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The Spiritual Life of a Reader

April 1, 2015 By Tricia Goyer

I remember the first Christian novel I ever read. It was Love Comes Softly by Jeanette Oke. I was in high school, and my spiritual life was a mess. Around this time I was also reading things like The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough and Pet Cemetery by Steven King—books that truly vexed my soul. Reading Love Comes Softly was like finding a cool spring of fresh water in a blazing hot desert. I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Assorted & Sundry, Faith Tagged With: Biblical truth, Christian fiction, fiction, prayer, Readers, spiritual life

Books: Snapshots of Our Lives

March 18, 2015 By Tricia Goyer

John and I are in the process of adopting four girls, ages 14, 12, 12, and 10, from the foster care system. They are beautiful, smart, and funny. We've had two day visits and one weekend visit with them, and John and I are just scratching the surface at discovering who these amazing young women are. At the same time John and I are trying to share our lives, our likes, our values, . . . and our … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Assorted & Sundry, Family Tagged With: adoption, author, Family, story

Broken Things Made Beautiful

March 4, 2015 By Tricia Goyer

I remember when my first novel From Dust and Ashes: A Story of Liberation came out in 2003. I was so excited to share it with my friends who'd believed in my writing dreams. But out of all the people who read the novel, there was one person's comments that stand out the most. My friend Kathy had worked with me to start Hope Pregnancy Center in Kalispell, Montana. She's also been in the Bible Study … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Assorted & Sundry, Faith Tagged With: author, Christian witness, liberation, teen pregnancy, Tricia Goyer, World War II novels

Indiana Jones + Indiana Josephine: When Love Becomes an Adventure

February 18, 2015 By Tricia Goyer

  Last week John and I celebrated our 25th Anniversary. I knew when I married John that life would be an adventure, and it has been, but when I let him plan our anniversary I had no idea what I was getting into ... This is John and I on the second longest zip line in Central America. 1900 ft long with a 300 ft drop. (It was one of 10 zip lines we went on that day, and it was actually a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Assorted & Sundry, Family Tagged With: adventure, Anniversary, author, Indiana Jones, love, marriage

Discovering the Forgotten War

February 4, 2015 By Tricia Goyer

  This year World War II is going to get a lot of attention. On May 8, 1945 it will be the 70th Anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe. But thinking about World War II also makes remember the often forgotten war. The Spanish Civil War  ... ever heard of it? Yeah, I hadn't really either. Beyond hearing about a For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway, I didn't … [Read more...]

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