River of Thoughts

Christine Royse Niles — Changing the world one word at a time

Empty Shelf Challenge: Week 2 – Devil’s Dilemma

Week 2 of the 2014 Empty Shelf Challenge: A review of Sirena Robinson’s supernatural novel, “Devil’s Dilemma.”

How Can You Mend A Cluttered Heart?

Busy is not new. But a cluttered life leads to a cluttered heart, and clutter chokes out the joy and peace that we are meant to have.

So why do we worship at the altar of busy?

One Word at a Time

Tim Gallen is a writer on a journey of recovery, rediscovery, and irreverence. He appreciates a good laugh, a good beer, and the Oxford comma. Read his musings at his blog, The Daily Gallen or follow him on Twitter @tim_gallen.

Space

The final frontier. These are the voyages of the Family Niles…. Its permanent mission: to explore strange new teenagers; to seek out new life and new ways of living; to boldly go where no one in their right mind has gone before. (cue Star Trek theme song…) OK, so that might be a little bit extreme (and a little lame), but yeah. Life is happening, people. My head is spinning. We’re stepping into a season where God is proving his faithfulness and where we’ll need to rely on that more than ever. Changes are facing us on every front. And […]

On The Road Again

Literally, and in the blog sense. Today, I’m visiting the Adventures in Missions offices in Gainesville, Georgia to finally meet the amazing marketing team that I serve with, and I’m also virtually visiting while my friend Jim Woods of UnknownJim.com anticipates the arrival of his new baby boy! My post for Jim is called One Dreamer’s Map to the Promised Land: Once upon a time, Christine lived a nice normal busy life. Great career, family, two cars and a house. Living the dream. Except the dream was a nightmare. Not the “chased by monsters” kind, but the “constant dread of […]