When my feet stood on the Promised Land in February 2000, I realized Israel is to the world what the heart is to the human body—the epicenter of life and breath. Perhaps it sounds overly dramatic, but when I exited our plane and stepped onto the pavement at Ben Gurion Airport, something inside me shifted. Though I was 6,000 miles …
Protected: Keeping Fiction Facts Straight Handouts
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Hard Decisions, Good God
Our granddaughter, Charleigh, complained of a sore throat when she came home from school on Friday. When she woke on Saturday barely able to swallow, our daughter, Emily, took her to the doctor. Thankfully, it wasn’t strep, but the virus still ruined Charleigh’s weekend because Emily’s parenting decisions meant her sick child couldn’t: Go to church on Sunday Hang out …
Review of Woman from Lydia by Angela Hunt
Meet My Friend! When I attended the Mount Hermon Writer’s Conference in 2008, I was forced to decide between a fiction mentoring class or a fiction intensive class taught by Angela Hunt. I chose the mentoring class to work “hands-on” with my manuscript and signed a publishing contract three months later. It was the right choice, but I also purchased …
Tour Israel With Two Storytellers
We’re Going Back to Israel! On February 17 – March 2, 2025, we’ll take as many as fifty excited readers to Israel and offer an optional extension to Petra! Wait, “WE”? Yep! My dear friend and fellow biblical fiction author, Connilyn Cossette, and I have teamed up! We’re leading a tour that will focus on our greatest passions: God’s Word …
4 Ways God Comforts in Crisis
While writing the rough draft on my first book of David’s Wives, I’ve been enjoying his Psalms during my morning quiet time. Reading a Psalm comforts me in a way no other Book of the Bible does. Biblehub.com says David wrote these Psalms: 1-41 51-71 138-150 If you’ve read any of my Deep-O-Tionals studies on Genesis, you know I like …