History, Real Life and Faith
Our church’s eyeglasses mission visited the Rio San Juan region of Nicaragua for the tenth straight year in 2016. The Rio San Juan area, the poorest region of the second poorest country in Central America, has only limited medical facilities. Using a mobile autorefractor, the experience of our leader John, and the organizational skills of in-country citizens Rafael and optometrist…
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With summer heating up, Amy Lillard has written The Wildflower Bride for (now bestselling!) The 12 Brides of Summer Collection. As a sequel to last winter’s The Gingerbread Bride, The Wildflower Bride follows the fortunes of the second sister, Grace Sinclair Older sister Maddie is married in the opening scene, set in the 1875 Ozarks, and we get to celebrate with…
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Am I a Pharisee like those Jewish scholars in the Gospels? Sometimes I can see where they’re coming from when they challenge Jesus again and again in Matthew, Mark, Luke and John’s books of the New Testament. Not all the time; but they’re such splendid targets to disdain. Except when their misunderstandings and words echo in my heart and life. Then…
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The (now best selling!) 12 Brides of Summer Collection includes a traditional summer activity in The County Fair Bride by Vickie McDonough. Vickie wrote The Fruitcake Bride with a sequel in mind. Finding the story was easy and fun. “My heroine in The County Fair Bride is Prudy Willard, who was the antagonist in The Fruitcake Bride. She’s been away…
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When I typed The End last night, I began to shake. Finished, done, completed–at least the rough draft. I sat back in my computer chair, put my hands to my face and sobbed. While a writer is like God as she writes her book, plans her story, incorporates facts and hunts for words, this writer doesn’t always feel like God….
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When I typed The End last night, I began to shake. Finished, done, completed–at least the rough draft. I sat back in my computer chair, put my hands to my face and sobbed. While a writer is like God as she writes her book, plans her story, incorporates facts and hunts for words, this writer doesn’t always feel like God….
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