The past eleven days have been the most crazy, busy, fun days I’ve had in awhile. Sadly, all without my hubby. On the 11th I attended the Ohio State v. Miami Hurricanes game. I hadn’t been in the Horseshoe in over 23 years and was simply overwhelmed at the grandness of the stadium. Twenty-five years ago this December I graduated …
Preparing your heart for the ACFW Conference
We talk a lot about preparing for a conference in cyberspace. Editor and agent etiquette, how to pitch, networking, which classes to take, what kind of clothes to bring. But we don’t talk much about preparing your heart. Conferences can be stressful, tiring and hard work. Networking possibilities and potential can overwhelm. After my first ACFW conference, I went home …
Weekend Update
Lots going on this weekend. Not necessarily in my life, but around the world and in your neighborhood.
I’m going to a Buckeye Football game
Lots going on this weekend. Not necessarily in my life, but around the world and in your neighborhood. I’m finishing up Love Lifted Me with Sara Evans. I’ll be glued to my desk chair for the next few days but I’m excited to “have written!” Today at 11CST I’ll be on Kitchen Chat with Maragret McSweeney. Check my Twitter box …
Pearls in the Sand by Tessa Afshar
This week, the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is introducing Pearl In The Sand Moody Publishers (September 1, 2010) by Tessa Afshar ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Tessa Afshar was born in a nominally Muslim family in Iran and lived there for the first fourteen years of her life. She survived English boarding school for girls before moving to the United States permanently. …
Whisper on the Wind by Maureen Lang
Please welcome my friend Maureen Lang. I’m excited about this book! It sounds so good. Whisper on the Wind She risked everything to rescue him. But what if he doesn’t want to be saved? Belgium, 1916 The German Imperial Army may have conquered Belgium on its march through Europe, but the small country refuses to be defeated. An underground newspaper …
Give your husband lots of brownie points
Hubby and I were sitting at lunch with the senior pastor and his wife today, talking about marriage and a video on marriage they were watching. We laughed about how wives give husbands brownie points for doing the things we ask them to do. Or for surprising us with little things or doing an unasked household chore. And they are …
Flip Flops the shoe of the south
The bottom of my closet is covered with shoes. The wall rack is laden with sneakers, sandals and Mary Janes. Shoes I’ve forgotten, shoes I never wear, shoes that I wonder why I bought in the first place. But I hate tossing out shoes. Cause sooner or later, I’ll need them. It always happens. But my commitment to flip-flops is …
Really, is it about Jesus? Or me?
Years ago I had a dream. I was in my physical house and the Lord hovered over me. I saw my curling iron plugged into the kitchen outlet. The blender was plugged into the bathroom outlet. The Lord said, “You can’t exchange your experience for truth, or you feelings for faith.” Experience and feelings are valid, but they must be …
The Bridge of Peace by Cindy Woodsmall
The Bridge of Peace by Cindy WoodsmallComing Tuesday, August 31, 2010 Headstrong schoolteacher Lena Kauffman finds herself at the center of controversy in her Amish community when a young man in her classroom refuses to submit to her authority. As her friends and family rally around her, especially longtime friend Grey Graber, things go from bad to worse when Grey’s …