Cabin Glory: Amusing Tales of Time Spent at the Family Retreat (ISBN: 978-1-57074-094-7, $19.99) is a compilation of short stories, divided into four sections (Fall, Winter, Spring, and Summer).
I have written over 600 magazine articles in national, regional, and local publications, including the following: Woman’s World, ePregnancy, Pregnancy, American Fitness, Cat Fancy, Cats USA, Kittens USA, Cabin Life/Cabin Living, Tallahassee Magazine, Go Boating, Family Forum, Home Life, the Phoenix, Partnerships in Education, Health & Home, Pet Services Journal, Break’s Entertainment Weekly, Schools in the Middle, and Indy Boomer. I have also written for the following Christian magazines: Encounter, Insight, the Lookout, Young Salvationist, Sharing the Victory, Teenage Christian, Ignite Your Faith, Campus Life’s Christian College Guide, Breakaway, Brio, Brio & Beyond, Now What?, Listen, and Wheaton. Additionally, my work has been published in a dozen anthologies, including six Chicken Soup for the Soul books: Best Mom Ever, Angels & Miracles, My Very Good Very Bad Cat, Thanks to My Mom, Parenting, and Christian Teenage Soul. My work has also been published in Encounters with God, Encounters with God 2, God Allows U-Turns, Every Day Deserves a Chance, 365 Devotions to Catch Your Faith on Fire, Quest Study Bible for Teens, and Angel Bumps (to be published in 2017).
In addition, I pen a column called “Now & Then” for Cabin Living magazine. These stories, from generations past and present, portray funny, poignant, special memories of family time spent at the cabin. Plus, I regularly contribute to Cabin Living, Faith & Friends, Avon Magazine, Greenwood Magazine, Center Grove Magazine, Zionsville Magazine, Outreach, and Haven Homes.
Some of my articles can be accessed online. I have included a sampling below:
Avon Magazine: Taking Flight: Locals Get Their Wings at Hendricks County Aviation
Zionsville Magazine: Making Magical Moments: Mother-daughter Duo Create Memorable Events
Indy Metro Magazine: A Lucky Accident: June’s Luckiest Hoosier Alive Dave Hawkins
Avon Magazine: Hendricks Regional Health YMCA: A Gathering Place for Fun, Fitness, and Friendships
Fishers Magazine: The Face of Fishers: Local Talen to Emcee Concerts & Events in Fishers
Broad Ripple Magazine: Ancient Irish Sport Comes Alive in Broad Ripple
Avon Magazine: Ready, Aim, Fire: Parabellum Firearms & Indoor Range Offers Classes, Competitions
Zionsville Magazine: From Wagon Factory to Friendly Tavern: “Everybody Knows Everybody” at the Friendly
Avon Magazine: Trailblazing: The B&O Trail Continues to Grow
Avon Magazine: Russell “Twister” Garrison: The Nicest Troublemaker You’ll Ever Meet
Greenwood Magazine: Greenwood Dad of the Year: Randy Bauer
Center Grove Magazine: Center Grove Dad of the Year: Matthew Limeberry
Center Grove Magazine: The Secret Behind Floortech: Local Flooring Store Doubles as Baseball and Soccer Training Facility
Townepost Network Magazines: Ducking Death & Loving Life
Outreach Magazine: Approaching an Atheist: How to Initiate Life-Changing Conversations
