Sweet Caroline by Rachel Hauck won the 2009 ACFW Book of the Year award. Back cover copy : When a Southern waitress inherits the Lowcountry cafe where she works, she suddenly has to balance more than just her next food order. Caroline Sweeney has always done the right thing–the responsible, dependable thing–unlike her mother who […]
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I’m finished with the Book of Genesis and I feel encouraged. Why? Because what happened in Genesis happens today! One of the reasons the book of Genesis may have been written is to give us encouragement? You may remember that God promised that Abraham would become a great and powerful nation(Gen 18:18,19)? Yet when Abraham
Back-cover copy : Carley Marek experiences culture shock when she visits her friend Lillian’s family on their farm deep in Amish country. She’ll get an article out of the visit–and maybe some of Lillian’s newfound peace will somehow rub off on her. Just when Carley is getting used to the quiet nature of the Plain
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My parents are excellent cooks. This recipe comes from my dad (Poppy). 4 chicken breasts, lightly pounded to 1/4 inch thick flour to dredge salt and pepper 4 tablespoons olive oil 4 shallots, thinly sliced 3 cloves garlic chopped fine or minced 2 cups white wine (Chablis – chicken broth can be substituted for this)
Envision this : A middle-aged woman is in the grocery store. Sad. Depressed. Life is not giving her any breaks. She is checking out the red grapes as she notices a harried woman rushing through the store. Miss Harried Woman leaves her cart to grab a bag of red grapes and turns back to her
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Kit Wilkinson, winner of the 2008 RWA Golden Heart for Best Inspirational Romance, is here with us today! Kit lives in Virginia and is a writer, speaker and stay-at-home mom. Kit, thank you for taking the time to hang out with me today on my blog. I thoroughly enjoyed your debut novel Protector’s Honor and
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Katy’s New World, written by Kim Vogel Sawyer is a quick enjoyable read! Back-cover copy : Katy has always enjoyed life in her small Mennonite community, but she longs to learn more than her school can offer. After getting approval from her elders, Katy starts her sophomore year at the public high school in town,
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Christa Allan‘s debut novel Walking on Broken Glass is for sale today! Keep reading for an interview with Christa. Back-cover copy : Leah Thorton’s life, like her Southern Living home, has great curb appeal. But a paralyzing encounter with a can of frozen apple juice in the supermarket shatters the façade, forcing her to admit
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God is sovereign even though we are a fallen people. . . I was reading Genesis 27 the other day and I noticed something odd. In Genesis 22 Abraham offered Isaac, his only son, as a sacrifice to God. He didn’t know there’d be a ram in the thickets and that God would tell him
What happens when you don’t have the time to exercise? Or you normally walk or run outside and it is too hot or too cold or raining, what to do then? Easy, use your muscles during the commercials of your favorite television shows. Get a beach towel out. You have four basic areas to work
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