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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 …
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 …
Discovering God’s will for my life sometimes seems more complex than that crazy-looking highway in the picture. But there’s one biblical character who seems to have sailed through a host of difficult circumstances in life with the Spirit-led GPS (God’s Peace System): Jacob’s eleventh son–Joseph. (photo attribution: austrini, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons) In Feast or Famine explores …
Did you know the ancient pharaoh’s chose a specific vacation destination to hunt large game like lions, leopards, hippos, crocodiles, gazelles, and more? I first discovered the Faiyum (also spelled Fayoum, Fayum, or Fayyum) and Egypt’s wild beasts while researching The Pharaoh’s Daughter. Many scholars believe King Tut had been on such a hunting venture when he broke his leg. …
I don’t look sick, do I? The year was 2002, right before the health crash that landed me in bed for six months. Between 1997 – 2005, I endured a lot of medical testing. (CLICK HERE for more about my chronic illness battle.) At times, I questioned whether it should be called testing or torture. Were it not for believing my doctors …
Are Potiphar and POTIPHERA the same person? You might say, “Of course not!” But some scholars say Joseph’s Egyptian master–Potiphar–and his eventual father-in-law–POTIPHERA–might have been the same person. Perhaps their names were spelled differently in later translations. Nope. I don’t buy it. Especially when Genesis clearly states that Potiphar was captain of Pharaoh’s guard (39:1) and Potiphera was a priest in …
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A Noble First Love is a captivating prequel novella in the King David’s Brides series, offering a tender, heart-wrenching glimpse into the early life of Maakah, Princess of Geshur. Before she ever meets David—the future king of Israel—Maakah is bound by duty, trained for diplomacy, and caught in the web of her father Talmai’s political ambitions. When she is promised to a charming Aramean prince from a rival kingdom, Maakah dares to dream that love and loyalty can coexist in a world ruled by power. But as alliances shift and betrayal lurks beneath royal vows, Maakah must choose between her heart and her homeland.
