The world is in a lot of turmoil. American is in turmoil. We’re in a civil war of ideas, values and beliefs. We’ve become fractured in how we see things. How to deal with the poor. How to fix the country’s debt. How to deal with sin — if indeed anything is sin anymore. In the Church, we battle all …

Thanks to all who comment on my blog and others about This Time. The winners of the book and gift cert are: Juanita Wickey — Softy and Tenderly and Gail Kittleson — $10 to Amazon. And one more for good measure: misskallie2000 — $10 to Amazon. Blessings!Rachel

A Twitter friend asked me how to overcome writer’s block. So I thought I’d blog about reasons a writer might get blocked and ways to overcome this malady. 1. A lot of time I find writers get blocked because they haven’t done the character and plot work required to know where the story is going. I find I stall or …

Jesus, the greatest man, prophet and teacher of all time, and also God in the flesh, said this in Luke 14:33 “So then, none of you can be My disciple who does not give up all his own possessions.” The word possessions caught me. While I believe Christ followers are to be generous, givers, humble with their means, I don’t …

Please welcome author Lyn Cote. She’s going to tell us about her new Love Inspired novel, Daddy in the Making, the installment in the New Friends Street series where love and dreams find a home. Brought together by a Matchmaking Dog– (Love this!) Dr. Jake McClure’s basset hound has fallen in love with a single mom, her adorable twins and …

Once upon a time there was a blog here… and I wrote it… and once upon a time I’ll blog again. I promise! Next week! I promise. Between travel and the My Book Therapy Deep Thinker’s Retreat I was BRAIN DEAD! Hey, maybe those would’ve been good blogs! See you next week.

Tuesday afternoon I listened to a man named John share about his work in Uganda. Church planting, miracles, pulling down spiritual strongholds,

The blame game. We expect it from children. From goofballs, liars, the weak and uneducated. But the lame game has become the pass time of the educated, supposed-wise, leaders and counselors. We blame McDonalds for kids being over weight. We had McDonalds when I was a kid. Yeah back in the stone age. No obesity crisis was going on. But …

We’ve cooked up something fabulous! To celebrate Book 3 in The Lowcountry Romance series, Dining With Joy, I’ve partnered with Litfuse Publicity Group in the Dining With Joy NOOK Giveaway! You could win a JOYOUS prize package worth over $185.00! (And see below to find out how you can enter to win a $30 gift certificate to Barnes & Noble!) …

This week, the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is introducing Within My Heart Bethany House; Original edition (September 1, 2010) by Tamera Alexander ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Tamera Alexander is the best-selling author of Rekindled, Revealed and Remembered, the critically acclaimed Fountain Creek Chronicles historical series with Bethany House Publishers. Her second historical series, Timber Ridge Reflections (From a Distance, Beyond This …