Early morning is my favourite time, especially during the warmer months. I love to sit outside on my patio listening to the cardinals sing. I enjoy smelling the freshness in the air, and marvelling in the creation of the brilliant heavenly blue morning glories climbing my fence. It’s almost like they smile at me with…
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Soldiers as Romantic Heroes by Caroline Powers
As a young girl, I don’t remember a picture of my prince charming. Probably because I didn’t feel anything like a princess. But when I began to write my romance novel, I recognized my hero clearly. He stood for right and would fight against wrong. He was brave and handsome, strong, and skilled. He had…
Bloom Where You’re Planted by Jann M. Franklin
The second book in my Small-Town Girl series is Shining Stars and Mason Jars. In it, Jen Guidry struggles to remember God’s promises. She has spent a year trying to fit into her new community of 298 people. She’s starting to feel more comfortable, but not completely. At times, she is resentful of their move…
Why is it So Hard to Exercise? by R.F. Whong
Many people make new year’s resolutions. For sure, this year I vow to exercise every day, eat right, and lose weight! Yet, year after year, my new year’s resolutions fail. Why? In my book, Are Your Health and Finances Linked? A Christian Entrepreneur’s Quest (released in 12/2022), I talked about how to establish a healthy…
Never Again by Aubrey Taylor
On Thursday, I shared some truths I’ve learned through writing about WWII from the German perspective. I opened with this quote: “A thousand years will pass and still this guilt of Germany will not have been erased.” -Hans Frank Recently, my pastor reviewed the Biblical account of Jonah. We are often tempted to discard…
God Still Offered Him Mercy by Aubrey Taylor
“A thousand years will pass and still this guilt of Germany will not have been erased.” – Hans Frank Hans Frank was sentenced to be hung in October 1946. He was a Nazi of the oldest order, having been with Hitler from the 1920s on. Many, including his own son, have questioned the sincerity…
A Valentine Tradition by Alyssa Schwarz
I love family traditions—the way they link present and past and bring people together. These unique little traditions can be tied to birthdays, anniversaries, holidays… Maybe your family decorates the house a certain way for Christmas, or maybe there was that desert your aunt always makes for family get-togethers. Whatever it may be, it is…
Is it Too Late to Save a Marriage? by Linda Wood Rondeau
Publisher, Henry Fitzgibbons, Fitzgibbons & Associate, and his wife, Sylvia, aka Lana Longstreet, the house’s most prominent author, have been estranged for the past fifteen years, keeping the marriage in name only for the sake of their business. The rift happened when Sylvia impulsively bought a mansion in Connecticut. Though she knew of the haunting…
How to See Past Our Prejudices by Alicia van Huizen
Recognizing that we have prejudices is the first step to truly loving one another as Jesus loves us. But how do we see past them? That is a huge conversation in our day, but it’s also one that my main character, Oriel, faces as she is uprooted from her family and sent into slavery in…
Poison in My Garden by R.F. Whong
Every year in December, I always look through my diary, review the major events of the year, and offer praise to God for His protection and grace. A lot of things happened this year. We went to Europe twice; I published three books… I found one record in my diary, which seemed like a trivial…