The Trust Chronicles is a blog hop and collaborative project between 5 historical romance authors. Our desire is to bring you lasting hope through these letters, grounded in trust in our Lord, 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 Trust Chronicles post will go live, complete with a letter and a new giveaway for that blog post. Click here to read...

It was Mother’s Day. Years of quiet ache landed me that day standing in front of a kitchen sink, pinching thorns from roses. I am blessed, you see, to be a part of a church that in years past has honored all women on Mother’s Day by giving them a simple, lovely rose—a reminder that they are treasured. In the raw years of longing unfulfilled, when I wondered if I’d ever have a “rightful” place on this day, that single rose was a...

A prayer, scribbled out one afternoon, my heart open on the page.     I found this today… and began praying it all over again....

Have you ever found life in a corner of the world where you thought it impossible? I had a few blog post ideas swimming in my mind this week, but this one keeps rolling in, silent but strong, quieting the rest down and asking to be written. Especially this week, after all that has transpired. Like you, I’ve watched with a heavy, heavy heart as the news has unfolded. And as my feeble little mind tried to wrap itself around something it was...

Or, A TALE OF TWO 5K JOURNEYS It was an accident, you see. I started running, and it was an accident. I went to the gym to try a circuit class a few weeks ago. I got there early with a friend, and we walked a little to warm up on the treadmills. People began to trickle in for the class. I cast furtive glances back at them (“Aha! So that’s how to not get tangled beyond the point of rescue in that thing!”). When the small class gathered,...

Sometimes, a dream is born. You pursue it with everything you’ve got, and it’s easy to pour into it, because you thrive on it. You feel alive in the serving in it. You pray and you know—it was God who laid this dream on your heart. Just like the verse says, right? “Take delight in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart.” Psalm 37:4 What divinely appointed desire he gave your heart! You work and you work and you...