Skip to content
Hilarey.com
Author & Ghostwriter Hilarey Johnson
  • Blog Home
  • Novels
    • Sovereign Ground
    • Heart of Petra
    • Sworn to the Desert
    • Stone of Asylum
    • The Reckoner’s Blade
    • Heiress of Coeur d’Alene
  • Contact
  • About
Hilarey.com > Irony

Category: Irony

Irony and poetic justice

My life’s work at a garage sale

Posted on June 20, 2022June 20, 2022 by Hilarey

Many years before the Breaking Bonds Series, I had two completed manuscripts which only family had seen. I met a man with a published book and told him how wonderful that would be—it was my dream. He sort of shrugged and said, “Yeah, but then one day you walk by the bargain bin and see continue reading…

Posted in Intimacy with God, Irony, Spiritual Disciplines 7 Comments

What choice gives you

Posted on March 21, 2022March 19, 2022 by Hilarey

I used to make myself finish a book before I started a new one. Somewhere during the last year or two, I picked up a second book and before a hot minute, it quickly spiraled. My currently-reading shelf is almost competing with my to-be-read shelf and I feel like I need to rein it in. continue reading…

Posted in Emotional Health, Faith, For the Overchurched, Irony 3 Comments

Subjectively Speaking

Posted on January 10, 2022January 9, 2022 by Hilarey

I have a memory of standing next to my grandmother in church and hearing her sing. She didn’t have an especially pleasant voice, but I found comfort in the sound. (To this day, I am more apt to sing out loud in corporate worship if someone nearby is singing imperfect and loud.) There are several continue reading…

Posted in Irony, Not My Words, The Heart and Motives 2 Comments

Killing me softly*

Posted on July 11, 2019July 11, 2019 by Hilarey

We had a water filter installed yesterday. During my year in Prague, we had to buy all of our water. So, I know better than to take drinkable water for granted. But, apparently I still did it. It just took several weeks of drinking chorine-flavored water and consuming our emergency water bottles to realize how continue reading…

Posted in Irony, Not My Words 1 Comment

Leaving Stuff Behind You

Posted on June 23, 2019June 23, 2019 by Hilarey

It gets easier to let go after the first motion of turning away. continue reading…

Posted in Beyond the Churchyard, Irony 1 Comment
Posts navigation
Older posts →

Top Posts & Pages

  • Please wait, still (verbal) processing…

Hilarey's Blog by Email

Weekly posts about intimacy with God for the over-churched.

I'm currently reading

Imagine Heaven: Near-Death Experiences, God's Promises, and the Exhilarating Future That Awaits You
Love in English
The Hod King
The God-Shaped Brain: How Changing Your View of God Transforms Your Life
The Giant Joshua
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma


I recently read

The Flat Share
The Personal Librarian
The Good Sister
Before I Called You Mine
Marriage of Inconvenience
Love Hacked
Beauty and the Mustache
Friends Without Benefits
Fast, Feast, Repeat: The Comprehensive Guide to Delay, Don't Deny® Intermittent Fasting
Arm of the Sphinx
Neanderthal Seeks Human
Personality Types: Using the Enneagram for Self-Discovery


Hilarey Johnson's favorite books »

Newsletter

If you receive my irregular newsletter (2-4 times per year), you'll be the first to find out about new releases, promotions, and other random stuff about me.
* = required field
unsubscribe from list
Hilarey Johnson Bio Picture
Hilarey Johnson
Copyright Hilarey Johnson 2022
 

Loading Comments...