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MONDAY MEDITATION: The Leaven of the Pharisees

In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumberable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. ~Luke 12:1 (KJV)



Then they understood that he was not telling them to guard against the yeast used in bread, but against the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees. ~Matthew 16:12 (NIV)



Don't you know that a little yeast works through the whole...

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UPDATES

This weekend I have a book-signing booth set up at the Pioneer Days Festival in downtown New Boston. If you live in the area, please drop by!



Edits to A Path Less Traveled continue to go slow, but sure. I'm still so in awe of my beta readers. These people know how to give great feedback!!! Thanks to all of you for your prayers as I continue to wade through this process. I couldn't do it without your prayer support, and I feel blessed to have so many prayer warriors lifting me and th...

What I Learned From Watching "The Bachelor/Bachelorette"

Okay, true confession time. I'm a reality TV junkie. I get all kinds of great lines, plots, and human interactions to use in novels.



One that I watch (at least most seasons) is The Bachelor/Bachelorette.



Here are a few things I've learned:



...That's NOT reality!

They may call it reality TV, but there's NOTHING realistic about the various scenarios presented in this show. A trip to a tropical location with three (supposedly) sensitive, handsome guys, complete with helicopter rides, yacht t...

BOOK SPOTLIGHT: "Jungle Sunrise" by Jonathan Williams (& 3-Book Giveaway!)

About the Author:

Jonathan Williams served as a missionary with the International Mission Board's Xtreme Team in the jungles of Peru for two years. It was there, lying under a mosquito net in a hut in the middle of the Amazon Jungle, that Williams began to write his first novel, Jungle Sunrise.



Living with a previously unreached indigenous tribe, the Amarakaeri, Williams experienced first-hand the beauty and danger of native life as he had the opportunity to share the Gospel of Jesus Chris...

BOOK SPOTLIGHT: "Jungle Sun" by Jonathan Williams (& 3-Book Giveaway!)

About the Author:

Jonathan Williams served as a missionary with the International Mission Board's Xtreme Team in the jungles of Peru for two years. It was there, lying under a mosquito net in a hut in the middle of the Amazon Jungle, that Williams began to write his first novel, Jungle Sunrise.



Living with a previously unreached indigenous tribe, the Amarakaeri, Williams experienced first-hand the beauty and danger of native life as he had the opportunity to share the Gospel of Jesus Chris...

BOOK SPOTLIGHT: "Vanishing Act" by Liz Johnson (& Book Giveaway!)

About the Book:



Eighteen months ago, Nora James watched as her father was shot in an alley-and then she fl ed. She changed her name, her appearance and her job, hoping to keep her father's shooter at bay. For months, it worked…but now her luck has run out. A ruthless assassin is on her trail, and soon Nora, now known as Danielle, will be found. But this time, she has FBI agent Nate Andersen by her side-right? The handsome agent would give his life to protect Danielle, but he's wary...

MONDAY MEDITATION: Following Where He Leads

When I say to a wicked man, 'You will surely die,' and you do not warn him or speak out to dissuade him from his evil ways in order to save his life, that wicked man will die for his sin, and I will hold you accountable for his blood. But if you do warn the wicked man and he does not turn from his wickedness or from his evil ways, he will die for his sin; but you will have saved yourself. 



Again, when a righteous man turns from his righteousness and does evil, and I put a stumbling block...

MONDAY MEDITATION: Can You Handle the Truth?

"The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?" ~Jeremiah 17:9 (NIV)



"You can't handle the truth!"



Jack Nicholson's character in the movie, A Few Good Men, gutturally screams the words under oath in a court of justice. The point he is trying to make (although for unjust reasons) is that people prefer to hear a lie that makes them feel safe and secure instead of the bold, naked, and sometimes even distasteful, truth.



Though tragic, there is a nugget of vali...

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LINKS

Here's a very interesting comparison article on Presidential daughters: http://kathleenmckinley.com/2010/08/03/weddings-and-more-how-two-former-presidents-daughters-are-quite-different.aspx?ref=rss

BOOK REVIEW: PJ's Back in "Licensed For Trouble" by Susan May Warren (& Book Giveaway!)

Our favorite PI, PJ Sugar, is back for her third round of trouble in Licensed for Trouble by Susan May Warren.



If you've been around WordVessel for any length of time, you know I'm a huge Susan May Warren fan and head-over-heels-in-love with her wacky PI wannabe, PJ Sugar. (If you're new to the PJ Sugar series, you can read my reviews of Nothing But Trouble - Book 1 and Double Trouble - Book 2.)



As much as I loved PJ books one and two, Licensed For Trouble is by far my favorite. With a myst...