Simple Gift Giving Ideas by Cara Putman Have you ever felt that way about the last six weeks of the year? You wake up one morning and it’s November 20th. Blink and it’s January 2. Weeks have passed and you’d had such high hopes for a wonderful season – hopes gone in a fog of busyness. Let’s face it – most …
12 Tips from Sarah Sundin
12 Tips to Turn Chaos to Wonder by Sarah Sundin Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year! We long to make Christmas a time of joy and wonder for our family and friends, but in the process we often find ourselves depressed, stressed, irritable, and in debt. Christmas stress stealing your joy? @cara_Putman shares tips from @sarahsundin to …
Fiction Friday: Curiosity Keeper
Authors like Julie Klassen and Sarah Ladd have made me a fan of regency romances. With The Curiosity Keeper, Sarah is starting a new series — this one focuses on the working class of early 1800s England. I ADORED this novel. Love #regency #romances? @cara_putman #giveaway of @sarahLaddAuthor The Curiosity Keeper. #amreading Click To Tweet The Curiosity Keeper is a Regency novel …
Book Friday: Heart Sisters
Today I’m thrilled to introduce you to my friend Natalie Chamber Snapp’s brand new book Heart Sisters. Be sure to read to the end because I’m giving one copy away. You’ll want a chance to read this! Let’s have an honest moment. Yeah, I know. Those are soooo rare around here. 🙂 But seriously, if you’ve been a woman for long …
Valentine’s Day Giveaway
Happy Valentine’s Day! Today, the Grove Story is launching! Woot! I’m so very excited about this endeavor and hope you’ll join my friends and me as we dig deeper into our stories and our God. These women are truly sisters of my heart, and it’s a thrill to work with them on this project. Because I love romance and hearts …
January Giveaway
It’s a new year and a new month. So that means time for a new giveaway! This giveaway is filled with fun. 1) the winner will receive a copy of Robin Jones Gunn’s book a Victim of Grace, which just happens to be on ebook sale for $2.99 as of January 5. 2) I’m giving away a copy of any …
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 …
Starry, Starry Night
“Play Starry, Starry Night!” For as long as I can remember, my Dad played the acoustic guitar for his daughters. And for as far back as the sweet sound of those guitar melodies go in my mind’s ear, I can remember asking him to play Starry, Starry Night (or,Vincent). Over and over I’d ask. And again and again he would play. Fingerpicking like a …
christmas gifts: the unexpected and expectations
Today Beth Vogt is kicking off our Christmas Blog tour! This is not a sentimental Christmas memory … and I do have my husband’s permission to share this story. Once upon a Christmas time, my husband and I were newlyweds celebrating our very first Christmas together. Our tiny one-bedroom apartment was festive, thanks to the shiny silver aluminum Christmas tree …
Simple Gifts for Teachers, Neighbors and Friends
Do you break out in hives just thinking about the craziness and chaos that comes with Christmas? It doesn’t have to be that way. Inspirational authors Cara Putman, Sarah Sundin, and Tricia Goyer share about Christmas’ past in their new novella collectionWhere Treetops Glisten. Their three stories “White Christmas,” “I’ll Be Home for Christmas,” and “Have Yourself a Merry Little …




