What Are We Doing?
The world is on fire. Literally and figuratively. This isn’t a future problem; this is a NOW problem. People are literally being told they aren’t valuable, they are replaceable, they are trash. Our “leaders” are making changes that benefit only themselves and people that look and speak like them. Everything they are doing hurts people.…
Leaning.
I have now entered the first call process. That means that I am finally almost done with seminary! It has been a long six year process, from going part-time to switching degree programs, to full on diving in head first to full-time student mode. I have loved my classes, the community that I have been…
Hello Therapy.
I started therapy this month. I was nervous and anxious and before it even began I was pulling away. I ventured in to my first session and I swear, my leg jiggled the WHOLE time. But, I was able to slowly share more and more. I just had my second session yesterday and the floodgates…
The Fog
One of my goals is to become a published author. I have so many books started, and ideas running through my mind. I wanted to share a poem I wrote in one of my seminary classes. I share this because it is a real thing in my life, and a focus for one of my…
Transitions
Does it feel similar to you as it does to me, that we are constantly in a transition? People used to tell me in seminary that this busy time was just a season, and soon we would be done with seminary and out of it. I grabbed ahold of that for a while because it…
What’s Your Rainbow?
Along with writing, I love playing music. This song by Kacey Musgraves, is one of my all time favorites. It reminds me that even in the storms, there is always a rainbow. For me, my rainbows are God, my kids, my husband, music and writing. These are things that I have in my life that…
Taking the First Step
Why am I making a webpage? Why am I putting myself out there like this? That is a great question, and one that I am not sure I have fully sorted out yet. But I will tell you this, my passion lies in writing. My joy is found when I am creating. I want to…
Hello from Amanda Ruthe.
Hello and welcome to my site. I am a passionate writer, focusing on children and family curriculum and resources for churches, children’s books, and fiction. I love expressing myself through imagination and creativity. Sometimes I wish I could have a whole weekend, a whole month, a whole quarter to sit and write. But I also…
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Amanda Ruthe Dahlseng 