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
Elk Jerky for the Soul: It's tough, but you need it!
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
Review of Henrietta Hexagon and the Triangles by Mandi Tillotson Williams (link to her facebook page) My kids are all in their twenties, but I have been a teacher, homeschooler and mom so I feel qualified to comment on this clever and fun children's book. It deals with adoption and "fitting in," and when you are … Continue reading How Do I Fit In?
Yesterday we posted a beginning to zany, wacky things going on in the Presidential Primaries. I figured this would be a series going on into or past the general election. Little did I realize that Part Two would be the next day. The State of Georgia challenged Obama's eligibility to be on the ballot. Obama … Continue reading Wacky Presidential Primaries; Part 2
This round of Republican Primaries is called wacky, zany, strange, unpredictable and frustrating. It is also the most important election in my lifetime (born 1956). There is no way I can predict tomorrow, much less the election, so this is just a collection of wacky observations of others. These are more or less random thoughts … Continue reading The Presidential Primaries as of February 2012
Rush Limbaugh uses the term "seminar caller" for those who get together to plan how to attack his radio show. At one time Planned Parenthood had actual seminars on how to attack their opposition. These tactics have proved so successful that many others have adopted them. About 1988 our family attended a pro-life rally under … Continue reading Planned Parenthood
Messages is described as a "fictional allegory," similar to a parable. A parable uses physical elements to teach a spiritual lesson. David Chance develops a sudden "talent." Words stand out in posters, newspapers, even movie titles, and give him "messages." Some might object to these extrabiblical revelations. The story has plenty of Scripture and biblical … Continue reading Why Him? Why Now? A Review of Messages by John Michael Hileman
"Pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much." (James 5:16) When we first joined Facebook, it was simply to keep in touch with our children in their far-flung adventures (and ours). Eventually we began to make friends there, usually people we knew in "real" … Continue reading The Prayer Networks
I am a big classics fan. I have, however, recently begun reviewing book by modern authors, and especially Indie writers, some of whom I've become friends and acquaintances with through author and reader sites I have joined. I have gotten good responses from the authors so far, even if I gave them the dreaded "three … Continue reading How to Write a Book Review the Author Will Love
Jackie Kennedy believed LBJ killed JFK. Rick Santorum does not have to fear assassination by Ron Paul but the ticket above proves people don't have to like each other to work together. Let's examine the strengths and weaknesses of Ron Paul as a running mate for Rick Santorum. Rick Santorum did not qualify for the … Continue reading Paul as VP for Santorum?
(Pictured above are Rex, Nessie, Sonny and Sis from the Disciplesaurs Puppet Play Series) Let your speech always be with grace, as though seasoned with salt, so that you will know how you should respond to each person (Colossians 4:6). Someone shared a link on Facebook the other day, in an authors' group to which … Continue reading Grace and Salt on Twitter (And some Light, Too, I Hope)
"Starting a quarrel is like breaching a dam; so drop the matter before a dispute breaks out." Proverbs 17:14 NIV 1984 Etiquette puts the desire to be inoffensive above your own wants and desires. While this is not a complete list, the following rules will help you be more civil in your facebook discussion. 1) … Continue reading Facebook Etiquette
This novella is an excerpt from Hope and the Knight of the Black Lion. It is written as the diary of a crusader who was shipwrecked following the armada of Louis IX to Alexandria. He is disillusioned with his "holy quest" and sick of his adventure. Suddenly he is faced with the choice of … Continue reading Our Newest Baby Book: Diary of a Christian Dog
For many years of my life, I wanted to be successful. I put a lot of effort into that endeavor. I worked and worked and worked. If I joined an organization, I had to be president because I wanted the organization to be successful and I wanted to be seen as a success in the … Continue reading Ever Faithful — Guest Post by Author Staci Stallings
There are different ways to approach a history of Baptists. One is by studying the Chronology, Creeds, and Organizations. Another way is by comparing the beliefs and looking for similarities and differences among different groups. "The Trail of Blood" http://www.biblepreaching.com/trailofblood.html uses this second method. Some of the groups it mentions are Donatists, Walendsians Petrobrusians and … Continue reading A Brief History of Baptists
All across the Internet articles are appearing with the titles are "Two Mommies" or "Three Parents." Of course these emotionally charged titles are not quite telling the whole story. Human testing has been requested on a procedure that is successful in eradicating some genetic diseases in mice, rats and larger animals. I would normally link … Continue reading Two Mommies?
Like any religion which enthrones man in God's place, there is a desperate and irrational need to attack true religion. "Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence,"3 says Richard Dawkins. In the Bible, in the founding documents of US history and in the US court … Continue reading Belief Excerpts from Antidisestablishmentarianism I from Chapter 11. What Is Science to a Secular Humanist?
"The Lord is ... not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance." (2 Peter 3:9) "For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God." (Romans 3:23) "There is none righteous, no not one." (Romans 3:10) Since we are all sinners, we need to have our sins atoned … Continue reading What is Salvation?
If any contemporary romance gave excellent advice to its readers, it's this one. It tells lovers, and readers, not to make assumptions. It reminded me a lot of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. There is a small amount of language and non-graphic sexual reference in the book dealt with appropriately for any adult or young … Continue reading They Got More Than Hannah’s Blessing — A review of Hannah’s Blessing by Collette Scott
We travel all over the forty-eight states, so we see a lot of life. This does not make us experts, but we want to attempt to show how our culture is on a downhill slide, mostly because of sin and secular humanism. There are people who don't speak English and don't intend to learn, people … Continue reading I am a Trucker’s Wife
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