By Davalynn Spencer @davalynnspencer Winds along Colorado’s Front Range this spring have been stronger than ever. We’ve been pummeled by shuddering gusts that rattle windows and awnings and send wind chimes, lawn chairs, and trash cans flying. Yet in the most brutal moments, I’ve found comfort in …
By Davalynn Spencer @davalynnspencer I love my own homemade coffee. In fact, I love it so much that I get it as close to “cowboy coffee” as I can with an antique enamel pot that perks the brew atop my stove. It’s the real deal. Add canned …
By Davalynn Spencer @davalynnspencer Imagine – the day after dawn changed everything. Light revealed the emptiness left behind when Life got up and walked out of the tomb. He does that, Jesus. He does the unexpected. Even though He told His friends (and enemies) that He wouldn’t …
By Davalynn Spencer @davalynnspencer If you didn’t know by now, March is Women’s History Month. I’m guessing that’s the reason someone left this button in my inbox in the teacher’s lounge at the college. It makes me laugh every time I notice it on my “inspiration” tack …
By Davalynn Spencer @davalynnspencer My friend Jill is a name dropper. She raises Nigerian Dwarf Goats on her Kentucky farm, Sinai Thunder, and she drops a blessing on each animal born on the farm. As animal breeders do, Jill gives each kid a name that refers back …
By Davalynn Spencer @davalynnspencer A few weeks ago I wrote about the “quiet miracle” of Jesus turning water into wine at a friend’s wedding. No fanfare. Just a simple act witnessed by a few obedient servants. This week, perhaps for the hundredth time, I read about the …
By Davalynn Spencer @davalynnspencer Tomorrow’s the big day—the release of The Cowboy’s Bride, Barbour Publishing’s collection of nine Western romances. One of those romances is mine, “The Wrangler’s Woman.” This may be my favorite story of all that I’ve written. I enjoyed the family dynamics, the longing …
By Davalynn Spencer @davalynnspencer The clock radio by my bed is tuned to a “light praise” station, and it kicks on each morning at 5:30. Sometimes I get up, and sometimes I just lie there and listen, letting the words and melodies wash over my soul. It’s …
By Davalynn Spencer @davalynnspencer Valentine’s Day is over. Roses are half-off. Chocolate hearts have been replaced with chocolate bunnies. But each day the Lord pours His unfailing love upon me. And through each night I sing His songs. Psalm 42:8 God’s love never runs out, dries up, …
By Davalynn Spencer @davalynnspencer February is the love month and romance is in the air – especially if you watch the Hallmark channel, and I do. Frequently. I enjoy happy endings. That is a big part of why I write romance, both historical and contemporary. Happy endings …
By Davalynn Spencer @davalynnspencer Sometimes we feel forgotten. Overlooked. Unappreciated. Lost. But we’re not. “Are not five sparrows sold for two copper coins? Yet not one of them has [ever] been forgotten in the presence of God. … Do not be afraid; you are far more valuable …
By Davalynn Spencer @davalynnspencer If you tuned in Sunday afternoon for the NFL playoff game between the Denver Broncos and the New England Patriots, toward the end of the game you saw a perfect example of the difference between POWER and AUTHORITY. After a Bronco missed catching …
By Davalynn Spencer @davalynnspencer I’ve always liked the story of Jesus talking to the Samaritan woman in Sychar, because it shows how important individuals are to Him. He’d stopped to rest by a well in the middle of a hot, dry day on his way north, and …
By Davalynn Spencer @davalynnspencer Mothers have a way of knowing what their children are capable of. Mary did. At that wedding dinner – you know, the one everybody attended – the host ran out of wine. Not cool. How do you toast the happy couple without wine …
By Davalynn Spencer @davalynnspencer My front door wasn’t doing its job. At first, I couldn’t get it open without a crow bar (slight exaggeration). A few weeks later, it wouldn’t lock. (No exaggeration.) I jammed a chair under the doorknob at night as an extra precaution. One …