Are you ready for Christmas? In case you didn’t know, it is a mere month away! I used to stress over Christmas for all the wrong reasons. Will my family members like their presents? Should I put more effort into decorating the tree? Did I overspend? Have I sent out enough Christmas cards? What if…
A Cup of Water
Willing to Trust God for Things I Haven’t Figured Out Yet by Aubrey Taylor
Thanks for joining me again! Last time we talked about the meaning of the term the Rubicon and how it is a fitting title for my new book of the same name. I shared about how choice after choice led protagonist Jakob Schmidt to his point of no return. As an author who tends to…
God Stops at Nothing to Seek the Lost by Aubrey Taylor
In my new release, The Rubicon, not one but two of my characters will face defining moments. One will fall. One will rise. To cross the Rubicon is to cross the point of no return. In life, one bad decision alone does not usually lead an individual to their Rubicon. Rather, a series of decisions…
Rise of the Y by Angela D. Shelton
I live on a cattle farm in a quaint little town in Georgia, where our livestock and pets often find their way into the pages of my novels as colorful characters. Oddly enough, my inspiration for a dystopian world didn’t come from my day-to-day life. It came from a book my sister absolutely insisted I…
Godly Boundaries by Paula Peckham
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…
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…