Tricia Goyer presents the third book in her Big Sky series, Beyond Hope’s Valley. It continues Marianna Sommer’s journey where she returns to her Indiana Amish roots for her brother’s wedding, and preparing for her own wedding to Aaron Zook. Although being Aaron’s bride has been her dream since she was a little girl, returning to Indiana is a bigger adjustment than she planned on. Marianna misses her Montana life. [...]
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Didn’t think I could come up with a “Q” post, did you? Oh, but I did. Thanks to Qwitter. Qwitter is an app, for lack of a better word, where you can learn who on Twitter stopped following you. I find far too much pleasure in this resource. It’s sad, really. For the most part, my Qwitters seem to be folks who must know I didn’t follow them back. I [...]
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Repost from April 28, 2011 Recently I had to give a testimony and a lot of it has to do with this very site. When I prayed about sharing I realized that most things we all need to surrender come from a place of fear. Perhaps this is something you can relate to. I edited this post for privacy issues. I pray it blesses you! Jesus Paved the Way [...]
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I remember blogging briefly about the dandelion before, but the visual and application keeps coming back to me, so I thought instead of exercising (I will later, promise!) I would expand on it. Our youngest has loved dandelions since she could walk. Each year she’d gather them and present them as bouquets. Often she’d leave them on the couch or a table as a surprise. When she went to the [...]
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This is a re-post from May 2011, the Saturday before Mother’s Day. Tomorrow can range in several scenarios. I remember as a kid riding down a country road seeing a woman pushing a lawnmower. She looked hot and tired and what I remember the most was who was watching—a man I guessed to be her husband. As a child I thought why should she be doing that? Isn’t it Mother’s [...]
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Oh, yay! You’re here. Come in, come in. Don’t worry about what you look like. This blogger surrendered worrying about what others think for a few years now. Trust me, you look fabulous. Tell me you love chocolate. You have to. I love teaching the Made to Crave Bible study whether online via webinar or through my home church. I’m always honest. Chocolate was so much a [...]
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