Congratulations to Mary C. and Jessie H. and Joy M. (Facebook winner) for winning copies of Chicken Soup for the Soul: Here Comes the Bride. I will send out your copies in the mail this week! “I grew up in a healthy Christian home and a healthy Christian community. And yet, beginning in adolescence, I […]
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Here Comes the Bride (book give away!)
Nearly fifteen years ago on my wedding day, my dad and I stood behind the doors to my childhood church’s sanctuary. Just before the pastor’s wife opened the doors for our grand entrance, Dad raced into the nursery for a tissue. He wiped his eyes, and chuckled as he asked, “Does my hair look ok?” […]
He Loves Me (and a give away)
Do you have friends that you feel as though you’ve known your whole life, even though you may have met just recently? That’s how I felt when I met Cindy Bultema last summer at the Speak UpConference. She facilitated one of my critique sessions, and I asked her where she went to church. It turned […]
Shared Blessings
*You still have time to enter the give away for a copy of “Do These Jeans Make Me Look Fat? Breaking the Cultural Mirror.” Enter on this post! It’s the week for give aways! I’m over at Circle of Friends today talking about some books I recently picked up that I love, and Circle of […]
Do These Jeans Make Me Look Fat? (and a give away!)
About a month ago, I walked into a Target store and nearly tripped over my feet as rack after rack of brightly colored, minuscule swimsuits greeted me. I shivered, even though it was an 80-degree day in March. Swimsuit season never fails to catch me off guard. Even though I’m ready for the sun to […]
Can I Get a Do-Over and a Give-away!
I had the pleasure of meeting with Circle of Friends author Elizabeth Ward this week to interview her about her brand new book, Can I Get a Do-Over? The Grace of Second Chances. Liz’s book is the second in the new series of books that Circle of Friends has produced with Barbour Publishing called Women […]