Do you take a lot of pictures? I do. I save a ton of pictures sent to me too. Aren't we grateful we live in a day and age where we have the ability to snap so many precious moments of life for safekeeping? Think about how much more we might have known about the past if our ancestors could have taken pictures of their lives so readily. So here we go... In no certain order, these are … [Read more...]
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A confluence of confluences
As I type this post, Ken and I have just finished packing up our 1998 Chinook camper for a short trip—short in time we'll be gone and short in the distance from home we're traveling. That's one of the wonderful things about living in a new-to-us state: there's so much to explore that we've never seen before and much of it is only a few miles up or down the road! As you read this, our adventure has … [Read more...]
Researching?
If you’re going to write historical fiction, it helps to enjoy doing research, which I really do! This past weekend, I set out on a fun trip with my husband, not intending for it to be a research trip. But since I can’t seem to stop looking for insights and tidbits to add to my stories, it ended up being a little bit of a research trip after all. My husband Ken has been a car buff for as long … [Read more...]
Trials and Deliverance
A number of years ago, a follower of my blog left this comment: How do you personally reconcile the two thoughts — embracing trials and praying God’s deliverance? I grew up in a church that strongly teaches pain and suffering are to be endured – almost to martyrdom, as some sort of penance, even as a way of offering a prayer up for others (i.e. if I have brain cancer I should just suffer and … [Read more...]
Makin’ a list…in a brand new journal!
[DRUMROLL PLEASE…The winners of the two journals are: Jackie Tessnair and Amber Woodward. Congrats, gals! I put info for how to contact me in the comments below. And I want to thank all of you for the fabulous ideas for other journals! Some of the ones you suggested were already in the works and others we hadn't thought of yet. In the next day or two, watch for two Sermon Notes journals, a more … [Read more...]
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