It is so maddening to me when people expect me to second guess! Dropping hints and supposing that I will listen to what they didn’t say instead of what they do say. I am one of those people who appreciate directness (with kindness, of course!). If you want me to […]
How did she have the courage to do it? Did she fear that he would know what she was thinking? Figure out her plan? Afterward, did she cry and shake like a leaf? There is so little mentioned about Jael in the book of Judges. Just a handful of verses […]
Let prayer be the key to the day and the bolt to the nacht. Bishop Miah The Amish Candymaker by Laura V. Hilton For some, prayer is an act of desperation, the last resort. For others, prayer is an ongoing conversation with a dear friend, their loving Father. While I […]
Caught between two worlds. Between Two Shores is a rich historical tale of a woman who has never quite fit in. I was touched by her desire to be enough, to be loved for who she was and respected for the choices she made. After the death of her […]
Michelle Griep has such a way with her descriptions! And in reading this collection, I realized that she not only uses intriguing metaphors, she often has them tie into the story itself in a unique way. My favorite story in this collection was The Gentleman Smuggler’s Lady. Full of the author’s […]
Sometimes it is hard enough to do the right thing when you know the results will be good. It is even harder to do the right thing when you know that the consequences of doing that are going to be terrible! I can’t even imagine how Joseph must have felt […]
I was very excited to read this story as I have really enjoyed the others in the series. The history in them along with the adventures and sweet romance. . . When Ellis discovered Clay, she feared he was dead. Upon discovering he still lived, she and her mother used […]
As Lauren ran from the storms of grief that threatened to overwhelm her, she left Tanner devastated in her wake. He had thought he was protecting her yet in the process she was feeling strangled. While I had a hard time relating to Lauren, I was well able to feel […]
When I tried out for the Thespian Society’s production of three one-act plays, I knew that as a sophomore in high school, I shouldn’t expect to get the best role, so I tried out for a lesser, but still appealing one. The reading the director had me do was one […]
“Enola Gay. Hmm. Enola Gay.” As I walked past the historic plane, I was wracking my brain trying to remember where I had heard the name. The moment I remembered, I froze. The plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. I stopped in my tracks and looked again, […]