We are privileged today to host Evelyn Puerto on our blog. She contacted us by email and offered us this article, and we are so glad she did. “I don’t ever want to go back to school. I can’t go back there!” How many of us have heard our children make the same complaint? How … Continue reading Guest Post by Evelyn Puerto: We Can’t Just Swim Through Life Like a Fish
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If you search for a book, you might go to a library or a bookstore. You might be looking for a magazine or newspaper, or even searching online for an ebook. As you search, you will find that modern fiction dominates. In some places, such as used bookstores, you will find hundreds of fiction books … Continue reading War And Peace: A Book Review
Anjaline was born in Quito, Ecuador. That’s what drew me to the book, because I worked with a sweet young woman who came from Ecuador. We became good friends. From a festival of fruit and flowers Anjaline is pulled away to British Columbia by her stepfather’s work. Anjaline reacts in typical teenage fashion, storming … Continue reading Review of Sweet Love by Amy McGuire
Findley Family Video now has 24 Titles to offer readers in the e-book realm. Another author I told that to responded by saying "Holy Moley," and called us "Prolific." Perhaps I should explain. We have decided to give readers a taste of some of our longer works, excerpts at a lower price so you can … Continue reading Twenty-Four Titles by Findley Family Video
I have only "discovered" Pinterest within about the last month. Previously, I knew that non-writing friends, especially females, gushed about it. Sometimes I ignore what females gush about because it usually has to do with shopping and I dislike shopping. One friend said she couldn't believe I would be on Pinterest. But several author … Continue reading Pinterest Is My New Interest
This month a group of author friends discovered Pinterest. If you don't know, it's a way to share pictures, basically, a digital scrapbook. I have steampunk stuff, cool scenery, Mesopotamian ancient stuff, and books by my husband and I and our author friends. Sometimes people also post links to products you might be interested in … Continue reading The Great Pinterest Contest Experiment
This is the third contemporary romance I have read recently, and the second by a Christian writer. Normally I don't read this genre because the stories tend to focus on the self-centered "sufferings" of a heroine who doesn't have any real sufferings. I have been blessed, however, to find two out of three gems in … Continue reading An Unbelievable Intersection of Lives
McKenzie Worthington is a desperate woman. She lives in a world of such wealth and privilege she has never even had to spoon food onto her own plate. She is willing to give it all up. Temporarily, at least. Someone must rescue her sister from a truly terrifying marriage in the wilds of frontier Montana, … Continue reading “This Is Not a Small Thing!”
(originally published in French in 1850) Over 99% of everything ever written is not worth reading. Of those higher quality works which contribute to spiritual growth, more than 99% of those are only worth reading once. A tiny number are worthy of a second or third look. The Law, a tiny book of less than … Continue reading The Law by Claude Frédéric Bastiat
The Jewish culture of Jesus in the early first century was built on the Law of Moses first, the rest of the Old Testament second and finally Jewish history during the Persian, Greek and Roman periods. Rabbis emphasized memorizing the Torah first and it was a very effective system. The first culture Christians witnessed to … Continue reading What Makes Art Christian?
Malcolm Drake has so much to bear as a sixteen year old high school student. His mother left for another man, taking all their savings. His father has worked long hours playing financial catch-up and been too weary to see his son grow up. Bullies force him to find a hiding place deep in the … Continue reading A Terrifying Alternative to Science
At first I was kind of put off by the idea of a college student pulled into an alternate world and larger than life adventure. What new thing could Steve Biddison bring to a genre that I think started with Alice in Wonderland? But there's at least potential here for a great allegory. Biddison's got … Continue reading Worlds to Save With Five Minute Armies
Review of Growth Lessons by Naty Matos Naty Matos says she has been through some tough times, but she doesn't dwell on them in this work. She keeps a sweet, cheerful attitude, a lot like the gardener, while gently and persistently digging around our roots, aerating our soil, fertilizing our ground, and … Continue reading This “Blog in a Book” Waters Christian Seedlings!
Review of They Met at Shiloh by Phillip M. Bryant I think I was required to read The Red Badge of Courage in High School. Normally a compliant student, I failed to complete that assignment. I don't really like war stories, particularly graphically realistic and gruesome ones. I did, however, finish reading They Met at … Continue reading Unlike Stephen Crane’s Red Badge of Courage, They Met At Shiloh Gives Us Hope
Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. 1 Peter 5:7 (NIV) Last week we looked at casting our earnest and tense desires (a form of anxiety) on Jesus. Today, let’s look at it from another angle. Dictionary.com gives this as another definition for anxiety: distress or uneasiness of mind caused by … Continue reading Anxiety Part 2: Distress Guest Post by Karen Baney
Presenting a collection of short stories featuring two by Mary C. Findley. Look for "Most Fortunate of Men" and "My Lord's Table," in this eclectic collection. Companion stories, these two tales begin with a young woman waiting ten years for her betrothed to return from war. But will he return? Will Jael have to go … Continue reading The Books and Novels to Read.com Compendium of Short Stories
Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. 1 Peter 5:7 (NIV) Are you stressed? Anxious? Tense? Fearful? In 1 Peter, we’re told to cast those feelings on Jesus. Over the next two Saturdays, let’s dig a little deeper into this verse and the word anxiety. Dictionary.com gives this as one definition … Continue reading Anxiety Part 1: Tense Desire By Karen Baney
Whenever I read how the scientific community explains the plagues against Egypt described in Exodus, I have to giggle. They have a logical explanation of how each plague happened through nature, through natural process, then they reach the conclusion that because the plagues happened naturally, there is nothing miraculous about them. There is no God. … Continue reading Watching the Fig Tree Guest post by Linda Yezek
My love for writing met my love for youth about two years ago and formed an inseparable bond. For approximately six years, I worked with my church youth department helping to mentor and lead teens. When I decided to take my writing seriously, teens found their way into my books quite naturally. I’ve seen several … Continue reading Guest Post by Joana James: Why I write YA
http://www.amazon.com/Elite-Weak-Revelation-Special-ebook/dp/B006H9NSAW Hadassah is an Israeli-American prepared for much more than just high school and hanging out. Her family follows Jesus Christ and looks forward to the Second Coming as earthquakes rock New York. World events, especially a rise in the number of kidnaps, and the special targeting of the types of victims, point to … Continue reading For Such a Time As This
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