2020 has been a year of surprises. A year ago, I had no idea that 2020 was going to be the year I would write, edit, and publish three novellas. I’ve always enjoyed writing, but as a mother of two, an ESL teacher and volunteer interpreter, I didn’t have a lot of time to devote…
I am a fraud. We authors often joke about the voices inside our head–our characters. What’s talked about less often is the other voices in our heads. The voices of doubt. The voices that cry fraud, fake. I’m a wife, a mother, an author, and an editor, which makes for quite the chaotic writing life.…
Does Christmas make you nostalgic? If so, you’re far from alone. This time of year, many of us long, almost painfully, for the traditions we grew up with. My husband and I got married days before Christmas. It came as a rude surprise to discover he expected a star atop the tree, and my family…
At Christmas, I’m always drawn to the story of Mary. Imagine being fourteen or fifteen, the age most historians think Mary was, betrothed to a man arranged by your parents, and suddenly an angelic being appears in front of you. Said angel tells you are going to be a mother! What would you do? I’d…
And above all these things put on love, Which binds everything together In perfect harmony. Colossians 3:14 ESV Hanging on our bedroom wall is our advent calendar. Tucked in pockets are beautiful words of God’s love. The first folded paper has a quote from Robert Browning. “How do I love thee? Let me count the…
You don’t need me to tell you it’s been a year. Fear, anxiety, uncertainty, illness, controversy, division, and financial hardship have shaped the last few months. Now that the Advent season is upon us, it can be difficult to shift our focus from everything that is going on in the world to the celebration and…
Today marks the 79th anniversary of the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, the event that propelled our nation into history’s bloodiest war. Looking back, I have to say stories from WWII have captivated me from an early age—probably from the day I first picked up The Diary of Anne Frank in school. I also remember…
As the year 2020 nears its end, many of us sigh in relief. The past several months have been filled with one crisis after another, from COVID-19, to congressional antics, to claims of election fraud. We, as a nation, are anxious for the curtain to fall on this chapter of our history. Lock the door.…
The specter of death walked the land of Israel. After three years without rain, streams ran dry and wells became mud. Crops failed and food supplies dwindled. The effects of the drought gripped nearly everyone, from the poorest laborer to the king and queen in their palace. But in Zarephath, a Canaanite city far away,…
[Guest: A. C. Williams] Don’t Be an Ostrich
Do you ever get tired of being a grown up? I sure do. I have moments when I just wish I could go back to the joy of my childhood when I didn’t know anything. So often, we equate joy with blissful ignorance. Why is that? Personally, I’ve never found ignorance to be all that…
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