I’ve been over some pretty rugged terrain on life’s road lately. At times during the past few months it seemed like there were more potholes than pavement on my road, and I needed some help to get out of a couple of them. It’s a good thing I have friends who show up when I need them, tow ropes at …
Book Review – Guardian of the Flame
Guardian of the Flame by T. L. Higley Oooh, what a great book! I got to read an advance copy, and was given the privilege of endorsing it. (One of the awesome benefits of being a writer!) This book provides an inside look at Cleopatra as she’s building her fateful relationship with Ceasar. It’s full of political intrigue and fascinating …
Book Review – Fear Not Tomorrow, God is Already There
Fear Not Tomorrow, God is Already There By Ruth Graham Did you ever read a book that you knew God had placed in your hands at that particular moment in your life? Fear Not Tomorrow was such a book for me. It arrived in my mailbox during a time of crisis, when scary things were happening to me and to …
Book Review – Lost Mission
Lost MissionBy Athol Dickson In the late 1700’s, a Franciscan monk dreams of establishing a Catholic mission in California, to bring the love of Christ to the lost Indians who live there. In modern times, a beautiful Catholic woman from Mexico crosses the U.S. border illegally to bring the love of Christ to the lost people who live in the …
Age before Beauty featured on DearReader.com
Just got an exciting note. Age before Beauty, the second book in the Sister-to-Sister Series, will be featured as the Good News selection of the online book club DearReader.com during the week of September 28-October 2! Since I’ve been a subscriber of the DearReader.com emails for years, this is really exciting news for me. It’s sort of like walking into …
On Not Winning
As you may know, Stuck in the Middle, book one in the Sister-to-Sister Series, was recently a finalist for the American Christian Fiction Writers’ Book of the Year award. The award ceremony was in Denver on Saturday, Sept 19th. My book didn’t win. And you know what? That’s okay. Really. There were five finalists in this category. Of those five …
The New TV Season
The new television season has begun! I wouldn’t say I’m a television junkie, really. In fact, when I first married, we hardly ever watched TV at all. But in recent years, since our evenings are no longer enslaved by baseball and karate and band practice, my husband and I have been known to enjoy a few shows. Only a few, …
Book Review – The Great Christmas Bowl
The Great Christmas Bowl By Susan May Warren I enjoyed this book so much! And not just because the author is a friend; she also happens to be a terrific, award-winning writer, and The Great Christmas Bowl is as good as I expected it to be. Marianne’s children are growing up, and she knows her family’s life is changing. But …
Book Review – In the Arms of Immortals
In the Arms of Immortals by Ginger Garrett Set in Sicily, 1347, In the Arms of Immortals transports readers back to the days when the Black Death strikes a small harbor village. I’ve been a fan of Ginger Garrett’s since I read Chosen, the story of Queen Esther, and her books just get better and better. She makes historical times …
Hope in the Midst of Tragedy
I just returned from a really, really hard trip. We attended the funeral of a dear friend who was killed in a parasailing accident while on vacation with friends. It’s been one of those slap-in-the-face circumstances, one that slams home the fact that life is so fragile. It can be over in a minute. A single heartbeat separates us at …