by krista | Apr 16, 2014 | Christ life, Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
Earlier this week, I led a caravan of students from our church to a bible study at the youth pastor’s house. I had five girls in the van with me, and there were three other cars following me. I’d been to the house before. I thought I remembered how to get...
by krista | Apr 13, 2014 | Christ life, Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
I recently read that, prior to the 1920s, most women had mirrors that were tarnished. The view they received in those mirrors, then, was fuzzy, imperfect. Like a super-filter on Instagram. All the time. As mirrors improved, women were shocked at what they saw:...
by krista | Apr 11, 2014 | Christ life, Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
My daughters were not allowed to play with Barbie’s until they were 4 and 6 years old. I know, I know. But this is what parents do. Especially with the first child. We are deathly afraid of scarring them for life – and we see “scar potential”...
by krista | Apr 7, 2014 | Christ life, Recommended Reading, Stuff about Me, Uncategorized, Writing
I am giving away my last ARC of Revolutionary. There’s just one catch to enter: You have to have read Anomaly and Luminary. No offense to those who like to wait until all three books are out to read a trilogy, those who don’t have time, or those who just...
by krista | Apr 4, 2014 | Christ life, Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
Am I anti-science? Do I think the Christian faith and science cannot coexist? Do I think all scientists are evil? I’m getting these questions from readers of the Anomaly trilogy because the antagonist is a scientist (though, if you’ve read Luminary, you know...
by krista | Apr 2, 2014 | Christ life, Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
Emotions can cause all kinds of problems. Especially when those emotions are negative. Negative feelings are often deceptive combinations of fatigue, insecurities, and misunderstandings. But we still have them, still battle them. I don’t think we are ever free from...