The pastor at First United Methodist Church was on fire. “We are in this world, but not of it.€ He was calling me peculiar, but I don’t know if he realized it yet. I’m not supposed to be normal. I’m designed to stand out – to point to a better way. He recently took a…
There is a certain picture that most people get in their minds when they think of freelance writers. I always pictured my uncle – wild hair, free spirit, just a little off. It wasn’t until I launched my own writing career that I began to see freelancers in a whole new light. Not only are…
Staying at home may make it impossible for you to take a “real†job. It may even keep you from finding regular work because you don’t know what your schedule will be like from day to day. There are ways – on your own time – that you can make some money. While you may…
It’s not easy being a freelancer. First, I work from home, which means I get little or no respect from anyone around me – especially in the older generations. They just don’t get the idea that you can be employed and not have to leave the house. Second, I am underpaid (for the most part). …
The schedule around our house has been a little warped these last couple of months. Just when you think you have it under control, BAM! You are hit with a major mix up. Trying to keep a semblance of normalcy is difficult enough without adding the burden of expanding my responsibilities. But it has to…
Making money has been on my mind a lot over the last couple of days. Yesterday it dawned on me that the key to making money on my blog is to bring traffic to my blog. It doesn’t matter whether I’m trying to sell something on my site or just trying to sell ads. If…
There hasn’t been a time in my life when I didn’t wonder what God had planned. While some things seemed simple – mother and wife – others have been one giant road block after another – writing, teaching, and speaking. Today was the first day that I realized it’s not about the “big plan.†God…
Having a balanced schedule does not mean giving up all the things you love to do in order to do the things you need to do. It simply requires that you manage your time and eliminate the things in your life that don’t enhance your goals or that do create more work. 10 Steps to…
When I first started to try and make money online, I was clueless. Even though the internet was not exactly new to me, the workings were. Computers have been around for most of my life, but speaking their language was harder than German (no offense to the German language, but I had enough problems with…
Keeping records is not as easy as I thought it would be. The theory is simple enough, I just don’t do it. I’ve got all the receipts in one place this month (which is definitely a leap forward), but the amounts are being kept a secret until further notice ;). It’s connected to everything else…