I feel weak not radical. How can fasting be radical? Because it weakens. In our weakness, He is strong. Funny how strength so often is really found in weakness. Humility, kindness, giving. If one is humble, giving, selfless, contrite, then no one or thing can own them. If one seeks power, they are subject to those who hold power. Their …
Mid year check up, sorta
Okay, it’s not exactly mid-year, but several things have been on my mind this week so I thought I’d post them now. Last year, 2006, was a year of change. Our chuch changed it’s name, Tony and I handed over the youth ministry, several of our friends moved far away, my mom sold her house and moved, my sister had …
Welcome Tamara Alexander
Hi Everyone, I’m pleased to host author and friend, Tamara Alexander, author of three fab historicals, Rekindled, Revealed, and Remembered. Check out her interview under my Author Interviews. Remembered is her new release from Bethany House. I’ve known Tammy for many years and am thrilled to see her amazing success.Remembered is Book 3 in the Fountain Creek Chronicles. Though loss …
Funday
Nice day. Church followed by a ride down to Vero Beach to see Debbie Macomber speak and get a copy of her new book. Rode down with fellow RWA Star member, Lee. We had a great time and Debbie was lovely, gracious and funny, as always. The book store was packed with Debbie’s fans. ***Take this weekend to thank the …
Hope Deferred
I was listening to Francis Frangipane teach on spiritual strongholds, and I’ve been pondering his comments about Proverbs 13:12. “Hope deferred makes the heart sick, But when the desire comes, it is a tree of life.” He said that the devil uses unfulfilled desires to bring us into bondage, and that often he could tell where someone had a spiritual …
Never Planned On This
The goal today was to clean my office. I submitted “Sweet Caroline” yesterday and was really looking forward to doing some deep house cleaning. I thought, first, deal with the office. And the books! So many books. I was sorting through them and next thing I know, I’m logging them into Amazon for resale. I am now an Amazon reseller. …
The Restorer and Sharon Hincks
Hi Everyone, My friend Sharon Hincks has a new release. It sounds fabulous. The Restorer Blurb Susan, a modern-day soccer mom, is pulled through a portal into another world, where a nation grappling for its soul waits for a promised Restorer to save their people. Can she fill that role? While she struggles to adapt to a foreign culture, she …
Glenn Beck and religion
I’m a fan of Glenn Beck. I try to listen to him for an hour or so in the morning while doing junk around the house. He’s bold and confronts so many of the idiocies in our social mind set. But he’s sort of all wet on one thing. Religion. He constantly says he doesn’t care what someone believes, and …
I’m Alive
Just a fast post to say I’m alive, but boy, it’s been a busy week. I’m finishing up Sweet Caroline. How do you like my tentative cover? Spent the day with other writers at a Super Saturday, then had a book signing with Roxanne St. Claire and Deidre Knight. A long but good day. Thursday went to my first boss-after-college’s …
Veil of Fire, by Marlo Schalesky
VEIL OF FIREBy Marlo Schalesky A Raging Firestorm . . . A Light in the Hills . . . And a Mystery Rises from the Ash. In 1894, the worst firestorm in Minnesota history descends on the town of Hinckley. Heat, flame, and darkness sweep through the town, devouring lives, destroying hope. In the aftermath, the town rises from the …