Using story to connect YOU to the Master Storyteller
A stack of packages waited for me when I woke up that morning. I opened the “boring” ones first. Laundry pods from Dropps.com, Bathroom scrubbing things from Amazon. A new journal I’d decided to make a part of my 2020 routine. Confession. I actually already had it. But I had bought a new one from … [Read more...]
It’s a normal scene here in our small town. Mothers shopping with their adult daughters, friends shopping together—sometimes sharing the same cart. No one thinks anything of it when you get to the checkout line and divide it by household. Or rather, they didn’t. Before. A friend posted on … [Read more...]
She didn't like it. After having read one of the other books in the series, I was certain she would love The Blue Cloak. But Mom had strong opinions on the book--it didn't make sense, she said. The crime spree had no impetus, as far as she could see. And several other elements bothered … [Read more...]
I've been looking forward to this review for weeks. I love when authors tackle difficult subjects and don't pretend that people wearing the name of Christ always remember that and act like it. However, as I started reading this book, I instantly became uncomfortable. Still, sometimes we have to … [Read more...]
Mom moved in with us the day before Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving afternoon, I brought the first stack of books to her room. Outside of my books, she hasn't read much if any Christian fiction before now. Fun fact, one day we were talking about repetitive words or phrases in books and she said, … [Read more...]
I don't always recall how I met certain authors or publicity folks, but I remember when I met her. An author I didn't really know well reached out and invited me to be in a collection with her and a few others. We had a great run for a few months and by then I'd made a few new friends. Among those … [Read more...]
Her Instagram post showed a book I’d never seen before, but being the world’s worst mother, I just “hearted” the thing and moved along. Didn’t read. That mother-of-the-year award gets more elusive every year. However, by the third or fourth picture over the next few days, I realized these were … [Read more...]
