Guest Post
Why I Wrote Calculated Risk by L G Westlake I grew up in a small town in the middle of Texas. We didn’t lock our doors, went to church on holidays, and knew the mailman and the ice-cream truck driver by name. Mine was a charmed life—one I have come to appreciate more...
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By Tricia K. Brown My mother quizzed one of the littles in my family recently about friendship. When asked “What is a friend?” she seemed stumped. Her 4-year-old brain couldn’t get past the chocolate popsicle in her mouth. Mom asked, “Do you have friends? Who is your...
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...
Guest Post
By Ann H. Gabhart So why didn’t the Shakers think it was proper for a man and woman to marry? One of the things people question most about the Shakers is why they believed in celibacy. That seems self-defeating for a society that wanted to expand. It is also somewhat...
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By Misty M. Beller I’m a big picture person. I like to know where I’m going. What my goals are, so I can make effective decisions along the way. Many times, this big picture thinking feeds my need to control my situations, although God’s been working with me on that...
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How many of you remember the song “I’ve got a mule, and her name is Sal…Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal.” ? I remember singing that in elementary school. A few years ago a friend and I drove north from Kentucky to Amish country in Central Ohio, and on our way passed a...
