LOVE is in the air today on ATS LIVE with Special Guest Jonathan Wiggins!
Hey y'all! I'm in a full out run today after a weekend of lovely chaos and tremendous celebration! Shall fill y'all in on all the details this evening on ATS LIVE! I hope you're planning to join me today. I'm looking forward to spending an hour with y'all LIVE and introducing y'all to a great friend. My special guest today will be Jonathan Wiggins, senior
Bless Their Hearts
Hey y'all, I'm super excited! Should have the new All Things Southern "Bless Their Hearts" t-shirts available by the end of January! Hope to have them at the book table when I speak at the Texas Cowgirl Convention! I'm planning to offer them in dark chocolate, hot pink, lime green, and this gorgeous blue! Oh, I'm also bringing back the "If You're Southern and You Know It, Say Amen" design,
Grace Came to Stay
Hey friends and family and readers who feel like friends and family. I hope all of you had a lovely Christmas filled to the brim with peace, love, and joy. The man and I are Louisiana bound today after a Houston visit with the Baby Beau Czars and their parents. I'm riding shotgun, totally wrapped up in the new Logos 5 upgrade to my beloved
Mary’s miracle didn’t stay all nice and tidy. Neither will ours.
Mary's miracle didn't stay all nice and tidy. Neither will ours. This link will take you to this week's three minute Southern Comfort radio segment: Mary’s Messy Miracle is Ours Merry Christmas, friends.
ATS LIVE Gathering Gratitude, Giving Thanks
Hey y'all, I'm planning a Thanksgiving show this evening on ATSLIVE and I hope you'll join me! Super easy instructions. Simply give me a call on air 1-800-259-1440, leave a comment here or post it on the All Things Southern Facebook wall and tell me what you're most grateful for this year. I'll read your notes during the show! And while you're talking gratitude-- this would be a
It’s Day 16 and I’m Grateful that Mercy Triumphs
It's the 16th day of 30 Days of Thankfulness. I'm relishing the notes of gratitude I see my family and friends posting here, there, and everywhere and I love stumbling upon the words of grateful strangers. Sweet, funny, poignant words, letters from our laptops, strung together on our keyboards. When I see them, I hear James. I can't help it. I see the Lord's brother everywhere right now and I hear him in my head. I'd say Blame in on
Caution: These Words have Staying Power
Words that will stay with you on this 13th Day of 30 Days of Thankfulness from the blog of Kimberly L. Smith of Make Way Partners. Hugs, Shellie As I write this, I am sitting in my favorite writing spot: my back porch. I hear the roar of a small plane buzzing just above our tree line, and I offer thanks that I do not have to hit
If parties, presidents, and politics could educate, legislate, and eradicate…
I wrote these words Wednesday morning, "An Open Letter to Both Sides of the Fence on this 7th Morning of 30 Days of Thankfulness." More thoughts as the punditry continues: If parties, presidents, and politics could educate, legislate, and eradicate hate, poverty, and crime well-meaning moral men would've long done so. The only Man with the answer didn't run for office because He's already enthroned. "And I, if I be lifted up from the
An Open Letter to Both Sides of the Fence on this 7th Morning of 30 Days of Thankfulness
To my fellow Americans A wise person once said that fences make good neighbors and surely there's a lot of truth in the adage, but perhaps it'd be wiser if we remembered that gates make friends. I respectfully offer three thoughts for all of us that could build a few as we move forward. Please be gracious in victory. A divided nation needs it. I didn’t vote with you but I’ll look for every
Cutting Through The Clutter
Writers and Readers Reach Out 2012 Backstory Here Who we are: A group of writers and readers endeavoring to live our gratitude out loud during these 30 Days of Thanksgiving by partnering with Make Way Partners, an organization rescuing widows and orphans from human traffickers and offering them hope through the love of Jesus. Make Way Partners offers ongoing medical care and education to those they're able to set free and that's where we come in. What
