Janet Sketchley's Blog: Tenacity, page 91
October 1, 2014
The Long View
I pray that your love will overflow more and more, and that you will keep on growing in knowledge and understanding.
Philippians 1:9, NLT*
This prayer is Paul’s deepest longing for these people he loves. They’re enduring hard times, but he asks for this—not for relief from suffering, for health, protection or happiness. In verse 6, he expresses confidence that God will use even these hard times to complete what He has started in them.
He’s praying they’ll hold firm for their lifetimes, or until...
September 29, 2014
My Fiction: Update
I’ve been busy lately with final edits and formatting forSecrets and Lies, Redemption’s Edge book 2, which will release November 1. Soon I’ll be able to share the cover art with you… I can’t wait to see it. Christina Fuselli, who designed the cover ofHeaven’s Prey, is on the job, so I know it’ll be great.
Speaking ofHeaven’s Prey, I’m giving away a copy over at Everyone’s Story (ends Oct. 3). Just pop over and leave a comment to be entered to win. I encourage you to stop by anyway and check ou...
September 26, 2014
Character interview: Daisy Turner
Susan Fish is a Canadian author and editor as well as the principal of Storywell, an online resource for writers. Her new novel, Ithaca, releases October 1, 2014.
Susan Fish
Today I’m chatting with Daisy Turner, the main character of Ithaca.
Janet: Welcome, Daisy, and thanks for taking time to join us. First, let me offer my sympathy for your loss. Would you care to tell us a little about yourself, and about Arthur, too? You were married a long time, and you’re bound to have shaped each other al...
September 24, 2014
Intentional. Present. Contented.
The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
surely I have a delightful inheritance.
Psalm 16:6, NIV*
I usually think of this verse in the context of counting my blessings, but it came back to me this weekend as I sifted through my gleanings from the 2014 LIFT retreat.
Before leaving home, I had opened two email devotionals that spoke about rest. The retreat theme was “Run YOUR Race,” yet those devotionals tuned me into God’s message for me.
Our retreat speakers shared many things, an...
September 22, 2014
Review: Wind and Shadow, by Kathy Tyers
Wind and Shadow, by Kathy Tyers (Marcher Lord Press [now Enclave Publishing], 2011)
Prophetic hope, ancient evil, and the struggle to live a life of faith when temptation masks as truth and danger is all around…
Fans of Kathy Tyers’ Firebird trilogy waited a long time for the story to continue. Wind and Shadow begins the tale of the next generation of the Caldwells, a Sentinel family prophesied to produce a messiah-type hero.
The Sentinels are humans with psionic power, feared but needed by the...
September 19, 2014
Interview: Heaven’s Prey
Heaven’s Prey has been out for nearly a year now. I’ve done interviews, character interviews, guest posts, and they’ve been fun. Here’s an idea I learnedfrom Australian author Paula Vince, from theblog tour for her novel,Imogen’s Chance.
It’s the readers’ turn to ask the questions.
If you’ve readHeaven’s Prey, what would you askthe characters?Ruth, Harry, Tony? Ruth’s pastor? Susan? Or for me, although my imaginary friendsmay have more to talk about.
Ask your questions in the comments, and I’ll...
September 17, 2014
Every Morning, New!
The faithful love of the Lord never ends!
His mercies never cease.
Great is his faithfulness;
his mercies begin afresh each morning.
Lamentations 3:22-23, NLT*
Remember childhood, especially in the summer, when each new day meant another chance to play and have fun? We’d pop out of bed early, eager to get started.
I have some vague memories of this, but I’ve certainly changed. Waking is neither easy nor exuberant.
Instead of morning bringing thoughts of opportunity, it usually comes with a desire fo...
September 15, 2014
Review: Dangerous Passage, by Lisa Harris
Dangerous Passage, by Lisa Harris (Revell, 2013)
When a second Jane Doe is found dead in Atlanta, Georgia, Detective Avery North fears she’s dealing with a serial killer. Can she find—and stop—him before another young woman dies?
As a single mom, Avery’s life is filled with work and family. She barely has time for a pedicure, so how could she add a relationship with the handsome medical examiner, Jackson Bryant? Or is she simply afraid to let herself love again?
The hunt for a serial killer unco...
September 12, 2014
When Marriage isn’t what You Thought it Would Be
I’m excited to welcome a guest poster to the blog today.Sherri Wilson Johnson is an Inspirational Romance novelist, aspeaker, and a former homeschooling mom who’d rather have laugh lines under her eyes than worry lines across her forehead.She lives in Georgia with her husband, her two children and her Chihuahua, Posey. Her favorite thing to do when she’s not with her family is to curl up with a good book or work on her current work-in-progress. She loves to dream of visiting romantic places a...
September 10, 2014
Signpost Life
I myself am God, your God: Keep my statutes and live by my laws. Keep my Sabbaths as holy rest days, signposts between me and you, signaling that I am God, your God.
Ezekiel 20:19-20, MSG*
As Christians, we live under grace. It’s not about trying to earn our salvation or to appease God so He won’t zap us.
But God is a holy God, and our behaviour matters to Him. We can please Him, or we can offend Him. With all He’s done to save us, isn’t the best response a life that honours and obeys Him? A lif...
