Two years ago, World Racer Jenn Watson met a little Chinese boy with Down Syndrome named Zi. Jenn took a leap of faith when she asked her family to adopt him, and God opened every door to make it possible. Check out their amazing story…
I’m pretty lazy. I like to sleep. I have structured my life, including my job, around my desire to wear big-girl shoes as infrequently as possible. So I like comfortable. I like cozy. I like easy.
Every once in a while, I look in the mirror. I look into the eyes of the woman looking back into mine, and I wonder who she is and what makes her tick? What gets her riled up? (Yeah, I’m a little weird, I know. Just humor me, ok?) What I mean is that every once in a while, I’m prompted to take stock of how I’m living. How well I’m using the gifts that I’ve been given. How well I’m making the world a better place. How well I’m doing with the opportunities that cross my path. And […]
Sorry Jeff – bad pun, but I just can’t help it… Because I’m goin’ to Guatemala with Jeff Goins! (and 24 other super-awesome people). It’s the Wrecked vision trip, where we’ll spend five days getting off of our comfortable couches and experiencing reality — families living and scavenging in the city dump. Children who have been abandoned. People. People Jesus loves, even though we’ve overlooked and forgotten them. Look, we all get comfortable. And every once in awhile, we need our worlds turned upside down — maybe for the first or fiftieth time. We need to get our hands […]
The silence squeezes my chest. My heart pounds harder with each calming breath. This is not working, this fighting. * * * I sing the songs. “Where You go, I’ll go.” “If our God is for us, then who could stop us?” “You make all things work together for my good.” I show up on Sundays. I lead service projects. I serve and fundraise and take care of the kids that God has placed in our family. I pray. But I still fight God every day. I pray for guidance that I ignore. I pray for peace from drama that I stir […]
I am Christine Royse Niles, and I’m a writer, a recovering project manager, and a corporate refugee with a heart for orphans around the world. My two daughters were adopted from Ukraine at ages 12 and 14.
I post about writing, adoption, chasing dreams, and sometimes share snippets of a story or novel that’s in progress.
I’ve worked with bestselling authors to launch nearly a million dollars’ worth of books and online courses. I’ve seen what works (and what doesn’t), and I know what it takes for a growing writer to get your work out and grow as you go.
