Guest Post
When Shelia offered me the opportunity to write this post for her blog, I was a little stumped at first by the theme. Choosing a friendship—either one of my own or one from my latest book, Murder in the Family—wound up being like picking a favorite puppy from a...
devotional
Listening to the morning news can be discouraging, but I believe a multitude of people is quietly going about their business, unnoticed in the world, doing good things. I hope you’ll consider your daily walk, and discover small ways to bless those around you. I’m...
New Releases
Contemporary Romance: Reunited in the Rockies by Mindy Obenhaus — For widow Kayla Bradshaw, restoring a historic Colorado hotel means a better life for her and her soon-to-arrive baby. But she needs construction help from Jude Stephens, the love she lost through...
African Missions
When on short-term mission trips to Africa, we often prayer walk through the village streets until someone invites us to sit in the shade and visit. As we pass homes, we ask God to open the eyes of the people who live there and to draw them to faith. On our last trip...
devotional
On Saturday, my family and I walked in the Garden Spot 5k walk/run race. My hometown’s Chamber of Commerce organized the first race in 1982, and it’s evolved into a fun community tradition. This year, I challenged myself not to compete, to enjoy the company and the...
Book Review
One of the best gifts from my writing journey is the friendships I’ve made over the years. Liz Johnson and I met eight years ago when we both were members of a little writing group called the Middle Tennessee Christian Writers. Even though I live in Kentucky,...
New Releases
Contemporary Romance: The Butterfly Recluse by Therese Heckenkamp — Lila finds solace in her sheltered world by raising butterflies and surrounding herself with their gentle beauty. They’re all she needs—until a motorcycle-riding stranger roars up her driveway,...
African Missions
July 2019 New Releases More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website. Contemporary Romance: Hometown Hope by Laurel Blount — In the three years since her mother’s death, widower Hoyt Bradley’s daughter, Jess, hasn’t...
Guest Posts
Peanut butter and jelly. Tarzan and Jane. Salt and pepper. Tom and Jerry. Some things just belong together, even as extremes on opposite ends of the spectrum. That’s the great thing about friendship. Relationships with our polar opposite sharpens our attitudes,...
Book Review
I’ve been on a non-fiction reading binge for the last few weeks, and one book spoke to my heart regarding the excesses in my life. Jen Hatmaker’s Seven emphasizes how Americans are drowning in consumerism. She and a few of her close-knit friends conducted an...