Outreach Magazine: California Church Gives Special Needs Youth a Night to Remember
Outreach Magazine: Texas Church Helps Special Needs Children and Youth Walk in God’s Spirit
Outreach Magazine: Willow Creek Holds Annual Community Play Featuring Special Needs Actors
Avon Magazine: The Burgess Bunch: Family of Nine Runs Successful Goat’s Milk Soap Business
Avon Magazine: Escape from Vietnam
Avon Magazine: Business Spotlight: 9Round Kickbox Fitness
Townepost Network Magazines: Luckiest Hoosier Alive Beats Three Brain Tumors
Outreach: Michigan Church Reaches Refugees
Avon Magazine: Beautiful Music at an Affordable Price: The Hendricks Symphony Orchestra
Zionsville Magazine: Mike Cole: Run2Race–Local Runner Creates Racing Opportunities to Foster Love of Running
Zionsville Magazine: Moody’s Butcher Shop Delivers Farm Fresh Food, Local Fare
Outreach: Grief of Suicide Sparks Far-Reaching Homeless Ministry in Indianapolis
Outreach: Church Connects Inner-City Youth With Role Models
Outreach: Church Helps Bring Systemic Change for Disconnected Youth
Outreach: North Carolina Church Opens its Doors to Immigrants and Refugees
Greenwood Magazine: From Hoop Dreams to Helping Others: Former Indiana Fever Star Katie Douglas Launches New Career
Avon Magazine: From Heartbreak to Hope: How a Mother’s Grief Led Her to Help the Homeless
Outreach: New Jersey Church Creates Congregation for People with DisabilitiesO
Broad Ripple Magazine: Water for Empowerment: Empowering Females to Build Healthy Futures Through Clean Water Initiatives
Cabin Living: From Something Old to Something New: A Minnesota Couple Remodels a Vintage Fishing Cabin
Avon Magazine: Family Promise of Hendricks County Offering Help, Hope, and Housing to the Homeless
Faith & Friends: The End of What We Knew
Outreach: California Church Embraces Homeless Ministry by Young Man with Autism
Outreach: Indiana Church Empowers Teen Girls to Make Wise Choices
Outreach: Missouri Church Serves Local Families with Free Preschool Program
Greenwood Magazine: “Mr. Roncalli” Bob Tully: A Blessing at Roncalli High School for the Past 55 Years”
Avon Magazine: Girls Nite In: Avon Woman Creates Program to Enlighten and Empower Teen Girls
Outreach: Oklahoma Church-Community Partnership Tackles Local Poverty
Outreach: Like a Wild Goose: Wild Goose Appalachian Church
Cabin Living: A Stunning & Sturdy Mountain Cabin
Outreach: Church for the Homeless–Shades of Grace in Tennessee
Outreach: Indiana Urban Outreach Connects Neighbors to Christ
Outreach: Central California Church Thrives in Small Town
Cabin Living: Blitz Build for a Good Cause
Cabin Living: A Transformed Family Lake Cabin in Wisconsin
Outreach: Oklahoma Prison Ministry Gives Inmates New Hope Through Christ
The Lookout: Patience in Parenting
Outreach: A City’s Best Friend: Vineyard Columbus
Outreach: A Sending Church–The Summit Church
Outreach: Tapping into Joy: Bridgepoint Church
Outreach: An Invitation to Life Change: Faith Church
Club Mid/Scary Mommy: Say What?
