One-Word Journal Prompt: “Keel”
What in your life keeps you on an “even keel”? (This is part of a series of one-word prompts that you can use to get writing today. Each is accompanied by a little doodle from my own journal, to set … Continued
Nature Journaling for the Bookish Family
I believe in the importance of time spent in nature. But going outside has never been my natural instinct: I’m just more of a curl-up-with-a-book-and-tea person. I read with awe about mothers who are constantly outside with their kids: getting … Continued
One-Word Journal Prompt: Cultivate
This is a series of one-word prompts that you can use to get writing today. Each is accompanied by a little doodle from my own journal, to set the scene: a gift from my journal to yours! Definition of “Cultivate”: … Continued
Hands Full of Words: Merging Word and Image in Your Journaling
I have always been fascinated by words that are part of visual images, and I decided to play with that in my Bible journaling last week. The second half of Mark 1 has Jesus reaching out with his hand twice–once … Continued
One-Word Journal Prompt: Fold
This is a series of one-word prompts that you can use to get writing today. Each is accompanied by a little doodle from my own journal, to set the scene: a gift from my journal to yours! Definitions of Fold … Continued
A Rhythm of Topics for Your Journal
My early journals were very one-dimensional. Whether I intended them to or not, they usually covered one topic: my emotions in my teens or self-analysis and career in my twenties. Eventually, through examples, I began to branch out and include … Continued
Journaling Bible: My Process
For Christmas, I received an ESV Journaling Bible: one of those now-popular Bibles with extra margin room for notes and illustrations. I’ve been admiring all the Bible-margin artwork popping up on the Internet these days, and wondering what it would … Continued
One-Word Journal Prompt: Grace
This is a series of one-word prompts that you can use to get writing today. Each is accompanied by a little doodle from my own journal, to set the scene: a gift from my journal to yours! Definitions of … Continued
The Simplest Journaling for Language Learning
What kind of foreign-language writing is simple enough to keep up every day? or even every week? Writing in the foreign language(s) you are studying is powerful, and I have gained a lot from each “journal” I have started over … Continued
One-Word Journal Prompt: “Ash Breeze”
This is a series of one-word prompts (OK, sometimes two-word!) that you can use to get writing today. Each is accompanied by a little doodle from my own journal, to set the scene: a gift from my journal to yours. … Continued