Housewarming Party Giveaway WINNERS
Thank you so much for stopping by and being a part of my website’s housewarming party this week. I was blessed by all you shared in the comments, and I had several other people tell me what a blessing and encouragement your comments were. So… a huge “thank you,” from me to you! Now, to announce the winners of the 10 giveaways. Each giveaway was conducted at random, using random.org to draw a number. And the winners are… Necklace or Bracelet: Shari Shantz Wish You Were Here: Paula Osborne Hidden in the Heart: Cindi...
read moreHousewarming Party: February 4th-6th, 2013
Welcome! Wondering what exactly a website “housewarming” party is? It’s simply a gathering of folks, an online open-house of sorts to show you around my new website and welcome you, get to know you. The website still has a few hiccups here and there, but I thought it was high time to have you over, nevertheless. To get the low-down on what the housewarming party entails and what this site is all about, take a peek at the video above. Sidenote: I don’t want to deceive you into thinking I’m all calm and collected. Goodness, if...
read more…and Don’t Forget to be Amazed
This: {amazed} and this…: …they’re the same. Maze and Amaze come from the same root. I promise! See? I have a story about this. Once upon a time, I set foot in “the most famous maze in the history of the world,” located in a little place called The Wilderness (…that doesn’t sound foreboding at all…) at Hampton Court Palace, England. I thrilled as I approached that lovely old maze. What lords and ladies and kings and queens meandered these paths through the years?! And here was I, plain old girl-next-door,...
read moreThree, Two, One…
Three tiny letters make all the difference. Two— even better. One—a place to rest. It all started with a vicarious jaunt to the English countryside, via Lark Rise to Candleford. It’s a sweet show, one of those I’ll watch and watch again, all about a young woman named Laura Timmins who leaves her family in the village of Lark Rise to work at the post office in nearby town, Candleford. “Our Laura,” her family calls her. Always when just plain “Laura” will do: “Will Our Laura visit tomorrow?” “How is Our Laura?”...
read moreMightier
Psalm 93:4 “Mightier than the thunder of the great waters, mightier than the breakers of the sea— the LORD on high is mighty.” When, in exhaustion and despair, you arrive at a dead-end and aretempted to give up,remember the Red Sea, and venture forth. He is mightier. (Exodus 13:17-15:21) If, in the midst of a storm, your heart is a sea of turmoil, and your hope, comfort, and safety have been battered and tossed until raw and on the fragile point of breaking, remember the Sea of Galilee, and be still. He is mightier. (Mark...
read moreWhere the Wind Blows Hard and the Trees Grow Crooked
There’s a valley here, where the winds of the world come to reside. Gusts sweep down one mountain range, tumble across the valley floor, sweep up the next mountain range, all in endless supply. The trees there grow crooked, reaching in diagonal tandem, away from the first mountain range. But they grow. And they’re strong. See, despite that relentless horizontal battering, the vertical doesn’t change. The roots sink their tendrils ever-deeper. The leaves up top reach for the light, soak in strength. I wonder at them...
read moreDecember Eve– Guarding the Sanctuary of the Season
Quiet and soft and slow… …That’s how He came, that’s how the song goes. And here I am, swept up in a flurry of winter zeal, printing printables and scheming schemes and signing on for every amazing Christmas idea there is out there. I want Christmas to be about Him. I want our home to be a place where understanding sparks in eyes, love kindles warm in hearts, and we cherish. Truth, each other, giving. Cherish each of those things. Slow down,...
read moreHope Chronicles Giveaway Winners!
First, I’m so excited to announce the winners of the Hope Chronicles giveaways: (Each winner will also be notified by e-mail.) Regina Jennings’s prize bundle winner: Wendy Newcomb Joanne Bischof’s prize bundle winner: Karen K Amanda Dykes’s prize bundle winner: Elizabeth Jorgensen Karen Barnett’s prize bundle winner: Jenny Sarah Sundin’s prize bundle winner: Becky Guinn GRAND PRIZE Hope Chronicles Journal: Becky Guinn And Second: Truly, thank you. I can’t tell you how very blessed I was...
read moreHope Chronicles: Georgianna Wentworth
The Hope Chronicles is a blog hop and journal between 5 historical romance authors. Our desire is to bring you lasting hope through these letters, grounded in the hope of our Lord that does not disappoint, and written from the fictional viewpoints of each book’s heroine. We’re so glad to have you join the event. Each day this week, a new Hope Chronicles post will go live, complete with a journal entry and a new giveaway for that blog post. To read more about the project and enter to win the one-of-a-kind, hand-inscribed Hope...
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