“Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you.” ~ James 1:27 (NLT) My husband and I felt a calling to live out this verse early in our marriage through foster care. This calling grew…
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The Gift of Hope by Kathy McKinsey
I read a post about mental illness recently from dayspring.com, saying that one horrible place a person can be in with anxiety is to be mentally stuck in every worst-case scenario. That spoke to me deeply, being something I’ve personally experienced. I’d like to be able to speak to others with mental illness. There is…
The Redemption Road by Christa MacDonald
One of my favorite things about reading through a romance series is when the author weaves in the continuing stories of the characters from the earlier books. After rooting for a couple through their struggles and cheering their triumph, I love seeing what happens after the ‘happily ever after.’ In real life, that’s where things…
March 2022 Book Releases
March 2022 New Releases More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website Contemporary Romance: Hearts and Goals by Carolyn Miller –He’s a goalie with a big heart, while she’s afraid to trust again. After a series of tragedies, Maggie Joly’s dreams have been confined to her work at…
Wrestling in the Mud by Sara Davison
Life is hard. Sometimes all we want to do is write (or read) stories that are light, fun, entertaining, and that whisk us away from the harsh realities in the world for a little while. Completely understandable and justified. Other times, though, we may be called to get down in the mud and write about…
Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People? by Craig Hastings
In my book, Moose Ridge: Ending to Beginning, the main character, Jazmine, asks Jason the following question: “Jason, if your god is so loving, why did you and Sadie — two people who have such a great faith — have to endure such tragedies in your lives? All the heartache and pain. How can that…
Eliza’s Hope by Kelly Cordova & June Foster
The Story Behind the Story for Eliza’s Hope Eliza’s Hope is a novella set in the 1850’s in the fictional town of Buena Esperanza. The Gold Rush is in full force, and Eliza’s father runs a boarding house frequented by hopeful miners. Buena Esperanza is inspired by the real-life town of San Francisco which played…
Cow Stuck in a Tree by Angela D. Shelton
If you’ve read much of what I post, you know I live on a farm that provides tons of story fodder. Animals act so much like humans. It can be hilarious and it’s not even politically incorrect to laugh at the antics of a farm animal… yet. One of my favorite stories is about a…
Finding Yourself by Bettie Boswell
People often ask me how much of yourself do you put into your fiction writing. I can honestly say I’ve had a great deal of fun taking bits and pieces of my life and twisting them into a fictionalized version of the emotions, people, events, and settings I’ve used in my stories. This was especially…
Faith in Fiction by Carolyn Miller
Back in 2010 I was blessed with the opportunity to travel with my husband from our small town in New South Wales, Australia to North America. After landing in Boston, we drove up the east coast to Prince Edward Island (this redhead’s answered prayer, not my husband’s!) then across to Quebec City, Montreal and beautiful…