Her Hope Discovered
Today I’m turning my spot here over to my writing friend, Cynthia Herron, whose first novel, Her Hope Discovered, was just released. I had the privilege of being one of her early readers and enjoyed...
View ArticleEver Done a Scavenger Hunt?
Have you ever been on a scavenger hunt? Back when I was a kid, my mother would sometimes do a scavenger hunt for our Easter treats. Other times, my sisters, cousins and I would make up scavenger hunts...
View ArticleChristian Fiction Scavenger Hunt Stop #23
Welcome to the Christian Fiction Scavenger Hunt! If you’ve just discovered the hunt, be sure to start at Stop #1, and collect the clues through all 27 stops, in order, so you can enter to win one of...
View ArticleWhen Things Go Wrong at the Worst Times
Life goes by fast. Enjoy it. Calm down. It’s all funny. Next. Everyone gets so upset about the wrong things. Joan Rivers Have you ever been in a spot where everything seems to go wrong at the very...
View ArticleOur Crazy English Language
Our crazy English language. In America we’ve borrowed words from everybody and twisted and turned them to make them our own. I’ve heard people say that English can be a hard language to learn because...
View ArticleColor the World
Once upon a time several years ago, I think before my first inspirational novel, Scent of Lilacs, was published, I played with the idea of writing a book of devotions for the casual hiker. I hoped to...
View ArticleWhere Do You Find Happiness?
Perfect happiness is a beautiful sunset, the giggle of a grandchild, the first snowfall. It’s the little things that make happy moments, not the grand events. Joy comes in sips, not gulps. ~Sharon...
View ArticleHunting Spring Joy
Let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them; let all the trees of the forest sing for joy.” (Psalm 96:12 NIV) I love the springtime. I love all the seasons. Well, in the middle of February when...
View ArticleRiver to Redemption – A Kindle Special
What would entice you to part with two dollar bills? Doesn’t seem like much money theses days. Back when I was a kid – that has been a few years ago – you could buy a candy bar for a nickel and six...
View ArticleSeeing the World of Nature through a Child’s Eyes
“To see the magic of life look through the wondrous eyes of a child.” ~Debasish Mridha Thanks to all of you who said you might enjoy some hiker devotional thoughts, I plan to post a devotional on the...
View ArticleAdria & Louis Character Interviews
Image compliments of Susan Snodgrass River to Redemption is still a Kindle Monthly Special for a few more weeks. You can grab the book right now for $1.99 for your e-reader. With the book on special,...
View ArticleWildflower Hunt #2
The earth laughs in flowers. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson A week or so ago, I invited you to go wildflower hunting with me and promised that we’d go again. That’s the thing with spring. It gifts us with such a...
View ArticleA Story of Mayhem in the Bible
Spring 1965. Jocie Brooke here, reporting from Hollyhill. As usual nothing much is happening around here. I don’t know how my dad finds enough stuff to put in the newspaper every week. He says that’s...
View ArticleTalking to Kids about Writing
Clip Arts Related To : File:Campfire.jpg – Wikimedia Commons Tomorrow I’m going to an elementary school to talk about writing to around three hundred kids. Would that strike fear in your heart? I can...
View ArticleNew Mystery Photo Game to Celebrate The Refuge
“The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.” ― Arthur Conan Doyle A new book ready to be released means it’s Mystery Photo time. I’ve been trying hard to see things...
View ArticleMysteries Abound
“Sometimes the closer you are to the truth, the harder it is to see.” ― Jacqueline Simon Gunn, Circle of Trust Lots of guesses on my first mystery photo that I posted on Sunday. Love that you didn’t...
View ArticleA Mystery Fail
“Not every puzzle is intended to be solved. Some are in place to test your limits. Others are, in fact, not puzzles at all…” ― Vera Nazarian, The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration Okay, so nearly all...
View ArticleThe Wonder of Mystery
Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man’s desire to understand. Neil Armstrong I love mysteries. I give mysteries some credit for me starting to dream of becoming a writer when I was a...
View ArticleAnother Mystery Photo Game in the Books
Once again the mysteries have all been solved. Thank you so much for playing my mystery photo game and guessing right sometimes and guessing wrong sometimes. Especially that guessing wrong. LOL. I do...
View ArticleToo Young but Blessed
“Children are the anchors that hold a mother to life.” (Sophocles) Happy Mother’s Day to all of you. As I told the people at church this morning, we can all be thankful we had a mother because we all...
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