Following the Story Trail by Ann H. Gabhart

In one of my books, I included this dedication. “To my readers who have followed my story trail from Hollyhill to Harmony Hill to Rosey Corner and now…Louisville.” I have the best readers in the world. They are willing to try all kinds of genres, and that’s good...

Blessed by Friendship by Shannon Brown

I wasn’t blessed with a sister, but I have a friend who’s as close to that as possible. Sometimes friends are meant to be. You can move across town, and you’ll find her again. You can move across the country, and she’ll still be there for you. My friend Katie...

Love Yourself Valentine

And you must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind and all your strength. The second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ No other commandment is greater than these. Mark 12:31-31 NLT I highlighted “as yourself”...

Ice Cream, Jane Austen Style By Susanne Dietze

The first published English recipe for ice cream (or, as it was simply called then, ice) was published in 1718 in Mrs. Eale’s Reciepts, so it had been around for several decades by Jane Austen’s day—but it’s likely ices were enjoyed mainly by the wealthy....

February 2017 New Releases in Christian Fiction

More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website. Biblical:Redeeming Grace by Jill Eileen Smith — When famine visits Bethlehem, Boaz holds out hope for rain while his relative Elimelech moves his wife Naomi and their sons...

Birthday Blessings

    My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. Psalm 73:26 January is a special month for my family because we celebrate birthdays on January 4, 5, 18, and 25.  January 11 is a bittersweet day because it was my...

Friendship, Faith, & Sisterhood

By Jessica R. Patch When I think of sisters, I should immediately think of me and my older sister, but actually the Haynes sisters from White Christmas come to mind along with their signature song: “Sisters”. Maybe it’s because Christmas recently passed or it could...

Love Your Enemies

By Krista Phillips A long time ago, there was this girl. We’ll call her—Minnie Mouse. That’s not really her name of course. I’m disguising it to protect the innocent—er—guilty—er—whatever. I’m keeping her identity hidden because she would probably hate everything...

Be Still and Wait

Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him, fret no yourself over the one who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out evil devices. Psalm 37:7 ESV For the first time in five years, I don’t have a mission trip scheduled on the calendar. I’m waiting...

Beaches, Friendship, & Fiction

By Janet Ferguson Aren’t beaches great? And even more fun with friends? Not long ago, Shelia featured my friend Jackie Layton’s book, Christmastide at Bald Head Island. https://sheliastovall.com/2016/11/21/when-dreams-come-true-by-jackie-layton/ Jackie and I critique...