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January 2019

January 16, 2019

A Girl, Her Faith, and the Mafia: Author Interview and Excerpt

You may realize you have a talent for writing fiction when your writing professor describes...

December 2018

December 08, 2018

My Top Books of 2018

For fun, I joined the Goodreads Reading Challenge, in which members state their goal for...

November 2018

November 27, 2018

Advent Is Not for Sissies: a Review of Fleming Rutledge’s New Book

All summer, I itched to get my hands on Rutledge’s latest offering, Advent: The Once...

November 01, 2018

Read This Book: Laureano Delivers New Romance

I teased out the cover reveal a few weeks ago, and now the book itself...

October 2018

October 17, 2018

Carla Laureano Reveals Cover of New Contemporary Romance

When your fictional hero comes to life on the big screen, it’s easy to get...

September 2018

September 17, 2018

How to Find the True Rest that Your Soul Needs

It's fall, and I've started a new job and am teaching a weekly Bible study....

August 2018

August 20, 2018

Get a Sneak Peek into Our Book Update

I've been a bit AWOL from this blog since early June, and mostly I blame...

August 15, 2018

New Children’s Books Focus on Generosity

A trio of children's books arrived in bookstores this week, carrying a message that can...

July 2018

July 09, 2018

Sneak Peek: the Cover of ‘Gritty and Graceful’ by Caryn Rivadeneira

Not many authors can write to audiences of all ages. We tend to "speak" better...

June 2018

June 20, 2018

Do You Know How to ‘Speak God?’

Do Americans still use biblical terminology accurately? Do we even understand basic faith-related terms anymore?...

April 2018

April 30, 2018

Read This Book: Learning Parables as More than Morality Lessons

How can we help children understand Jesus's parables as more than mere morality lessons? Marty...

April 23, 2018

How Will #churchtoo Affect Women in Church Leadership?

Another week, another pastor resigning due to accusations of sexual misconduct. The recent phenomenon of #metoo and...

April 20, 2018

Read This Book: My Unlikely New Author Crush

I am late to the game, apparently. An author I recently—as in, last month—discovered has...

April 12, 2018

What’s a Leader to Do with Women in Conflict?

Do you lead a group of people that includes women? You might be male or...

April 05, 2018

Read These Books: Christian Fiction

Family lore says that I got off the bus after my first day of Kindergarten,...

March 2018

March 08, 2018

International Women’s Day: Recommended Reading

March 8 has become known as International Women's Day, a focal point within Women's History Month...

August 2017

August 24, 2017

'Grit and Grace: Heroic Women of the Bible' | A Review

In this children's book, Caryn Rivadeneira explores the events, personalities, and cultures of more than...

May 2011

May 09, 2011

Sisterhood

I grew up in a family of boys—Mom and I were the sole estrogen-producers in...

February 2011

February 18, 2011

They Picked Me

I recently read a book in which a young woman takes in her 10-year-old brother,...