Small-Town Christian Romance Author Julie Arduini
Weaving faith, family, and chocolate in stories that feel like home
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…
Original post July 2012 Is it just me? I don’t think so, because when I asked on Facebook about waiting, a few people chimed in. Here’s my deal–I do pretty well with long waits. I’ve waited years for children, for job circumstances, to overcome fears. I’ve waited months for vacations, sales, weight loss, and television…
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…
What a week! If you follow me on my personal Facebook page you know our daughter has been struggling with an invisible illness that brings about so much pain for her and those around her that it has consumed my thoughts this week. Whether I wanted it to or not, this one issue has been…
Forgiving Judas. My author friends are probably thinking up a plot as they read those words, believing it to be a great novel they could draft. My full-time ministry friends are outlining their sermons and reaching for their Bible. Me? It’s the topic at hand in one of my non-stop questions with God. Imagine the…
It’s almost here–the annual Thankful Guest Blogger Month. As always, I love the posts that are coming in from people and why they are thankful. I will feature them through most of November, and I have a few, not many, slots left. Learn how you can submit here. This week I had an a-ha moment,…