Small-Town Christian Romance Author Julie Arduini
Weaving faith, family, and chocolate in stories that feel like home
NOTE: If you receive this blog via email, the sale might already have started. Although Ohio has seen 90+ temps already (and snow in May,) it is now summer. One of my favorite things to do is watch our daughter swim and have a book on the deck. And now, I want to put a…
Give your family summer vacation a makeover this year and turn it into a “staycation.” Have your kids forget their summer boredom, turn off their screens, and instead circle the globe with Focus on the Family’s “World Explorers” summer adventure kit! Throughout the next two months, travel our colorful, diverse world, visiting 27 different countries on…
Looking for some awesome take-me-away Summer Reading? Check out these new releases and I dare you to tell me which one you’d put on the top of your reading list. We offer contemporary and historical romance, a little fantasy, danger, mystery, suspense! Vote for your next most likely read, and leave the author…
Are you an Adventure in Odyssey fan? The creators of the Odyssey Adventure Club have a contest to kick off your summer! In 30 words or less tell us how you are going to take the plunge to deepen your faith this summer. Send your entry to contests@whitsend.org for a chance to win a family…
Memorial Day is just around the corner, which means school will be out for the summer! Parents, does that fill you with dread, knowing all you’ll hear for the next few months is, “I’m bored!”? Keep reading because we have a deal for you-one that will only cost you a buck and that will keep…
Did you know spiritual seasons mirror the natural ones? The next natural season is fall. A time of transition. A breaking off and eventual dying of things to bring about something better. But before that better comes a path filled with darkness and the unknown. What happens next? What if I fail? How am I…