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
One-Word Journal Prompt: “Open”
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! “Merely having an … Continued
One-Word Journal Prompt: “Awake”
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! When are you … Continued
One-Word Journal Prompt: “Delight”
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! ‘Tis the gift … Continued
One-Word Journal Prompt: “Still”
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! In his stillness … Continued
How To Start a Creativity Journal
What if your journal could be a place to find and incubate new ideas? A greenhouse, a workshop, a laboratory? My journals as a kid were essentially diaries. Gradually they expanded to include “commonplace” books or pages (copied quotes I … Continued
One-Word Journal Prompt: “Wind”
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
One-Word Journal Prompt: “Make Straight”
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
Thanks for the Weeds
Gratitude Lists are popular for good reason. They not only lift your spirits, they fulfill your ultimate mission, “to glorify God and enjoy him forever,” or as poet Mary Oliver puts it, “Instructions for / living a life: / Pay … Continued
One-Word Journal Prompt: “Juxtapose”
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! “ A wonderful … Continued
A Simple Way to Illustrate a Verse
Writing out a verse slowly and illustrating it can be a wonderful way to meditate on it, to “think on the page.” But it’s not always easy to get started, and to know what to draw. Here is one straightforward … Continued
One-Word Journal Prompts: “Steam”
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! “a vapor … Continued
How to Start a Reading Journal
Do you keep a reading journal? One just for your thoughts about books? I have to confess that soon after I started with the bold title page in the picture, that journal started to have entries about other things…and soon … Continued
One-Word Journal Prompts: “Alight”
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! “A disciple once … Continued
The Blank Journal Page: Start With the Date
Seasons of Journaling I have found that my journal-keeping runs in seasons. There are seasons when I need to spill page upon page of freewriting, clearing out emotions and working through fears, like the “daily pages” of The Artist’s Way. … Continued
Kids and Journals in the Art Museum: 4 Tips
Taking your children to an art museum can be frustrating: it can involve hot children, tired feet, a harried parent, and a fair amount of squabbling. But it can also—even on the same trip—involve a few moments of magic. For … Continued