Addiction is such a horrible existence! A friend’s nephew struggled with drug addiction to the point he heard voices even when he wasn’t under the influence. Fortunately, he had the sense to cry out for help. She prayed faithfully for him for quite some time before he trusted in Jesus […]
An adorable, grieving child. Small town. Friends turned enemies – or at least non-friends. Not to mention the beautiful cover! It sounded like the recipe for a great book and therefore I had to give it a read. I liked the way that Anna was intelligent and yet insecure and […]
What Mikayla learns about her heritage, has her stunned. It starts her on a journey of discovery, an attempt to find the truth about who she is. I have a hard time imagining what finding out this secret would have been like. My family life has always been quite stable […]
Anyone who has been to a white elephant gift exchange understands that some people just don’t know how to give good gifts. Considering the usual criteria that the gifts brought to these events are to be “re-gifts”, I assume an inability to give good gifts is the reason the gifts […]
It seems like each time I begin reading a book by Michelle Griep, I quickly find a huge smile on my face from the colorful descriptions and fascinating language. Then I start frantically marking passages to quote and get so caught up in the narrative I realize that I missed […]
Seeing the dedication of this book is to one of my favorite pastors made me smile. I’ve only seen Pastor Jon Courson once, when he spoke at a Children’s Ministry Retreat in Southern California in the ’90s. I still remember the message he taught on the prophet who had been […]
“It’s YOU!” my nephew exclaimed with a dreamy sigh as he answered the door and melted my heart all at the same time. When we all lived in the same county, my family would gather on Sunday afternoons at my parents’ house. A highlight of our time there was spending […]
I love smiles. I know different people tend to be attracted to various features in others, and frankly, some of the attractions I have read about make me scratch my head. Not that I don’t think people really have them; I just don’t see it. What always seems to catch […]
She Walks in Power is a fascinating blend of adventure, romance, and spiritual warfare with a Robin Hood flair. As Protector of the Spear, Alexia has honed her archery skills to the point she is able to shoot and pretty much never miss. Although she has been trained well in […]
“Are you ready yet?” George would reply anytime he heard my name. George, my dad’s Mexican Red-Headed parrot was an endless source of entertainment for us. Despite the fact they are not known to be good talkers, he really was. He had all sorts of phrases he had picked up […]