Shady Grove Baptist Church – Established 1841

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Hebrews 13:8 NIV It’s become a tradition for me to start the holiday season by attending a Thanksgiving service at Shady Grove, a small country church just a few miles down the road from my home. It was...

November 2018 New Releases in Christian Fiction

More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website. Contemporary Romance: Christmas in Jingle Junction by Tabitha Bouldin — In the small town of Jingle Junction, Holly Winters owns the local coffee shop, Jolly Java....

Beyond Blessed

  October 2018 will be imprinted on my heart forever. Last Monday, my granddaughter was born. There is nothing comparable to the joy of holding a grandchild in your arms other than watching your own child meet his newborn. Wren is healthy and content, and her mom...

To the Gala or Grocery? What would you do?

Ephesians 1:18 NIV: I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, Last week I attended the American Christian Fiction Writers’ (ACFW)...

September 2018 New Releases in Christian Fiction

Contemporary Romance: A Baby for the Minister by Laurel Blount — Jilted at the altar, Natalie Davis has no one she can turn to—until Jacob Stone steps in. The single minister’s drawn to the beautiful mommy-to-be and wants to help…even if it goes against his...

New Releases in Christian Fiction – August 2018

More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website.   Contemporary Romance: Out of Their Element by Angela Breidenbach, Robin Lee Hatcher, Vickie McDonough, and Deborah Raney — They are totally out of their element!...

New Releases in Christian Fiction- July 2018

July 2018 New Releases Contemporary Romance: A Widow’s Hope by Vannetta Chapman — After tragedy claimed her husband’s life and her son’s ability to walk, Hannah King doesn’t want a new man. She has her family, a home and mounting debts. Scarred Amish bachelor...

Friendship During Desperate Times by Ann H. Gabhart

A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love. ~Saint Basil Recently, I read about a study that showed doing a good deed fired off an abundance of those good...

Feed My Sheep

The third time he said to him, “Simon son of John, Do you love me?” Peter was hurt because he asked him the third time, “Do you love me?” He said, “Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you.” Jesus said, “Feed my sheep.” John 21:17 NIV While passing through...

A Contradiction to His Pride

By Leanne W. Smith Do you enjoy stories about ordinary people, especially women, who find themselves in extraordinary situations in history that test both their character and their mettle? I do. I am intrigued by the values and motivations that lead people to act as...