Have you ever said yes to something you later regretted? Even if it was something you enjoyed? I have. I coached the swim team for seven years at the high school where I taught, a job I loved but which took over my life. Plus, I was totally unqualified. But they needed me. I told…
A Cup of Water
Something I Haven’t Told You by Pearl Ada Pridham
Something I Haven’t Told You is a repeated theme in Alison’s story. As an adult, she looks back over her teen years, from the time she falls in love for the first time and finds herself pregnant at the age of fourteen. She faces shame, her father’s rage, and life-altering decisions. But she finds support…
Small Town Life vs City Life by Lillian Duncan
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…
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…