Life is a funny thing, and just because you’ve never met someone in person doesn’t mean you don’t know them. Such is my friendship with Carol Ashby. Our friendship began with the shared grief of a mutual friend’s sudden death. Carol and I shared the shock and prayed for each other as the wound of our friend’s passing slowly healed. …
Review: Splendor of the Land by Connilyn Cossette
Connilyn Cossette is one of my favorite authors, and it’s not because she’s one of my bestie author friends. This woman can WRITE! Conni’s debut novel, Counted With the Stars, began with the biblical history of Israel’s Exodus from Egypt. She created a foundation of characters linked from that debut set in Egypt through the Bible’s chronological history to the families …
Testing or Torture: Joseph’s Brothers in Egypt
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 …
Egypt – More Than Just Pyramids
When I wrote The Pharaoh’s Daughter, my first book set in Egypt, I thought there was a pyramid around every corner. Not so! Something similar happens with folks all around the world. The first landmark I think of when I imagine Paris is the Eiffel Tower, but France is filled with so much more than that single landmark! If you live …
Do You Have the Heart of A Sojourner?
During my quiet time a couple of weeks ago, I came across a startling verse in Exodus about sojourners. “You shall not oppress a sojourner. You know the heart of a sojourner, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt” Exodus 23:9 ESV The heart of a sojourner. The phrase stopped me in my tracks. NIV says, “the heart …
Review: Nightfall In the Garden of Deep Time by Tracy Higley
Welcome, to my sweet friend, Tracy Higley! Her deep love for Scripture, history, and all things Egypt made us kindred spirits immediately. Though she usually writes historical within a biblical context, Nightfall in the Garden of Deep Time is a book Tracy is very passionate about and one I’m so excited to share with y’all! Here’s a quick video in which Tracy …