It’s no coincidence that we’re days away from the American holiday of Thanksgiving, and I’ve just received my editor’s revisions. Gulp. Lord, why can’t I simply be thankful to publish my books and feel secure in Your favor? But even after having published fifteen books with four traditional publishers and working with many top editors, I’m still anxious and insecure …
Israel at War: Part I (Nov. 2023)
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 …
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 …
Control vs. Surrender – Living Victoriously
When I was a little kid, I remember attending old-fashioned “camp meetings” (outdoor revivals in huge, white tents) with my grandmother. The pianist and organist played on a stage with a choirmaster who stood behind a large pulpit. His arms bounced in rhythm with old hymns as the audience belted out, “Victory in Jesus, my Savior forever!” But when the …
Fact or Fiction – Beauty’s Surrender: Sarah’s Story
In the first pages of Beauty’s Surrender: Sarah’s Story, our heroine receives her very first personal visitation from Elohim in the form of a dream. She sees herself walking alongside Abram, both of them young and vibrant. She wears her familiar wedding garment and the veil of dangling gold coins. When he pulls the veil of gold aside to kiss …
Ah-Hah! Research Discoveries About Joseph in Egypt
Part of what I love most about research is the stunning discoveries that come with every project. I never dreamed high-priest Jehoiada was in his mid-nineties when he married 16-year-old Jehosheba. (Ewww!) Together, they saved King David’s lineage from Queen Athaliah’s murderous rampage (see 2 Kings 11; In the Shadow of Jezebel). Who’d have thought Jacob’s daughter, Dinah, was a …