Yesterday I posted this on the Grove. This. This is where I am right now. This is the realness of my life. Can anyone relate? This is a place we can be honest about where we’re really living, right? My life is messy. Embrace the messiness of life and discover joy in the muddle. Click To Tweet I like boxes…everything …
Last night as a group of us discussed the first few chapters of The Best Yes a common theme emerged: When we do something we feel God is calling us to, it often feels selfish. Oh, can anyone relate? The precious women in the study sure could. Does is feel selfish when you pursue God’s calling? @cara_putman shares why it isn’t. Click To …
The Christy Award winners will be announced at the end of the month. Traditionally, the Christy goes to the best book in several different categories of Christian fiction. This year’s list of finalists can be found here. I’m delighted to see so many friends’ books on the list and thought I’d focus this week’s Fiction Friday on a recap of …
Imagine with me a woman who has a job or two. She has four or so kids. She serves at her church, homeschools, and knows she’s competent. This makes it hard for her to say no. But in the rush of keeping up with the kids and their activities. Tracking where her husband is with his busy job. Juggling all …
Today I’m delighted to introduce you to Janice Thompson’s Latest book. Be sure to read to the end because I have a copy to give away to one lucky reader! Love books with humor and romance? Love a heroine who is small town adorable discovering the big city? How about a hunky hero that is out of place yet perfect? …
One challenge writers have is constantly creating content for social media. We have to develop a platform, and that means we need content. But the content has to be fresh, professional and most important of all easy to create. We’re writers after all! Create #images for #socialMedia? @Cara_Putman shares 4 tools that ease process. Click To Tweet Over time, I’ve …
Parenting is a tough job. Each child is different. Each has a different calling. Different temperament. Different personality. That means there isn’t one cookie cutter that will work for parenting each child. Because of that, I am always looking for tools that will equip me to better parent the children God has entrusted to me. One of my heart’s cries has …
A Love Like Ours is the perfect romance. A wounded hero. A heroine who just wants to help him. Horse racing. The heat of love. Horses. A great cast of secondary characters. Did I mention horses? 🙂 Looking for perfect #Romance? @Cara_putman suggests @BeckyWadeWriter A Love Like Yours. #amreading Click To Tweet This is a book that I adored. Lyndie just …
One of my goals as a homeschooling momma is to transmit my faith to my kids. I want them to have a personal relationship with Christ from a young age. But I also understand they can’t ride on my coattails, or my husband’s or their grandparents, or aunts, uncles, cousins, etc. You get the picture. Transmitting #faith to your kids …
I have a confession to make. I am a book addict. There is absolutely nothing recovering about it. I adore the feel of books, the smell of books, bookshelves overloaded with books. I LOVE BOOKS. In many ways, it’s why I became an author. My favorite authors as a teen (no offense, Janette Oke, Michael Phillips, Bodie Thoene, and Frank …