“We could never so have loved, had we not sorrowed together, and together found peace and joy in believing.”  ~Honoria Lawrence When I read that quote from today’s real-life heroine, I loved Honoria. How real, how honest, how hopeful in her perspective of the tribulations she and her husband faced in their journey, side-by-side. My friend Hillari Delgado returns to us today with the story of Honoria and Henry Lawrence. She...

I’m sitting here at 10:30 p.m., dancing around the blog post on my mind. It’s about molecules. It all began with a song. And it has to do with you. Side note: you should perhaps be worried. I, who haven’t tampered with molecules since Freshman  year of college, am about to give you a science lesson.   Commence Lesson: Atoms make up molecules Molecules make up material Materials make up things like cathedrals and...

  It’s a pure delight to introduce you to today’s guest, Erin MacPherson. She was one of the very first to welcome me to the Books and Such family, and since that time I’ve been grateful for her prayers and writing accountability along the way. A warmer, more giving person you’ll not meet, which is why I am particularly thankful for her story today. As she points out early on, without this story, we’d have no...

What kind of crier are you? Do you sob? Snivel? Weep? Me—I’d like to think I’m a *solitary tear down the cheek, graceful sniffles* sort. But… I’m not. When I cry, there is lip-biting/trembling. Followed by voice-wavering. Which unleashes the waterworks that I’m still trying to hold back so they come out in a tug-o-war, and land in snot smudges on my sleeve.  Contorted muscles in my face try but fail to hold it back, setting my...

Four months ago, this conversation happened: That was my first encounter with the wonderful Keli Gwyn. Who knows what angsty thing I tweeted (let’s hope not too angsty) to curry such compassion, but I do remember that Keli’s generous encouragement in my Twitter inbox was such an unexpected blessing. To have someone on the brink of their novel debut reach out to me as I waded through my first major re-write was inspiring. Fast...