Sowing in Hope

Show me your ways,  Lord. Teach me your paths. Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long. Psalm 25:4-5 NIV. Spring arrived late this year in Kentucky. It’s been unseasonably cold and has rained for weeks. My...

New Releases in Christian Fiction – May 2018

Children’s: Feebs to the Rescue by Kathy J Perry — Feebs the kitten is new to the farm. She’s a long way from the farmhouse and doesn’t know her way home in the dark. Her new friend, Ollie the dog, needs help. Can she find the courage to lead a night rescue?...

Friendships Make the Journey Pleasant

Last week I had the opportunity to attend the Southern Kentucky Book Festival and to catch up with some of my favorite authors.  While having lunch with Sarah Thomas, she mentioned how fortunate for me the American Christian Fiction Writers’ (ACFW) Conference is being...

Celebrations

April is a season of joy for me as I have two grandsons with birthdays this month. A few days ago, my son announced he and his wife are expecting a baby girl.  Celebrating a grandchild’s birthday and the prospect of having a granddaughter is wonderful, but there’s a...

My Battle Plan for Insomina

Do you ever suffer from insomnia? It frustrates me to be tired, yet wide awake. A few weeks ago, I started a new tactic to battle sleeplessness —meditating on scripture instead of my worries. Something I’ve learned about myself through this exercise is that I don’t...

April 2018 New Releases in Christian Fiction

More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website.   Contemporary Romance: Pelican Point by Irene Hannon — After inheriting a crumbling lighthouse, ex-Army doctor Ben Garrison wants to sell it. But Hope Harbor Herald...

My Worst Enemy

A cardinal pecked on my dining room window for days, and it became so distracting, my husband placed an owl decoy in front of the house with the hopes of scaring the bird away. The silly creature is now assaulting his image on the French doors on the other side of my...

Believe, Yield, & Trust

A friend is devastated because he received notice last week his position is being eliminated due to budget cuts. His dream job evaporated as quickly as yesterday’s brief snow shower. A few weeks ago, he asked me and my husband to pray for him as he knew the university...

New Releases in Christian Fiction – March 2018

More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website.   Contemporary Romance: Finally a Bride by Renee Andrews — Her dreams of love haven’t worked out, but veterinarian Haley Calhoun intends to grant an orphaned boy’s...

A Light on the Hill By Connilyn Cossette

One of my favorite relationships from the third book in my Out from Egypt series, aside from the romance, was the friendship between Alanah, the main character, and a young girl named Moriyah, a friendship that starts from a place of wariness and yet blossoms under...