Sabbath Sunday: I Don’t Feel So Alone
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Sabbath Sunday: I Don’t Feel So Alone

Did you know spiritual seasons mirror the natural ones? The next natural season is fall. A time of transition. A breaking off and eventual dying of things to bring about something better. But before that better comes a path filled with darkness and the unknown. What happens next? What if I fail? How am I…

Character Confession: Allowing Recalibration
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Character Confession: Allowing Recalibration

Earlier this week I met with a great group of ladies as part of the Greater Youngstown Praise and Coffee chapter. My dear friend Maria was the speaker on the unexpected, and until Panera threw us out because they longed to go home, we all shared our unexpected stories and God’s hand through all of…

Book Review: Be the Blessing by Paula Mowery
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Book Review: Be the Blessing by Paula Mowery

Addy is a pastor’s wife who knows when Conrad shows up, he has a message not only to bless Addy, but bless others. Conrad challenges her to be the blessing, and she experiences blessings in return as she leaves her comfort zone and is intentional about blessing others. When Addy is in need, she realizes…

Book Review: Writing and Selling the Great American Novel by Janice Thompson
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Book Review: Writing and Selling the Great American Novel by Janice Thompson

When it comes to writing how-to books, I admit I start to gloss over when I hear there is a new one. I’m a voracious reader and I’ve read them. Of the stacks and stacks I’ve finished, only a few stand out as ones with new information and help I find amazing and worth telling…

Free Kindle Book September 12-14: Amazing Love by K. Dawn Byrd
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Free Kindle Book September 12-14: Amazing Love by K. Dawn Byrd

There are a couple things I absolutely love. A free Kindle read, and a story based on one from the Bible. From September 12-14, K. Dawn Byrd is giving both. Gabe Knight, a pastor in a small coastal town, finds his life is turned upside down when Dee Dillow arrives and hires him to remodel…