by Heidi | May 13, 2025 | Uncategorized
Each book I write has an origin story, and this book’s inception (my fifteenth book!) began at Walmart. Most of you know I spent a good chunk of the last decade employed by Walmart. At first, it was a way for me to help out with house renovation bills. I...
by Heidi | Apr 22, 2025 | Uncategorized
Okay, I know what you’re thinking. Easter was two days ago, why are we still talking about it? But did you know that in the church calendar, Easter (like Christmas!) is actually an entire season?! A season even longer than Lent, at 49 days. Easter is the hope of the...
by Heidi | Apr 20, 2025 | Uncategorized
Today is glorious because we’ve seen the darkness of Good Friday. Today is glorious because it speaks of hope and new things. Today is glorious because our Lord has risen! There is a lot to be said about Easter, the day we commemorate Jesus rising from the dead....
by Heidi | Apr 18, 2025 | Uncategorized
There’s a lot to be uncomfortable about on Good Friday. We have become used to associating a cross with Jesus, but the reality of the cross in Judea two thousand years ago was quite different. The cross was a means of execution, but it was also a means of humiliation....
by Heidi | Apr 17, 2025 | Uncategorized
The word maundy appears to come from the Latin mandate, which means, “commandment.” After Jesus washed the feet of the disciples, he said to them, “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will...
by Heidi | Apr 13, 2025 | Uncategorized
Holy Week begins with Palm Sunday, the last Sunday of Lent. It’s the day we remember Jesus’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem on a donkey. Jerusalem at this time was preparing for the Passover celebration, so it would have been teeming with both residents and pilgrims....
