I spent most of my growing up years in the country, then I moved to a larger city for college and then an even larger city for much of my adult life. And then I slowly made my way back to the area I grew up in. I’ve spent the last twenty-two years living in…
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Blazing China: Live or Believe, Take Your Pick by R.F. Whong
While my husband (a retired pastor) and I served together at three churches from 1987 to 2020, many students and visiting scholars from Mainland China attended the Chinese congregation of our church. A majority of them initially identified themselves as atheists. They came to church out of curiosity. The work of the Holy Spirit was…
October 2023 New Book Releases
October 2023 New Releases More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website Children’s: Road Trip Rescue by Becca Wierwille — After spotting a photo of her lost dog, twelve-year-old Kimmy embarks on a wild road trip to bring him home with her pink-haired, adventure-hungry aunt who makes some…
Courage by Jane Daly
We often think of courage as a single act: running into a burning building to rescue someone, facing the enemy on the battlefield, fighting a bully at school. Most of us, when asked if we think we’re courageous, would say no. We haven’t done any of those things. There are many examples of courage in…
Abounding Hope by Cindy Kay Stewart
On September 1, 1939, Germany unleashed her army, the Wehrmacht, on Poland, giving birth to the blitzkrieg, “lightning war.” In the days leading up to the invasion, the English and French had urged the Polish government not to mobilize its troops so they wouldn’t further enrage Hitler. The Poles had ignored the warnings and secretly mobilized half…
On Rejection, Perseverance, & Divine Assistance by T.K. Sheffield
I’m sixty years old, and my debut mystery, Model Suspect, a humorous cozy, hits the shelves November 14, 2023. I’ll be sixty-one when the sequel is published. To paraphrase Erma Bombeck, she who lasts … laughs. To celebrate my book’s publication, I wrote an article about rejection for a creative magazine. Why? I’m not positive….
Unintended Hero by Becky Van Vleet
The Story Behind the Story A kitchen table, a father, a daughter, and a cassette recorder. What’s so special about this? Well, as a baby boomer, I grew up in a household hearing stories from my parents about the Great Depression and WWII. I’d always been fascinated with my father’s stories he shared occasionally…
How Diamond Formation Can Teach You to Change Your Behaviors
As a Christian, my primary goal in life is to imitate Christ’s behavior and attitude more and more with every passing day. I should grow to be empathetic to the people around me. I should learn to pray and do it as often as possible. I should be humble and live life as if I…
Who Will I Bring Value to This Week? by Paula Peckham
It is so easy for us to focus on ourselves, to make decisions that favor our own future over someone else’s. We’re taught to look out for Number One. But that mindset differs from what God’s Word teaches. “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not…
Peace in Purpose by Lori DeJong
Finding purpose. That one thing we were meant to do. Born to be. It can seem elusive, the search never-ending. Just out of reach or too confusing to identify. But what if I told you our purpose isn’t about us? Would that help take some of the pressure off? Because it isn’t. As Christians, followers…