Small-Town Christian Romance Author Julie Arduini
Weaving faith, family, and chocolate in stories that feel like home
In the midst of packing my husband shared a revelation. The day we move to the house we believe is the last one for us is ten years to the day we moved to Ohio. Wow. Some days it feels like yesterday, and others, 100 years. I know this much—when my husband approached me over…
I’m happy to be part of a group on FB that features ACFW (American Christian Fiction Writers) where the members are part of the Ohio chapter. Carole Brown is one of those members, and she’s having a scavenger hunt today. A bunch of us are part of the hunt stops. I’m sharing three clues, and…
It’s morbid but for years I contemplated what I wanted on my tombstone before I started thinking about cremation (my mother-in-law was cremated.) I decided for all the wonderful quotes and attributes to be remembered by, “She believed God” was the most accurate. Thanks to God using Beth Moore’s Believing God to absolutely change my…
Last week on Facebook I shared how my husband and I evaluated the changes we’ve survived in the last year, and what we see coming. Loss of his mother Two job related changes Broken wrist, surgery, therapy Changing how we travel to NY (we usually go separate, he visits his dad and I visit my…
Afraid of success? That’s crazy talk. Or is it? Years ago I knew God was asking me to surrender a volunteer position that I loved. It wasn’t because I grew an ego or was prideful, but He wanted me to break out of the comfort zone and trust Him for the…
Last year I facilitated a Made to Crave study based on the book by Lysa TerKeurst. We’d watch the video and each week she’d have a word that we would replace with a better word. My notes for Week 6 have the word Desperation. Letting go of desperation, the new word we are to exchange…