choose to accept.
1. What’s the most surprising thing God did
in your life last year?
2. What is your most God-sized goal for 2015?
3. If you could visit anywhere in the world, where
would you go?
4. What are you most
thankful for at this moment?
5. What was your favorite pet ever, and why?
6. What is one of your most memorable answered
prayers?
7. How many different schools did you attend
through 12th grade?
8. If you could have dinner with anyone, who would
it be, and why?
9. What hobby(s) recharge your batteries?
10. What
is the number one item on your bucket list?
Happy New Year, everyone!!
I enjoyed learning about you, Mary. You're a great lady!
ReplyDeleteYou are so right, life is not a formula. It would be so much easier to walk a well-defined path than to follow Jesus, wherever He leads. Especially for a control freak like me!