Today I want to encourage each of you to share your stories. Your story is your testimony and it is powerful. It can point people to Jesus in a life-giving, world-altering way. Have you ever considered that? Have you allowed God to heal the places of brokenness, the places where life has shattered you? You have a testimony. Wonder if you have …
Today’s Friday, so it means I want to share a new book with you, one I’ve enjoyed and one I will giveaway next week. I love giving away books, so be sure to read all the way to the end so you can enter. Rachel has a knack for creating dual timelines that weave beautifully together — each supports the …
I want all of my days to go beautifully and smoothly. I’d love for y’all to think that’s how I roll. But here’s the truth. thermostatLast week I did not have Wonder Woman days. Instead some were hang on by your fingernails as sweat rolls down your face kind of days. Think I’m kidding about the sweat? Just look at the thermostat.
Do you love the Regency period? Love a good romance set during that historical time? If you love Jane Austen, Sarah Ladd, and Julie Klassen, then here is a new author for you to try. In Starving Hearts, Janine Medenhall creates a richly layered time piece that has so many conflicts keeping the hero and heroine apart I wondered how they …
I want to suck the very marrow from this life I’ve been placed here to live. I want to know I’ve walked in the destiny of a story that God alone could write. And if that leaves me shaking in my boots, it means I may have actually found my story.
I want to live beyond a logic-driven, left-brain existence, and dive into the land of what-ifs where God resides.
It’s Fiction Friday and today I wanted to introduce you to three books by my friends — who if you haven’t already discovered their books — consider this your personal invitation. These ladies can write! Each book is also slightly different in genre, so at least one of these should interest just about any reader. And be sure to go to …
This week is ACFW’s national conference in Nashville. I arrived Tuesday for board meetings Wednesday, and then the fun started. So today I wanted to share some photos with you of before the conference began. As an avid reader, it’s easy to go all fan girl with my writing buds. They are sooooo talented. There are approximately 600 people attending, …
I love a good suspense. If it has interesting characters, a great career, and a plot that keeps me reading, I’m hooked! That’s exactly what happened with When Death Draws Near. I thoroughly enjoyed the first two books in the Gwen Marcey series, and this one takes it one step further. Her personal life continues to be out of control with …
You might mistakenly believe that our trip to Italy was all about seeing new to us places and exploring a country rich in culture and history. All true, but really it was about this young lady and God smiling on her. My daughter’s favorite book series is Lisa Bergren’s River of Time time travel series. I’ve read it twice as …
You may have noticed that I’m all about community. Community with you. Community with each other. Life can be pretty dull without other people. As I’ve seen the posts from my friends who had a brainstorming retreat a couple weekends ago, I had to smile. They were living in the community they created years ago, and we are all the beneficiaries …