In my novel A Summer in Shady Springs, my main character has been hurt badly by Christians. So badly, in fact, that she and her mother decide to change hometowns and never come back to church. That might seem extreme, but I’ve met people—and I bet you have too—who either drifted away or stormed out…
A Cup of Water
What is Repentance?
God’s forgiveness and love are free. But if you refuse to need Him, you are telling Him you’re okay without Him. You are keeping Him at arm’s length or even further. God will run toward you, but you must be facing His way. He won’t force you to come to Him. He only beckons and…
Saddle Up by Kay DiBianca
Courage is a theme in many stories. In the Bible, Moses encourages Joshua to “be strong and courageous” as he leads the Israelites into the promised land. Moses must have known how easy it would be for them to get side-tracked by fear, and he wanted Joshua to focus on getting the job done. In…
July 2021 Book Releases
July 2021 New Releases More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website General Contemporary: Rocky Mountain Restoration by Lisa J. Flickinger — Josephine Thorebourne doesn’t deserve happiness. Not after the mess she’s made. Mid-voyage, on the steamship Jameson, she learns of the tragic loss of her family’s money….
Fitting in isn’t the Goal
All my life I have tried desperately to fit in, but some places I sought weren’t worthy of fitting into. Not because the place or the person was bad but simply because I didn’t belong there. Fitting in is an issue of seeking to please people. When that is my primary goal, I won’t find…
Love Found in Cranberry Cove by June Foster
Love Found in Cranberry Cove is the second book in my Cranberry Cove series. I was blessed to see the first book, The Inn at Cranberry Cove, win first place in the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers contest, a Selah award for romantic suspense. So, writing book 2 was a challenge to live up to…
Grief Comes Back Around by Christina Sinisi
In my most recent book, Sweet Summer, the heroine, Shelby, does everything else except face her grief. Since her father died when she was young, and the adults around her spent all their energy dealing with their own devastation, Shelby’s emotions simmered below the surface. Now, a decade later, events in life don’t offer her…
Where Sin Abounds, Grace Abounds More by Jennifer Uhlarik
But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more. Romans 5:20 Hello, readers! Thanks for having me today! My author tagline is “Where Grit Meets Grace.” I love stories that have a redemptive ending, even if the story takes the reader through some “grit” to get there. So when I was asked to write for Barbour…
70 times 7 Forgiveness by Floss Craig
How many times do you forgive someone for the same offence before turning your back on them? (I’m not talking about abuse.) Jesus’s 70 times 7 seems unrealistic to us humans. Right? Long ago, the prophet Hosea endured years in which his wife Gomer’s unfaithfulness defied God’s laws of marriage—not once, not twice, but at…
Facets of Forgiveness by Jo-Anne Berthelsen
I can still remember the night many years ago now when, as a fifteen-year-old, I came to understand and experience God’s love. I had learnt about God in church and other places, but never realized God knew me or cared about me. That night, my life changed in a radical way. It blew my mind…