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Share Four Somethings: April 2021

by Lois Flowers April 27, 2021

by Lois Flowers

Last week at this time, there was snow in the forecast. Today, we’re expecting a high of 86 degrees. It’s April in Kansas, after all.

I’m not a fan of waiting until the last minute. I would have preferred to have finished this post last week, not one day before it gets published. But real life takes precedent, and lately, that has included (among many other things) night-time driving practice with Molly and talking to my sister on the phone and helping Randy install a little concrete slab for our city issued recycling and yard waste carts.

April 27, 2021 34 comments

Is it Time to Update Your Life Playlist?

by Lois Flowers April 20, 2021

by Lois Flowers

I’m the last person to adopt any kind of new technology. Ask anyone at my house and they’ll tell you the same thing, emphatically and without hesitation.

I held on to my push-button Tracfone much longer necessary, endlessly annoying my loved ones with the length of time it took me to tap out replies to texts. (By the time they got my answer, they’d forgotten what they asked me in the first place.)

April 20, 2021 29 comments

God Can Redeem Your Worst Year Ever

by Lois Flowers April 13, 2021

by Lois Flowers

The week our clocks sprang forward last month, I saw an Instagram post that went something like this: “Why are we complaining about losing an hour when we just lost an entire year?”

I laughed at the irony, but the caption also prompted some thoughts about 2020, the pandemic and our own individual responses to it all.

April 13, 2021 34 comments

Even in 2020, God Was Still at Work

by Lois Flowers April 6, 2021

by Lois Flowers

It’s been a year, hasn’t it? A year of unexpected—sometimes even shocking—headlines, heartbreak, disappointment, layoffs, closures, cancellations and empty store shelves.

There’s no end to the conversation about all this, especially now as we’ve moved past the 12-month mark of when it all began (or when it all ended, as the case may be). I understand where people are coming from when they talk about how weary they are and how it’s often hard to see where God is in everything that has happened since last March.

April 6, 2021 31 comments

Share Four Somethings: March 2021

by Lois Flowers March 30, 2021

by Lois Flowers

Spring break was pretty low key for us this year. We made a quick weekend trip to see our college girl, and then mostly stayed around the house the rest of the time.

Molly was deep into a book series, but she took a break one day to make soft pretzels with me. I don’t know about you, but I love soft pretzels. Maybe even more than cilantro and avocados. (And that’s saying something.)

March 30, 2021 28 comments

How to Strengthen Your Writing

by Lois Flowers March 23, 2021

by Lois Flowers

In early March, I started reading On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Nonfiction by William Zinsser, a book that has sold more than a million copies since it was first published in 1976.

A few days later, I learned that my alma mater—where I earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism almost three decades ago—is shuttering its communications division. Current students are upset, of course, but I understand the market forces that led to this decision. The field has changed dramatically over the years, and the university is doing its best to keep up with the times.

March 23, 2021 36 comments