Please give a very warm welcome to debut author, Deena Adams! She's sharing about an astonishing event that happened in her own life and how that impacted her novel. Plus, she's generously giving away a paperback to one of you. Glad you're here, Deena! -Becky DNA testing expanded exponentially over the past decade, and experts project the trend will continue. Some want to delve into their … [Read more...]

This past weekend two of my fellow authors here on the blog, Karen Witemeyer and D'Ann Mateer, joined me in Dallas for an event at my church called Books & Brunch. It was wonderful to spend time with Karen and D'Ann in person again. It had been a few years! We shared dinner Friday night before meeting back up at the gathering Saturday morning. I've been asked if we coordinated our … [Read more...]

I hope you all had a wonderful Easter! My husband was parking as my daughters and I stopped in front of this gorgeous flower-covered cross on our way into church on Sunday. (I think His Highness viewed the fact that he was parking as a double mercy. He showed mercy to us by dropping us off close to the doors. And we were merciful to him by not forcing him to pose for a photo.) Our son … [Read more...]

We own a vacation rental house at Lake O the Pines, Texas and were fortunate to spend time there over spring break. The charming old town of Jefferson is only twenty-five minutes from the lake house, and so it has become our "hometown away from home" whenever we're in Northeast Texas. Jefferson was founded in the early 1840's and swelled to a peak population of over 4,000 in 1870. It has a … [Read more...]

When I first started writing, I imagined the rewards of this work this way . . . Publication of my book! People I don't personally know reading my book! Pay checks! But time has proven that one of the greatest rewards of this work is this . . . friends. And it makes perfect sense, doesn't it? God isn't about worldly success. He's all about PEOPLE. Back in 2018, I felt led to start a local … [Read more...]