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Julie Arduini loves to encourage readers to surrender the good, the bad, and ---maybe one day---the chocolate. She’s the author of the contemporary romance series SURRENDERING TIME, (Entrusted, Entangled, Engaged,) as well as the stand-alone novellas, MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN and RESTORING CHRISTMAS. Her other series, SURRENDERING STINKIN' THINKIN', was co-authored with her teenage daughter, Hannah. Those titles, YOU’RE BEAUTIFUL, YOU'RE AMAZING, and YOU'RE BRILLIANT, are for girls ages 10-100. Her next series, SURRENDERING HEARTS, will release in 2022 with Book 1, ANCHORED HEARTS. Julie maintains a blog at juliearduini.com and participates in the team blog Christians Read. She resides in Ohio with her husband and two children. Learn more by vi ...more

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	Entrusted: Surrendering the Present (Surrendering Time #1) 4.40 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anchored Hearts (Surrendering Hearts, #1) 4.64 avg rating — 25 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Entangled (Surrendering Time #2) 4.38 avg rating — 26 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Restoring Christmas 4.19 avg rating — 21 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Walk in the Valley: Christian encouragement for your journey through infertility by Julie Arduini (Goodreads Author), Heidi Glick (Goodreads Author), Elizabeth Maddrey (Goodreads Author) 4.53 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Match Made in Heaven 4.27 avg rating — 15 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Repairing Hearts (Surrendering Hearts #2) 4.55 avg rating — 11 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Clean Sweep (Dogwood Creek Matchmakers #6) 4.80 avg rating — 10 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Engaged (Surrendering Time, #3) 4.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	You're Beautiful (Surrendering Stinkin' Thinkin', #1) by Julie Arduini (Goodreads Author), Hannah Arduini 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Book Review: After Church Hurt by Timothy St. John

Counselor Timothy St. John offers compassion and hope to individuals who have experienced hurt in emotionally and spiritually damaging church cultures.

The local church is meant to function as a healing and helping community that cares for God’s people. But what if, instead of grace and care, someone experienced harm and hurt? When the church becomes a place of abuse and silence, the pain leave

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“A writer never has a vacation. For a writer, life consists of either writing or thinking about writing.”
― Eugene Ionesco

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“Tell the negative committee that meets inside your head to sit down and shut up.”
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Sep 15, 2015 02:46PM

Thursday starts the Books for Life Book Club featuring Entrusted. I will post discussions each Thursday and be on the page answering your questions and sharing behind-the-scenes information from 8-9 pm EST.

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Jul 01, 2014 06:53PM

Thanks for your Goodreads friendship, Julie!
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Thank you for friending me

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You're very welcome! Have a blessed day.
Julie Arduini
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