It was only a couple of weeks ago I was writing about how the Lord stretches us day by day, year by year, until we’re doing more than we thought possible. I think it’s a little like cooking a lobster—you stick it in a pot of room-temperature water where it’s nice and comfortable then turn up the heat little by …
One of the things I love about reading is experiencing something new and fresh. I’m not one to enjoy formulaic writing, which is one reason I tend to shy away from pure romance. Too often, the story is predictable and stale. However, if I know there is more to the characters than a search for the perfect mate, I’m in. …
The writing journey is just that—a journey. It’s filled with dips and turns and lots of bumps. Had I not believed in my heart that it’s what God called me to, I would have quit before I really got started. It’s human nature. We prefer things to come to us with little effort on our part. It doesn’t help that …
Today’s feature author is Stacy Simmons. It’s been a joy and honor to work with her. She is giving away an ebook version of her novel A Promise for Faith. Be sure to enter for your chance to win. Let’s start with an easy question, Stacy. How long have you been writing? If we discount the awful poetry I wrote …
So often I will pick up a book that starts well then fizzles after the first few chapters—as if the author put all her creative energy into the beginning and hoped it might carry the novel. This is definitely not the case with The Hideaway. I enjoyed it from the first page to the last. They say you shouldn’t judge …
If you’ve spent much time wading through the Bible, I’m sure you’ve experienced the reason it’s called the living, breathing Word of God. You can read a passage one day and it may impact you not at all. Read it another, and it’s like you’ve been hit over the head with a spiritual two-by-four. I often find myself marinating (or …
About the Book Book: Treasure Atop the Mountain Author: Tonya L. Matthews Genre: Faith-based Christian Fiction Release date: August, 2019 Broken by the unfathomable. Frightened of the future. And unaware of God’s hand at work. Gracie grew up working in her grandfather’s ice cream shop in the small Kentucky town of Ridgewood. Ridgewood is a quiet town known for little …
What an honor and pleasure to feature author Liz Tolsma this week. I hope you enjoy learning about her as much as I did through this interview. Be sure to read to the end and enter for your chance to win an ebook version of her historical fiction Slashed Canvas. She has included an excerpt of it below. Liz, could …
Last month, I had a big birthday. I’m not going to share which one, but it ended in a zero. Nine years ago, when my husband Chris reached this landmark age, I threw him a birthday bash. He didn’t figure there would be a good turnout since it was only a couple weeks before Christmas. He was wrong! Now was …
Whenever the subject of prayer comes up among my Christian friends, there is some debate over how and why we should pray. But what it comes down to in the end is that if we pray God’s will, those prayers will be answered. Some might question the point in praying then. I mean, if God’s will is to accomplish something …
