Book Review: Outrageous Courage by Kris and Jason Vallotton
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Book Review: Outrageous Courage by Kris and Jason Vallotton

                    Dear Reader, This is the story of one of the most courageous, radically obedient people we know. Tracy Evans, a physician assistant, has treated rebel guerillas while captive on an Asian island. She’s sipped tea in a Mozambican hut while bullets whistled through the grass…

Guest Blogger Author Susan May Warren: Take a Chance on Ivy
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Guest Blogger Author Susan May Warren: Take a Chance on Ivy

Hey.  I’m Ivy Madison and I’m super glad to be here. I’m the new assistant prosecutor in Deep Haven.  The truth is, I’ve always wanted to live in a small town.  Call it a idealistic dream, but the fact is, I grew up in Minneapolis, shuffling to different foster homes, and the minute I heard…

Guest Blogger Author Susan May Warren: Take a Chance on Jensen Atwood
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Guest Blogger Author Susan May Warren: Take a Chance on Jensen Atwood

Take a Chance on Jensen Atwood My name is Jensen, and I’m the reason why Darek Christiansen doesn’t have a wife, why Tiger doesn’t have a mother.  Just for the record, the accident wasn’t my fault, but no one is listening to me, so it doesn’t matter what I say.  I just want to finish…

Guest Blogger Author Susan May Warren: Take a Chance on Darek Christiansen
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Guest Blogger Author Susan May Warren: Take a Chance on Darek Christiansen

Take a Chance on Darek Christiansen Hello, yeah.  Hi.  So, I’m Darek Christiansen, and Susie told me I had to show up and introduce myself.  So here I am.  Listen, it’s no mystery that I don’t want to be here.  I really need to be getting home to Tiger, my five year old son.  But…

Character Confession: The Hidden Pain
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Character Confession: The Hidden Pain

Last week I read about retired NASCAR driver Dick Trickle’s suicide. My parents dated by attending races at the Chemung Racetrack where then amateur Geoff Bodine was always put last in line to see how fast he’d get up front and win. Once married and with children our parents continued to watch NASCAR, much to…

Character Confession: Rehearsing for a Play that Will Never Open
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Character Confession: Rehearsing for a Play that Will Never Open

When people are skeptical about Christ’s ability to transform people today, I want to bring in people from my childhood to display as my Exhibit A. I was a wounded, angry child and my mouth was often far ahead of my brain. If I couldn’t say it in person, well I did the next best…