Welcome my good friend and writing co-hort, Christine Lynxwiler and her fabulous Christmas release, Forever Christmas. I’ve read this book and it’s a must for your Christmas Season!Blurb: After two broken engagements, so-called runaway bride Kristianna Harrington is content to run her shop, Forever Christmas, in her little hometown of Jingle Bells, Arkansas, and forget about romance. She reluctantly agrees …
Deeper In God
“You don’t grow in the deep things of God on the run. It’s over time. Waiting and basking.” – Mike Bickle
Thirty Years Ago
The spring and summer of ’77, I was sixteen. Two
Welcome Gail Martin and In His Dreams
Hi all, Please take a moment to read about my friend, Gail Martin’s new release, “In His Dreams” from Steeple Hill. Escape to beautiful Beaver Island could be the answer to Marsha Sullivan’s need for a fresh start. Since her husband’s death four years ago, Marsha had lost her way, but on Beaver Island, she had good memories to help …
Summer Rain
Tonight Pal and I walked in in a soft summer rain. It felt so good.
Ah, yes, the sexual revolution
Recently, Nona Willis-Aronowitz posted an article “The Virginity Mystique” on The Nation web site. Willis-Aronowitz challenges authors like Wendy Shalit (A Return to Modesty: Discovering the Lost Virtue) and other conservative authors, like Laura Sessions Stepp (Unhooked), Dawn Eden (The Thrill of the Chaste) and Lauren Winner (Real Sex: The Naked Truth About Chastity) about their call for women to …
Today, I rest, read, pray
Grandma Fausnaugh, 93, Knoxville, July 2007 **** Today is a Rachel Day. Yeah, don’t bust my chops, every day is NOT Rachel day. Today I’m resting. Reading. Praying. Not working. Though I must confess, two new story ideas are running around in my head. Saturday night we concluded our anual In The Fire conference. It’s a steady, building, encouraging conference. …
In The Fire
Another In The Fire conference is over. Three great nights of worship and teaching. But let me say: we’re about exhorting and embolding. We don’t hold ITF for people to gain more of a conference, fill-me-feed-me mentality. Our heart is to encourage you in prayer, fasting, worshipping, loving God and loving others. Fun for me tonight was leading the first …
I Coulda Been A Contender
Tuesday in Pigeon Forge we raced go-carts. I, naturally, ended up with THE slowest car on the lot. Pedal to the metal and I was going no where! The “dad with kid” car passed me. No matter how hard I pressed, how close I hugged the curves, I couldn’t go faster. My car struggled going up the little race track …