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...

“Time-less”– Not in the classic, “never-goes-out-of-style” sense of the word. More like the “completely-lacking-a-timekeeping-device” sense of the word. That was me, and because I had no watch, I have a memory etched in time. Would you like to hear it? Oh, do, come along and see what transpired in my time-less snippet of time whatever. Once upon a time, I set out on a walk. To think, to pray, really. The high summer clouds...

I was privileged to get to know our guest today when her debut novel, The Pursuit of Lucy Banning, was the featured title of the month in June over at the online book club I co-host. Not only does Olivia have a beautiful way of telling a story, but she weaves flawless research into her historical romance in a way that wraps you up in days gone by completely while you take the journey with her memorable characters. I was so pleased when Olivia...

You already know what I’m going to say, don’t you? That whole “Life is a journey, not a destination” thing? It’s been on my mind lately on the tails of posting a song about that on my Facebook page not too long ago. My thoughts are these: So often, we’re bound and limited. We can’t do “Z” until “Y” happens, we can’t do “Y” until “X” happens, and so on and so forth until we think we’ll never get past the...

Today, our tale is one that rends the heart, shows the love of five women for their husbands, and the love of those couples for the work and people God placed on their hearts together. It’s not an easy story to hear, but it’s an important one. On January 8th, 1956, five young missionaries were killed in the mission field. This is the story of their widows, their love, and God’s grace through it all. Take six minutes to...