I’ve been pro-life basically since birth. My mom shared a story of looking in a playpen at a friend and I playing as babies, and knowing that one child was missing. You see, I was born the year after Roe v. Wade was decided. It has impacted my life through that story and the activities my parents engaged in as …
CFBA Tour: Deadlock
This week, the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is introducing Deadlock by Diann MillsThis book had a bit of a slow start for me. The characters are richly layered and the action is pretty quick and stays well-paced. I guess it just took me a little bit to connect with the characters. The two are as opposite as can be. He likes …
CFBA Tour: The Bones will Speak
Today’s tour is about a book I thoroughly enjoyed. It made the suspense reader in me happy. You can read my review below. ABOUT THE BOOK A killer with a penchant for torture has taken notice of forensic expert Gwen Marcey . . . and her daughter. When Gwen Marcey’s dog comes home with a human skull and then leads …
CFBA: Cold As Ice
Cold as Ice Sydney Lane Press by M.K. Gilroy I love books that take you inside the crime world with feisty detectives leading the charge. I’ve enjoyed each installment in MK Gilroy’s Kristen Conner series, and this one grew on mea as I kept reading. The plot is complex, with multiple characters telling the story from their viewpoint. That may …
London Tides: A Review
This week, the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is introducing London TidesDavid C. Cook (June 1, 2015) by Carla LaureanoABOUT THE BOOK: LONDON TIDES was a book that wooed me back over and over again because I had to know what happened between the characters. Grace is scarred by choices she made and things she has experienced as a war photographer, while …
Paper Hearts & Love Letters
I was inspired by the novel to make a fresh commitment to surprising my love with notes — no matter how small — that remind him how much I love and appreciate him. If Hallmark sales explode, you know why.
The one Christmas tradition I “don’t” like
Today my friend Melissa Tagg is posting about her most un-favorite Christmas tradition: I love lots of Christmas traditions: Classic Christmas movies. (Somebody posted a comment on Facebook the other day asking if she’s missing out by never having seen It’s a Wonderful Life. It was all I could do to stop crying and pull myself together before replying.) Christmas …
In Search of Simplicity – at Christmas?
Today, my friend Courtney Walsh shares about finding Christmas simplicity — is that an oxymoron? Lately my seven-year-old, Sam has been asking me if Santa is real. It dawned on me today when he told me the Santa that visited his chapel at school was absolutely not real because he had black tape on his shoes (Impostor!), that he was at that …
Christmas Traditions: The Strange and Highly Unusual
Today my friend Katie Ganshert is sharing her Christmas traditions. When it comes to Christmas traditions, two come to mind. The first is not unique to our family, but not as well-known as I once assumed. Who has heard of the Christmas pickle? Up until very recently, I thought everybody had! Then I saw a note from one of my …
A Christmas Song
Today I’m delighted to share with you Katherine Reay’s post in our fa-la-la-la-la Christmas giveaway. This weekend I was off-line because my cousin got married. Family came to town and we celebrated an absolutely gorgeous weekend – full of love, laughter and Christmas. Both my girls decided that this was the season for a wedding – the music is amazing …