by Meadow Rue Merrill | Jun 8, 2015 | Faith Notes |
Why bother writing at all? The vulnerability and risk and effort felt like too much, especially with Mom no longer here to encourage me. I wanted to quit, to turn in my author badge and raise chickens or maybe grow tomatoes—something with a more predictable harvest. Have you ever felt like that? Like nothing you do really matters?
by Meadow Rue Merrill | Jul 21, 2014 | Faith Notes, Monday Meditations |
As a book-addicted kid, I planned to publish my first novel a few years after college. I would stay home, raise children, and happily work at my desk while getting paid. Three years after college, I got my first book contract: a deal to write a travel guide to... 
by Meadow Rue Merrill | May 5, 2014 | Faith Notes, Monday Meditations |
SMACK dab in the middle of working and raising five children I’ve come to the sudden realization that I can’t do it all. In no particular order, for me, “all” consists of: cleaning my house, feeding my family, working in exchange for organic... ![HOW DO YOU DEFINE FAITH?]()
by Meadow Rue Merrill | Apr 14, 2014 | Faith Notes, Monday Meditations |
WHAT do spring and faith have in common? Growing up on a 10-acre farm in Oregon, we grew almost everything we ate. Wal-Mart didn’t even exist! But on the few occasions my mom took my brother and me to the local market, I hovered over the refrigerator case of... 
by Meadow Rue Merrill | Mar 3, 2014 | Faith Notes, Monday Meditations |
SHE came hurtling across the ice, pink snow-pants pulled down over bright white skates. Stumbling and lurching, she tried to keep her balance–all with a big grin plastered across her face. “The bumps make it hard, don’t they?” I offered, trying...
