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March 3, 2014
Review: One Realm Beyond, by Donita K. Paul
One Realm Beyond, by Donita K. Paul (Zondervan, 2014)
At 20 years old, Cantor is ready to step from apprenticeship into his role as a realm walker. His first solo assignment? Travel in another realm until he finds the mor dragon who will be his partner.
Cantor knows better than to accept the first dragon he meets, especially since the dragon manages to set himself on fire (while disguised as a haystack). But the dragon, Bridger, keeps following him.
Soon Cantor joins up with two other strangers...
February 28, 2014
Advice I’d Give a Newbie Writer
Following the biweekly series of writing-related posts on Ruth L. Snyder’s blog hop, here are my thoughts for new writers:
You
You are a writer. Don’t wait until you have something published to call yourself one. We tend to be afraid others will laugh at us or think we’re being pretentious, but the truth is, if you write, you’re a writer. Owning that facet of your identity, and giving yourself permission to be that part of who you are, is a step forward, and if you don’t take your writing serio...
February 26, 2014
Learn to Live
In this way you will learn to live in deep reverence before God, your God, as long as you live.
Deuteronomy 14:23b, MSG*
The Book of Deuteronomy contains Moses’ parting instructions to the people of Israel: how to live clean lives and worship God.
The laws, the schedule of sacrifices… some of the details don’t make a lot of sense to me, some (sea scallops are not kosher food) make me glad I’m a Gentile.
But here’s the point: Moses says this is how they’ll learn to live in deep reverence before G...
February 24, 2014
Review: Shadows of the Past, by Patricia Bradley
Shadows of the Past, by Patricia Bradley (Revell, 2014)
Taylor Martin’s criminal profiling skills have solved some high-profile crimes. Now someone is stalking her: sending photos and gifts. She suspects a former student, Scott Sinclair, who has dropped out of sight.
Suspense novelist Nick Sinclair, Scott’s brother, hasn’t seen him in years. He’s hoping the local police can help find Scott so they can reconcile. Nick and Taylor both want to find Scott, but can they work together when one believ...
February 21, 2014
Seeing The Leader Within
I’m thrilled to welcome Jill Hart to share a guest post with us today. Jill is the author of Do Life Different, which I reviewed earlier this week (click to read the review). Here’s your chance to sample Jill’s writing, maybe pick up a bit of wisdom, and get to know her a bit.
Seeing The Leader Within
by Jill Hart
if it is to lead, do it diligently; if it is to show mercy, do it cheerfully.
Romans 12:8b NIV
I ran my website, www.CWAHM.com, for many years before I saw myself as a leader. In my mi...
February 19, 2014
Therefore We KNOW
The Lord’s promises are pure,
like silver refined in a furnace,
purified seven times over.
Therefore, Lord, we know you will protect the oppressed,
preserving them forever from this lying generation,
Psalm 12:6-7, NLT*
The Lord’s promises are pure… Therefore, Lord, we know you will…
The context in these verses comes from verse 5, where God says He has seen and heard the suffering of the poor and helpless and He will rescue them. And so, verse 7 says that’s what the people know He will do.
But th...
February 17, 2014
Review: Do Life Different, by Jill Hart
Do Life Different, by Jill Hart (Choose NOW Publishing, 2014)
Do Life Different is written for Christian work-at-home moms, and much of the content is also applicable to Christian moms whose at-home work is parenting and homemaking. The book’s subtitle is Inspiring Work-at-home Moms to Powerful Living in Work, Family and Faith.
As a writer, I count as working from home, and although my youngest child is a teen I find the household responsibilities themselves require more “parenting” than I seem...
February 14, 2014
Carol Daniels, Heroine
If you called Carol a hero, she’d laugh. One of her friends calls her a survivor, and she’s not even sure how to take that. Sure, she’s taken a lot of pain and she’s still standing, but for how much longer?
Carol’s a single mom, starting over in Toronto after some anonymous creep threatened her son, Paul. She didn’t tell Paul that’s why they left Calgary—why she dyed her dark hair honey ash and cut it short, why she started wearing glasses with non-corrective lenses. Why she’s so “controlling,...
February 12, 2014
Come Clean. Quick.
When you are guilty, immediately confess the sin that you’ve committed.
Leviticus 5:5, MSG*
We’re human. For all the good things that means, it also means we’re not perfect. Despite our best intentions, sometimes we mess up. We don’t live up to the righteous living God intends for us.
The early chapters of Leviticus are all about sacrifices to atone for the people’s sin, and God spends a lot of time—and detail—explaining to the people what not to do. Some of it should be pretty obvious, but the...
February 10, 2014
Review: Destination Unknown, by Amy Clipston
Destination Unknown, by Amy Clipston (Zondervan, 2014)
You’d think Whitney Richards has the perfect life. In her high school senior year, she’s captain of the cheerleading squad, getting straight A’s and on track for a prestigious college. Until a D on her recent calculus test prompts her mother to insist on a tutor. Could it get more humiliating for a girl who’s a tutor herself?
Truth told, Whitney doesn’t want to go to her mother’s exclusive alma mater after high school. All her life she’s co...
