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Get Your Game Face On!

March 9, 2015 By Deborah Raney

One of our family’s favorite things to do when we all get together is to play games. Board games, card games, word games, puzzles… You name it, we probably have the game. We’ve always played table games since our kids could first hold a deck of cards in their chubby little fists, but when our daughter-in-law joined our family, she introduced us to a whole new collection of board games. I don’t … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Assorted & Sundry, Family

Do You Talk to Your Kids About What They Read?

March 6, 2015 By Jody Hedlund

This is a big week for me! My Young Adult medieval book, An Uncertain Choice, released! I'm thrilled that readers are already enjoying the book. One reader, JoJo Sutis, said this: "With so many mixed messages of young love in the world today... An Uncertain Choice is like a breath of fresh air. The world simply needs more books like this." JoJo's Corner Another of my readers, Cassie … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family, Reading Tagged With: Jody Hedlund, Reading with Kids, Wholesome Books

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

A Meeting That Wasn’t Supposed to Happen

February 6, 2015 By Jody Hedlund

Since we're only a week away from Valentine's Day, I thought I'd share the story about how I met my husband! Have you ever stubbornly stamped your foot and said, "No. I'm never going to do that"? I'm never going to live in that town? Or I'm never going to do that job? When I was younger, I stamped my foot and said, "I'm never going to marry a pastor." I grew up as a PK (Pastor's Kid). My … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family Tagged With: Jody Hedlund, romance

A Priceless Bridal Shower … on a budget!

January 7, 2015 By Tricia Goyer

My oldest daughter is getting married in May! (You may have seen a previous post.) And she was only home in Little Rock for a month, which means lots of wedding planning, picking out a dress, checking out the reception spot, and having a bridal shower. Talk about busy! (And that doesn't include Christmas, New Years, everyone in the family getting strep, book edits and deadlines on another book, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Assorted & Sundry, Family, House and home Tagged With: decorations, inexpensive bridal shower ideas, novelist, old world, priceless, Tricia Goyer, Wedding shower

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