Club Mid/Scary Mommy: Living in the Season of Boy-Men
Outreach: Persuading Through Love: Park Valley Church
Outreach: Intersection of Grace and Truth: Traders Point Christian Church
Outreach: Montana Church Opens Full-Service Restaurant
Outreach: A Steel Drum Ministry Engages Multicultural Congregation in the Bronx
Outreach: 550 Accept Christ at Southern California Evangelism Event
Outreach: Doing Whatever it Takes to Reach the Lost
Outreach: Louisiana Church Creates After-School Program for Students
Cabin Living: A Barnwood Beauty: One Family Builds Their Dream Lake Cabin with Wood from an 1880s Barn
Outreach: Prioritizing Marriage: Minnesota Church Mentors Couples Through Every Season
Outreach: Re-engaging Couples in Christ: Texas Church Program Seeks Marriage Restoration
Outreach: Two Congregations, Two Languages for Rhode Island Church
Outreach: Texas Church Helps Youth Reach Their Artistic Potential
Huffington Post: Say What? Phrases We Used Growing Up in the 80s
Huffington Post: Blessed Be the Blurters for They Can’t Help Themselves
Insight: Refocus on Jesus
Cabin Living: Life is Better at the Cabin
Cabin Living: A Rocky Mountain Cabin for Retirement
Cabin Living: Rustic Style: Building from the Past
Outreach 100 Magazine: Learning, Launching, and Loving: Beltway Park Church
Outreach 100 Magazine: The Domino Effect: River Valley Church
Outreach 100 Magazine: Keeping It Real: New Life Church
Outreach 100 Magazine: Disciples Making Disciples: First Baptist Raytown
Outreach 100 Magazine: 52 Events a Year: Cornerstone United Methodist
Outreach 100 Magazine: We Want to Hear Your Story: River Pointe Church
Outreach 100 Magazine: All in the Family: Family Church
Outreach 100 Magazine: A Jesus Greeting: Venue Church
Outreach 100 Magazine: A Church for All Ages: Life Church Green Bay
Huffington Post: 4 Well-Intentioned Pieces of Advice That Rub Me the Wrong Way
Huffington Post: Clinical Depression: The Silent, Soul-Crushing Killer That Claims Lives Daily
Huffington Post: Penciling in Hope: Life After Suffering a Suicide Loss
Huffington Post: I Took the 21-Day Self-Esteem Challenge and Here’s What Happened
Huffington Post: How a Day Without My Cell Phone Helped Me Loosen My Grip on the Device
Huffington Post: The Weirdo Hero: Filmmaker Creates a Movie to Show What Depression Feels Like and to Inspire Those Who Suffer to Seek Help
Huffington Post: 20 Ways to Pass the Time When School is Cancelled
Huffington Post: For the First Time in Forever…I Did Not Enjoy My Vacation to Disney World
Huffington Post: Support After Suicide: How Making Connections with Other Survivors Can Breathe Life Into a Dying Heart
Huffington Post, Quebec: Les 8 choses à dire à la personne qui fait son deuilhttp
Huffington Post: The 8 Best Things You Can Say to Someone Who is Grieving
Huffington Post: The 8 Worst Things You Can Say to Someone Who is Grieving
Huffington Post: 6 Movies That Taught Me Something About Love, Life, and Other Totally Random Things
Outreach Magazine: A Simple Faith
Outreach Magazine: Nothing Left to Give
Outreach Magazine: Beyond the Numbers
Outreach Magazine: Come as You Are: Faith Promise Church
Outreach Magazine: When Right-Living People Bless the City: Rockford First
Outreach Magazine: Think Outside the Church: Grace Family Church
Huffington Post: 13 Insanely Hot Things Men Do
The Lookout magazine: Finding Hope
Huffington Post, Germany: Mit Frauen flirten: Diese Eigenschaften machen Männer sexy
Huffington Post: Why We Should Talk About Depression and Suicide When It’s Not Trending
Huffington Post: Let’s Get Real: Embracing Vulnerability to Build a Better World
Huffington Post: Surviving the First Year of Grief
Huffington Post: Lordy, Lordy, Look Who Finally Appreciates 40
Huffington Post: Say Cheese! Documenting Our Lives in Every Imaginable Pose
Huffington Post: My Treasured ‘Never’ Tattoo
Cabin Living: A Cabin Built for Relaxation
Cabin Life magazine: A Rustic Cabin Gets a Dramatic Update
Cabin Living: Cabin Clothes
Cabin Living: From Drab to Delightful: A Door County Cabin Renovation
Cabin Living: Angling for Charm
Cabin Living: Historic Ranch Renovation
Cabin Living: Winterizing: Closing Up the Cabin?
