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Top Posts of 2016!

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It’s time for the list of the top 10 posts of the year!

This was a slower year for me, mostly due to pregnancy and all that comes with that, so I only wrote almost half of the amount of posts of the previous year. In 2015, I wrote 93, and this year I wrote an exact even 50. BUT, even with half the posts, I actually, just barely,got more views and visitors this year than last year, meaning that my posts are bringing in more readers than ever! Hooray for that!

This year, I had 11,687 visitors...

In Which I Say the Big, Bad C Word: Courtship

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Courtship…

…is a hot button these days, and I’m not always sure why. Some Christians have been the victims of dictatorial, patriarchal homes, but most don’t even have a clue what the word actually means. As a society, I think we’ve swung back and forth so many times on relationship norms that most of us are dizzy. I think every generation “does it differently.”

Recently, my uncle, Richard Briggs, in an author Q and A query, asked me about my own ideas on courtship (I had a very successful an...

Your Child Doesn’t Love God

I have a child, a young child, who is currently actively rebelling and deceiving me daily.

It breaks my heart to watch it happen over and over again, even in the face of constant correction. Sure, she’s very young – not even a teenager – and so her mistakes are small in the grand scheme of things, but sneaky deception and disobedience are not small issues, even if it just involves hiding her toys that she was playing with when she was supposed to be cleaning her room. No matter what her age...

Being a Minor Sufferer

I have the most mediocre, run-of-the mill trials.

I mean, really.

And, since I know You’re listening, Lord, that doesn’t mean I want them ramped up to a Daniel or Job on the scale of suffering! Just making sure You know I’m okay with my Mary and Martha level. I’m good with that! ;-)

Unlike my Job-like friends I talked about in this article, I’m kind of this mediocre sufferer. My trials are always highlyobnoxious, only a littlescary, and a bit sad. Not real earth-shattering. Let me make a “RJ’...

Reflections on the Election – by the Home School Legal Defense Association

Everything that I could say about the current election is said even better by the Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA)’s chairman, MikeFarris. Excellent recap of our concerns, needs, prayers, and even hopeful relief in Donald Trump’s election. I urge you to read it carefully.

So what does this mean for issues of concern to homeschooling families and related communities?

1. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and related treaties most likely will not see the ligh...

Winner of the Mad Libs Contest!

We have a winner of the Mad Libs contest! Thank you for sending in entries! Judging had to pick Jenna Skye Aquino for her succinct, creative, and clever paragraph using all 5 crazy words: “Steven was trying the new meatloaf recipe his girlfriend had found online. The last time she tried something new it was disastrous. He had never felt his stomach crinkle like that before nor did Advil alleviate the pain. Hopefully this time around the recipe won’t make his body bloat like a globe...

My Q&A Video #2!

I answer Camilla Cruz Uphaven’s question on the inspiration for each of my novels.

Find out:

My least favorite life event

Which characters are secretly me with different names

If I ever talked to a crisis hotline volunteer and my personal story there

and more!

Do You Like Mad Libs? Here’s a Game For You…

GIVEAWAY!! Anyone ever get the feeling that Dr. Who episodes are created by the directors playing Mad Libs and then the writers just going with whatever comes up?

My Q&A Video #1!

My video answering some of your questions is up!!!!
What’s more important to me? Being a mom or an author?
My first silly story at age 7
And is being an author a REAL career?
And more questions!

Ask Me Questions!

Hello, all!

I’m thinking of trying to get with the twenty-first century, and try to use video more with my online presence. I’m looking at a video advertisement idea, as well as I want to leave a video for you on my blog and Facebook page answering questions YOU have for me.

They can be on anything: Christianity, parenting, Asian TV, or, of course, writing and publishing. Please shoot your question my way here in the comments, or, if you want to be anonymous, to dashwoodavenue@gmail.com (and...