I grew up in a family where faith in God was closely integrated into our family life and experience. My parents modeled relationship with God to my sister and me, and as a child I simply accepted what I was taught. Beyond childhood, though, I found that the faith of […]
New Releases Can you believe this is the last Saturday in March already? This year is flying by! This week I have a small number of books in a large number of genres to share. There is 1 Fantasy, 2 Historical Fiction, 3 Contemporary Fiction 1 Young Adult Fantasy and […]
Have you ever made a promise and then discovered that you can’t keep it? Or that it is too hard to keep, and so you don’t? Living a life of integrity is hard. It means doing things that are uncomfortable. I don’t know about you, but I like to be […]
Do you love Biblical fiction like I do? This May, Jill Eileen Smith will be releasing The Heart of a King – the story of King Solomon and four of his wives. Are you intrigued? Read on for more information about this book. And don’t forget to pre-order it so […]
I have had a tab open on my browser for two or three weeks with this book on it. Maybe longer. Each time I looked at it, I thought “I don’t have time to read this.” “Too many books I’m committed to read right now.” “I can’t close that tab […]
“Things really ended bad.” Immediately my brain corrects the statement to “Things really ended badly”. “The cat that was gray played on the grass.” “The gray cat played on the grass”. Or, to make it more fun, “The gray cat frolicked on the grass”. I can’t help it, and no […]
by Kimberly Rose Johnson I am thrilled to introduce Kimberly Rose Johnson to you for this blog tour. I had the privilege of meeting her in person when she and her husband came to Orlando last December. She is every bit as delightful in person as she is online! Thank […]
I was at a conference this week. One of the speakers displayed a quote on the screen and attributed it to “a great American thinker” or some other great complimentary description. He then proceeded to tell us that the man he quoted was his father and spent the next five […]
Truth or Dare reminded me of an 80’s coming of age movie. Wait! That’s a good thing. I love watching those movies! Maddie is so adorably clueless. Thinking she was going to help Josh, she jumped wholeheartedly into this “project” and created charts and notebooks and lists. Oh my! […]
I was baptized as a baby and went to church with my family exactly twice a year—Easter Sunday and Christmas eve—not including the occasional wedding or funeral. I never felt comfortable at church because I didn’t know the words they recited, the songs they sang, or the book they preached. […]
New Releases I hope you had a great week! Mine was good, I loved the conference for work, but whew! We have a number of new releases this week in 3 genres. There are 3 Historical Fiction, 5 Contemporary Fiction and 1 Young Adult release. Dead Letter was reviewed on […]
Kittens, puppies, chicks. Baby animals are always so much fun! Growing up, we had our fair share of animal babies. While the only kittens we had were ones we received from other sources, we did raise several generations of some rather unusual pets. Our rats surprised us with babies (yeah, […]