I’m Thankful for My Country by Laura Hodges Poole
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I’m Thankful for My Country by Laura Hodges Poole

I’m Thankful For My Country   “Following a resolution of Congress, President George Washington proclaimed Thursday the 26th of November 1789 a day of ‘public thanksgiving and prayer’ devoted to ‘the service of that great and glorious Being who is the beneficent Author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be.’”…

Ruth and the Comfort Zone
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Ruth and the Comfort Zone

I’ve been enjoying Ruth’s story from the Bible with a twist—Jennifer Slattery is facilitating this study on FB and her blog sharing against the backdrop of her own contemporary romance Beyond I Do. Last week she was kind enough to open up her blog to allow me to share insights. It’s a chapter in the…

Thankful: Jill Fortriede’s Road to Salvation
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Thankful: Jill Fortriede’s Road to Salvation

I’m thankful that 6 years ago, I gave birth to the beautiful baby boy who change my life. You see, if it weren’t for him, my husband and I would have never come to Christ. We found out in September of 2008 our baby was going to be born with multiple birth defects. Looking for…

Sabbath Sunday: The Muddy Road
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Sabbath Sunday: The Muddy Road

One of my favorite poems is Robert Frost’s The Road Not Taken. Probably because I can relate. The wide path everyone else takes? I was never one to follow. I was the pioneer taking the narrow way rarely understanding why I wasn’t like everyone else. Thing is, the path God gives you, it’s not going…

Saturday Confession: I Surrendered the Fake and Got Real
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Saturday Confession: I Surrendered the Fake and Got Real

Apparently God’s got a theme for the season and it isn’t raking leaves and turkeys. It’s fake vs real. Masking vs transparency. Prison vs freedom. Not long ago I posted about My Fake Family. After that went live people started to comment about my necklace. I’d clutch it and blurt, “It’s fake. It’s a knock-off…

Video of the Week: Charisse by Fay Lamb
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Video of the Week: Charisse by Fay Lamb

Each week I put a video in the right sidebar of my website (new and improved, by the way) and use it to promote book trailers. This week is Charisse by Fay Lamb. Book Description: Charisse Wellman’s husband has been gone a year, and she’s about to lose the only home her son, V.J., has…