Janet Sketchley's Blog: Tenacity, page 85
February 11, 2015
Terrified and Amazed. In a Good Way.
The disciples were terrified and amazed. “Who is this man?” they asked each other. “When he gives a command, even the wind and waves obey him!”
Luke 8:25b, NLT*
When was the last time you were terrified and amazed by God?
Not fearing He would nail you with a lightning bolt. Overwhelmed by awareness of how much power is His. Of what He does. How much He loves us.
Paul tells us to “come boldly” into His presence because God is so much more than we can conceive. This is the same God who thundered on...
February 9, 2015
Review: Secretly Yours, by Valerie Comer
Secretly Yours, by Valerie Comer (GreenWords Media, 2014)
Who doesn’t love a secret admirer story? When chef Lindsey Solberg returns to the small town of Riverbend, BC, she’s shocked to recognize the youth pastor of her sister’s church. The way Nick Harrison behaved in high school, church was the last place she’d expect to see him.
No way will Lindsey risk Nick hurting her again. What’s a guy to do but send anonymous gifts and try to win her trust?
Secretly Yours is a Valentine’s Day novella, an...
February 6, 2015
Secrets and Lies Photo Album
Most of the settings inSecrets and Lies are fictional: Carol’s café, the Linden House art gallery, the apartments, Paul’sschool. Two sites are real: the Roy Thomson Hall where Carol and Patrick attend the symphony, and the Toronto Island parks.
I wrote the island scenes with some help from Google Maps, but in 2013 my husband and I were inToronto and visited the island parks. Like Carol and Joey, we took a water taxi to the islands and rode back on the regular ferry. I took hundreds of pictures...
February 4, 2015
A Teaching Moment
The disciples went and woke him up, shouting, “Master, Master, we’re going to drown!”
When Jesus woke up, he rebuked the wind and the raging waves. Suddenly the storm stopped and all was calm.
Luke 8:24, NLT*
We know from the Gospels that Jesus rose early to pray and sometimes stayed up late praying. We can assume preaching, teaching and healing was exhausting. Yet this is His only recorded nap. I think He did it intentionally during this storm, as part of the day’s lesson for His disciples.
Not...
February 2, 2015
Review: Triple Threat, by H.L. Wegley
Triple Threat, by HL Wegley (Harbourlight Books, 2014)
If you like novels that kick up the adrenaline on the first page, this one’s for you. Triple Threat is book 4 in the Pure Genius series, and it features Jennifer and Lee’s adopted daughter, Katie, who’s about to turn 21. Timeline-wise, it’s five years afterMoon over Maalaea Bay.
Katie is doing her doctoral research on tracking terrorist messages on the Internet. When she discovers a triple threat aimed at the US (fire, power blackouts and d...
Review: Triple Treat, by H.L. Wegley
Triple Threat, by HL Wegley (Harbourlight Books, 2014)
If you like novels that kick up the adrenaline on the first page, this one’s for you. Triple Threat is book 4 in the Pure Genius series, and it features Jennifer and Lee’s adopted daughter, Katie, who’s about to turn 21. Timeline-wise, it’s five years afterMoon over Maalaea Bay.
Katie is doing her doctoral research on tracking terrorist messages on the Internet. When she discovers a triple threat aimed at the US (fire, power blackouts and d...
January 30, 2015
Nowhere Else to Go
The following devotional is from a series I am writing for HopeStreamRadio. I also plan to publish an e-book featuring these pieces later this year.
Jesus’ teachings weren’t—and aren’t—always easy to understand. In John 6, He speaks of the bread that came down from heaven. As a result, many of His followers left Him. His teaching was just too hard for them to grasp.
When He was alone with His disciples, He asked them a pointed question.
John 6:66-67 reads a...
January 28, 2015
Keep Listening
So pay attention to how you hear. To those who listen to my teaching, more understanding will be given. But for those who are not listening, even what they think they understand will be taken away from them.
Luke 8:18, NLT*
Jesus’ warning here is why we need to read the Bible – daily – and to ask God to open our ears and teach us. It’s why we need to spend time with other Christians, not just socializing but also sharing what we’ve seen God do and what we’re learning.
It’s what I’m afraid of for...
January 27, 2015
Giveaway: Secrets and Lies
One reader will win a copy of Secrets and Lies on 2/1/15.
Enter now, and feel free to share with your friends who like Christian romantic suspense…
Entry details on Anne Garboczi Evans’ blog.
January 26, 2015
Review: A Promise to Protect, by Patricia Bradley
A Promise to Protect, by Patricia Bradley (Revell, 2014)
To finish repaying her student loans, Dr. Leigh Somerall must take a temporary position in the one place she dreads: the small southern town of Logan Point. Logan Point was home, once.
Soon after she and her son TJ arrive, Leigh’s brother Tony is murdered. His dying request to Acting Sherriff Ben Logan? Protect Leigh.
Ben is the last person Leigh wants around – what if he discovers TJ is his son? It’s been too many years, and she’s told to...
