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Spotlight on Tamera Alexander

About Tamera: A lover of brownies, cute dish towels, long books with twists and turns, and movies that make her laugh and cry, Tamera Alexander is a follower of Jesus, but even better—is deeply loved and pursued by Him (same as you). Southern at heart, Tamera writes love stories steeped in the real 19th century history of Nashville, Tennessee and of the rugged Colorado Rocky Mountains 

Featured Release: Colors of Truth (September 2020)

Blurb: In a town battered and bruised by war, ...

Circling the Promises

In 2015, after reading The Circle Maker, I began writing Bible verses in a small notebook. These are verses that speak to who I am in Christ, that tell what God has done and/or has promised to do in my life because I am His child. It’s my own way of “circling the promises” that Mark Batterson talks about in his book.

Verses like:

Create in me a clean heart, God,
And renew a steadfast spirit within me.
(Psalm 51:10, NASB 2020)

And:

Blessed be God,
Who has not turned away my prayer
Nor ...

Redemption

On Monday night, I returned home from the retreat I have attended every year since 2003 (with the exception of 2020 when COVID stopped us). Although we were missing three of our sisters in Christ for various reasons, this was an amazing time of fellowship, creativity, prayer, and Bible study. I came home so filled up with the joy of the Lord.

Standing: Gayle DeSalles, Tamera Alexander, Robin Lee Hatcher, Karen Ball, and Sunni Jeffers. Seated: Brandilyn Collins, Sharon Dunn, and Janet Ulbright...

We were made for community

Mankind was made in the image of God. And God made us for community. God Himself is a community (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, three in One). He made us to be in relationship with Him and to be in relationship with each other.

In 2003, I received an invitation to attend a retreat in northern Idaho. I almost said no. Of all the others coming, I knew only two of them slightly. The rest were strangers. And while I am an extravert, spending five days with people I didn’t know was a little intimid...

God’s words/my years

In 2005, I heard someone in a small group talk about asking God to give her a word for the new year, a word for something God wanted to teach her or to guide her in some way. It sounded like a good spiritual practice so I asked the Lord to do the same for…

My story is not an autobiography

The title of this blog post has nothing to do with the book I am writing. It has to do with the story of my life. This morning I read a wonderful devotion in New Morning Mercies by Paul David Tripp. It began: You simply can’t debate it—God’s way is better than your way. His…

Rise and Walk

I came to Christ at the tail end of the Jesus Movement in the 1970s. It was a time of huge social unrest. Sound familiar? And out of that unrest, a revival happened. I’m seeing signs and hearing news of another revival, and my heart longs to witness the move of God as it sweeps…

What a Week I’m Having!

Remember that line from the movie Splash. Eugene Levy’s character has managed to get himself beat up (multiple times) for his silly antics, and as things escalate he screams, “What a week I’m having!” Well, that’s been me. Last Friday, I decided to make a change to my website hosting plan because the one I…

The Chosen Season 2 Finale

From the time I was a young girl, I have loved movies about the peoples and times of the Bible. But those films weren’t always (understatement) true to the Bible itself. I don’t mean in a storytelling way. I’m okay with that. I mean that the writers/producers sometimes twisted the truth of Scripture, and that…

Happy Independence Day, America!

The countdown is on. Make You Feel My Love releases in just 9 days. I’m so excited for it to be available to readers at last. Have you preordered your copy?

Out here in the West, we are broiling. In the Boise area, we’ve had over a week of 100 degrees and above, and the forecast doesn’t promise much of a change. Only a couple of days in the next ten are supposed to fall (barely) below 100. Let’s just say that staying inside and working at my computer with the fan spinning overhead is the ...