All this month I will be watching on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and my new subscribers for my monthly-0r-so newsletter. If you tag me @JulieArduini and tell me you’re #thankful or #juliearduinithankful, I’ll enter your name to win a copy of my fiction books. This includes Entrusted, Entangled, Engaged, You’re Beautiful and the boxed set of…
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Dr. Michelle Bengston: What to Say When To a Depressed Loved One
What to Say When To a Depressed Loved One by Dr. Michelle Bengtson “Death and life are in the power of the tongue…” Proverbs 18:21 What we say to others can either build them up or tear them down. We must take care not to further injure someone in their suffering from something we say.…
Book Review: In Times Like These by Gail Kittleson
Pearl Harbor attacked! The United States is at war. But Addie fights her own battles on the Iowa home front. Her controlling husband Harold vents his rage on her when his father’s stroke prevents him from joining the military. He degrades Addie, ridicules her productive victory garden, and even labels her childlessness as God’s punishment.…
Thankful: Bold Friends
In the last few years, I’ve learned a lot about friendship. Some I gave my complete trust to only to find a knife in my back. Some I thought would be in my life until death, but for whatever reason, it was just a season and they are gone. And then there are the bold…
Book Review: Hopeful by Shelley Shepard Gray
Book Description: In the Amish town of Sugarcreek, love comes in many forms. But will it come at all for Miriam? Miriam Zehr has worked at the Sugarcreek Inn longer than she cares to admit. The restaurant is a favorite of town residents as well as the many tourists who come to taste the famous…
Side by Side in God’s Battle by Holly Hrywnak
Thankful Post: Side by Side in Battle By: Holly Hrywnak 1 Samuel 14:6-7 “Jonathan said to his young armor-bearer, “Come, let’s go over to the outpost of those uncircumcised men. Perhaps the Lord will act in our behalf. Nothing can hinder the Lord from saving, whether by many or by few.” “Do all that you have in mind,” his armor-bearer said.…