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September 13, 2021
Who’s Your Deliverer?
Those of you who follow my blog and subscribe to my newsletter know I never debate politics and seldom comment on world events. It’s not because I don’t care or don’t have opinions. It’s because my passion is to stir your hearts to open God’s Word and let His Holy Spirit instruct you personally. Then you experience Him as your ...
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August 9, 2021
The God Who Wrestles
Our kids and grands got a new puppy, Frankie. He wrestles and nips and romps and is full of personality–a perfect fit for their active family. Hypothetically, if you went to pick out a puppy, and you could judge by a single visit which would be a Naughty Nelson or a Pillow Parker, which temperament would you choose? Naughty Nelson: ...
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July 12, 2021
Working With Editors – Pt 1
Failure. It’s an ugly word, isn’t it? Though editors and authors don’t even speak the word, most of us wrestle with it internally. Amid the rejection letters from publishers, agents, and the constant editing, confidence can get pretty worn down. Do you know how WD-40® got its name? 39 incidents of failure before the 40th perfected attempt of a Water Displacement compound, ...
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June 14, 2021
Potiphar’s Wife Cover Process
With the birth of the cell phone came pregnancy progress pics. Why? Because we’re all fascinated with the growth and development of our babies. (BTW: That’s my baby in the photo when she was 34 weeks pregnant with twins!) Well, I’ve moved out of the baby business into book-babies, so I thought I’d share my version of “pregnancy progress” by ...
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May 10, 2021
Potiphar’s Wife Cover Reveal
Coming Spring 2022! See the cover of Potiphar’s Wife take shape when you CLICK HERE and arrange the 40-piece #CoverReveal puzzle! The team at WaterBrook & Multnomah have created a stunning cover for a book unlike any I’ve ever written. Three main characters leap off the pages with heart-rending stories of love, betrayal, and redemption that will challenge all you thought ...
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April 12, 2021
Who Was Rachel – Jacob’s 2nd Wife?
Do you know anyone who might have been a baby-of-the-family, who started out as the apple-of-mommy or daddy’s eye, and by her teenage years was a menace to society? Umm, ya. That could describe me. Yep, that li’l baby sitting by the piano became quite unruly in her teens! When I read about people in the Bible, I often compare ...
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March 8, 2021
Under Cover – THE RELUCTANT RIVAL: LEAH’S STORY
As a reader, I usually choose a book because I enjoy the author who wrote it. Or perhaps the cover catches my eye. Or maybe I’m intrigued by the short description of the story on the back cover copy. But I seldom look at who published a book. Do you? Some of you know, I’ve been soooo honored to have been ...
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February 8, 2021
Who Was, Leah, Jacob’s First Wife?
Have you ever met someone when you were a little kid and maybe not especially liked them? But then, as an adult, you realize your childhood perception was completely mistaken? I felt this way when I dug deeper into research about Jacob’s wife, Leah. But I also felt this way about my own grandmother. 😕 When I was little, I ...
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January 11, 2021
Why Jesus’ Genealogy Matters To Me
Have you started the New Year with a Bible-Read-Thru plan? If so, you’ve undoubtedly hit a family tree by now. Whether starting with Genesis or using a combination plan that suggests Old and New Testaments with Psalms/Proverbs, you probably came to a family tree with those funny names within the first week of reading. Why did God record all those ...
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December 21, 2020
It’s All About The Guide – Luke 1 Devotional
[Do the guide schools in Israel teach all guides to hold their hands like that when they talk? Sorry, off topic…] Israel, Then & Now Imagine twenty-plus years ago. March 2000. We had dodged the Y2K panic and flown safely across the Atlantic; endured a 9-hour layover in Munich, Germany; and were three days into our first tour of Israel. ...
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