Cabin Living: On Time and On Budget
Cabin Living: Water Solutions–Low-Flow is the Way to Go
Cabin Living: Protecting Your Precious Peepers
Cabin Living: Environmentally Friendly Toilets
Cabin Living: Stunning and Sturdy Mountain Retreat
Cabin Living: Paradise Found–A Stunning Timber Frame Rebuild
Cabin Living: Northwoods Style
Insight magazine: The Dreaded Double Line
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Parenting — Guilt, Glory, and Google
Huffington Post: My Treasured ‘Never’ Tattoo
Up North Bride: A Date With Destiny
Cabin Living: That’s Cabin Weather for You
Cabin Living: 11 Ways to Prevent a Break-In
Cabin Living: Sunny Haven
Insight magazine: The Road to Nowhere
Insight magazine: Little Miss Antisunshine
Insight magazine: A Mom Addicted
Insight magazine: Fighting Forgiveness
Insight magazine: I Made the Bully Cry
Ignite Your Faith magazine: All Alone
Ignite Your Faith magazine: Diary of an Anorexic
Ignite Your Faith magazine: Stage Fright
Ignite Your Faith magazine: I Quit
Ignite Your Faith magazine: What a Horrible Friend
Ignite Your Faith magazine: Cheater
Ignite Your Faith magazine: I Was So Hurt
Ignite Your Faith magazine: I Almost Trashed Our Friendship
Ignite Your Faith magazine: Get Lost, Unibrow!
Ignite Your Faith magazine: I Was the Team Joke
Ignite Your Faith magazine: Am I Going to Die Young?
Ignite Your Faith magazine: I Just Couldn’t Say No
Ignite Your Faith magazine: Fast, Faster, Busted!
Ignite Your Faith magazine: Wicked Words
Ignite Your Faith magazine: All Alone
Ignite Your Faith magazine: I’ll Do It Later
Ignite Your Faith magazine: What a Horrible Friend
Ignite Your Faith magazine: The Pressure Got to Me
Ignite Your Faith magazine: The Worst Lab Partner Ever
Ignite Your Faith magazine: Why Did This Happen to Me?
Ignite Your Faith magazine: Trash Talker
Ignite Your Faith magazine: It’s Not My Fault
Ignite Your Faith magazine: I’ll Just Quit
Ignite Your Faith magazine: I Need a Car
Ignite Your Faith magazine: The Day I Made the Bully Cry
Ignite Your Faith magazine: Bulllied
Ignite Your Faith magazine: Diary of an Anorexic
Ignite Your Faith magazine: Why Did I Survive?
Ignite Your Faith magazine: A Race I’d Never Win
Campus Life’s Christian College Guide: Me? At a Christian College?
Campus Life’s Christian College Guide: The Beginner’s Guide to College Life
Campus Life’s Christian College Guide: The Visitor’s Guide to Every Campus
Campus Life’s Christian College Guide: Beyond the Basics
Breakaway magazine: From Peer Pressure to Preacher Boy
Now What? Magazine: I Felt So Empty
Now What? Magazine: I Just Couldn’t Say No
Fit City Blog: Keeping Running in the Family
Christianity Today magazine: Change Happens
Educational Publications:
The Power of University-School-Community Partnerships, College of CharlestonCollege of Charleston: The Story of Burke
College of Charleston’s Center for Partnerships to Improve Education’s Partnerships in Education magazine, Spring 2010 issue, Volume 4, Number 1
College of Charleston’s Center for Partnerships to Improve Education’s Partnerships in Education magazine, Spring 2009 issue, Volume 3, Number 3
College of Charleston’s Center for Partnerships to Improve Education’s Partnerships in Education magazine, Spring 2008 issue, Volume 2, Number 1
College of Charleston’s Center for Partnerships to Improve Education’s Partnerships in Education magazine, Spring 2007 issue, Volume 1, Number 1
Wheaton Magazine: The Insider
Wheaton Magazine: It’s Life-Giving
Wheaton Magazine: A Lifetime Investment
Wheaton Magazine: New Trajectories
Wheaton Magazine: Investing in Africa
Wheaton Magazine: The Centenarian Sisterhood
Indiana University Department of Accounting Newsletter, 2012
Indiana University Department of Accounting Newsletter, 2011
Indiana University Department of Accounting Newsletter, 2010