by Kari Ingram | Dec 12, 2024 | Emotions, Encouragement, Narcissism, Writing
I heard a song on the radio last week that caught my attention. It was a song by Casting Crowns, and though it has been out for a couple of years, somehow I’ve missed it until now. The lyrics astonished me as they reverberated through my car speakers, so precisely...
by Kari Ingram | Nov 12, 2024 | Encouragement, Narcissism, Writing
No doubt you have heard this famous line from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet (9th grade English, anyone?). Shakespeare uses this line to show that one’s name (and all the baggage it brings) is irrelevant, at least in matters of the heart. But this isn’t always true....
by Kari Ingram | Oct 15, 2024 | Narcissism, Writing
It’s been over four years since I started my blog, but I was a writer long before that. I have boxes of notebooks and journals filled with words—thoughts, dreams, experiences—poured out of my heart and onto the page. But all the words were mine alone, the ramblings of...
by Kari Ingram | Jan 24, 2022 | Encouragement, Writing
Can I let you in on a little secret? I’m writing my first book. I’ve wanted to be a writer from the time I was a little girl. My friend, Heather, and I were quite ambitious as children. We once started a petition to have the old Thompson house rebuilt as a point of...
by Kari Ingram | Mar 11, 2021 | Encouragement, Writing
My heart wants to write. My mind wants to write. I find much joy in putting pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard) and pouring out my heart, mind, and soul onto the page. But sometimes I prepare myself, I set aside a hefty block of time in my schedule, I pray, and I...
by Kari Ingram | Dec 2, 2020 | Encouragement, Writing
I used to be a journaler. And then I wasn’t. And then I was, but only sporadically. But in the last few months I’ve come to value my journaling time as a precious gift. I’ve begun a practice of journaling three pages first thing every morning. These pages contain...
