Thanks for visiting my site. Glad you’re here. You’ll notice that I don’t blog much here at all. I’m a blogging failure. At least, when it comes to blogging for myself. Truth is: I love to write, but I also love to be edited. I also love deadlines. And paychecks. So, you’ll find me writing [...]
Thrilled to celebrate the release of my 3rd book, Known and Loved: 52 Devotions from the Psalms in partnership with MOPS International! Here’s what people are saying about the book: “Profound, funny, and affirming. On days that can feel like they are never going to end, or at moments when we doubt [...]
Even after years of doing it, it’s still a a thrill to open a box of my newly published books and see my name on the cover. Childhood dreams die hard and all that, I suppose. I do not take for granted the blessing it’s been to have the opportunity to write books for some [...]
Last fall, I was invited to be part of a Christianity Today International’s Hope for the Church project. An idea that encourages Christians to think more about what the church should be for, instead of against. I was happy to take part in this–especially since my role was simply to think up a hope (not hard, [...]
I had wondered why the death of Whitney Houston struck me so. Why the news of her being found dead in a Beverly Hills bathtub hit me so hard. After all, I didn’t know the woman. Beyond that, I’d never been the world’s biggest Whitney fan. Not even back in the day. Even when the [...]
My daughter loves gold and sparkly and my (one) son loves pigs. So obviously spotting this gold, sparkly pig as we walked into a church lobby after a friend’s concert was a Rivadeneira family win-win. As I stood waiting for my kids to stop oohing and ahhing over its goldy goodness, a woman from the [...]
For the past two years now I’ve given a talk called “Grumble Merry Christmas.” In this talk, I admit that Rivadeneira Christmas Cards will not happen. “A Merry Christmas on Facebook will suffice,” I say. Well, turns out I lied. I’ve decided this year that a Merry Christmas wish on my BLOG will also happen. [...]
I write books and articles and blog posts. I give talks and lead workshops. And I raise kids. For more on my life, click on the About button, right to your right or back up at the top of the page.
