Carole Towriss

Author Interview–Welcome, Carole Towriss!

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What Did You Do For Christmas Fun? I read a GREAT BOOK! With my first draft on book #5 finished (Pharaoh’s Daughter–the one that drew Moses from the Nile), I had a couple days to read for pleasure. What is my favorite fiction genre? Biblical novels, of course! I have a few more tweaks to make on my manuscript before …

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Where’s Rudolph In the Christmas Fog?

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Okay, so the guy on the left isn’t really Rudolph–but please tell me you’ve seen the classic Christmas TV special, “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” (Rankin Bass, 1964). You know—the one where poor little red-nosed Rudolph gets left out of the reindeer games and runs away with Hermie the dentist-elf? Then, Rudolph returns to Christmas town just in time to lead …

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Fiction and Friends in Dangerous Places

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December is a dangerous time for that dollar bill in your pocket. You gotta love the little bells ringing at the doorway of every retailer and the bajillion pieces of mail stuffing your mailbox with last-minute pleas. It’s that end-of-the-year rush for non-profits to meet their budgets and private citizens to round out their tax benefits for charitable giving. All-in-all …

Who’s the Baby-Killing-Meany Pharaoh in Exodus 1?

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If you haven’t noticed, I’m going to fill you in on a little secret…Scripture can be confusing. We read stories translated from ancient Middle-Eastern texts with a 21st-century Western-culture mindset—and say, “Huh?” But God… Don’t you love that phrase? But God… It erases all the impossibilities we face. Even the roadblock of understanding His Word. I needed to repeat this …

Want To Join Our Hearts For Christmas?

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Christmas has always been special at our house. My husband begins the countdown on December 26th with the statement—“We’re on our way to next Christmas!” June 25th is also a big day: “We’re halfway to Christmas!” he says. And from the time our daughter Trina was six and Emily was four, we’ve celebrated the tradition of advent boxes—a small gift …