Britney Lyn When I wrote my first Christian romantic suspense novel, the Lord laid the theme of freedom on my heart. When I started writing the second, He pressed the theme of forgiveness on my heart. At the time, I had no idea why, but the trials of the last six years have shown me—He knew what was coming.
In the last several days, I’ve seen many posts circulating on social media with people announcing their plans to read the Bible in a year. This is an admirable pursuit; kudos! May your reading be fruitful and transformative. But some of you out there might be fighting guilt that you aren’t pursuing such a rigorous … Read more
Wake up. Get changed. Eat breakfast. Start kids on math. Cleanup breakfast dishes. Put out a fire between the toddler and preschooler. Check on math progress. Start a load of laundry. Do spelling with one child while building blocks with the little ones. Switch to language arts with the other kid. Do a reading lesson … Read more
38 weeks and 4 days. I am literally a ticking time bomb to birth our fifth child. Each night when I go to bed, I wonder if I will wake up in labor in the middle of the night. Each morning when I wake up I wonder, “Is this the day?” The last month of … Read more
Ten years ago, in preparation for the natural birth of our first child, my husband and I took a childbirth class with a doula. She taught us many helpful things, but one of the most impactful was this: do not fear the pain. Fear is the enemy of pain. Fear makes pain worse. She explained … Read more
Last year, I wrote a post called “When Christmas Isn’t a Major Key Holiday.” The post struck a note with some readers. In the midst of a global pandemic, major economic recession, societal and political upheaval, and a host of other kinds of losses, I wanted to share it again. I chose to read it … Read more
Dear Readers, Guess what? It’s BOOK GIVEAWAY TIME!!!! Do you know someone who needs some cheer, a good book to read, and a message of hope right now? Now is your chance to get them a free signed copy of my storyformed romantic suspense novel, Finding Freedom. Here’s how it works: Fill out this quick form with your name and email address … Read more
My website has a new header. It’s not dramatically different, just a change from “Passionate living through passionate writing” to “Storyformed living through storyformed writing.” Why the change? I was first introduced to the term “storyformed” back in 2015 when my husband and I attended a church planter training called Soma School in Tacoma, WA. … Read more
On December 26, I published a post titled, “When Christmas Isn’t a Major Key Holiday.” It seemed to resonate with a number of people who also found themselves feeling unfestive as they dealt with grief and heartache during the season of “glad tidings and joy.” I concluded, Grief and heartache aren’t unfestive. They aren’t … Read more
Thanks to the COVID-19 coronavirus, we are living in a state of crisis. Not just locally, or even nationally, but globally! Now, more than ever, we share in an insurmountable mountain of things to worry about – will we or our loved ones get sick? Will we find toilet paper? Will our paycheck ever … Read more