All posts for the month December, 2020

CrossReads Book Spotlight: Legend at Lanana Creek

Send to Kindle CrossReads Book Spotlight Legend at Lanana Creek by Keith R. Rees Part 2 of 2 in the series about the classic legend of twin Indian brothers from the Caddo tribe whom Nacogdoches, TX and Natchitoches, LA were named for. Legend at Lanana Creek is the tale of the courageous chief of the […]

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CrossReads Short Takes: Beatific & In Alexa’s Shoes

Send to Kindle CrossReads Short Takes Beatific by Keith R. Rees Beatific is a sweeping epic that the tells seven fascinating stories of one Celtic family across centuries. Each step of this glorious journey intertwines the family with a particular Catholic saint of the times, visiting such breathtaking regions as Wales, Northumbria and Germania. Over […]

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Are You in the Middle of a Drought?

by Carol James The first question people usually ask me when they discover I’m an author is, “Have you always wanted to be a writer?” And the answer is…NO! Unlike so many authors, I never aspired to write, but I’ve always enjoyed reading. I majored in English in college for two reasons.  I liked grammar. Not writing. (Weird, I […]

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CrossReads Weekly Devotional: The Weapons of Our Warfare are Not Carnal

Send to Kindle by Rebekah Beene “The weapons of our warfare are not carnal.” This is the word I heard when I went to bed one night a week or so ago. The nativity scene is quite serene isn’t it? But the shepherds in the field had to have weapons to help keep the wolves […]

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New Release: The Butterscotch Bride 12/11/2020

by Parker J Cole New Release The Butterscotch Bride A Blizzard Brides Companion Tale A story of love and sacrifice in the years before the War that devastated the country. A young enslaved girl, singled out and favored by her mistress, arrives to a new plantation when tragedy strikes the household. An enslaved […]

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CrossReads Book Spotlight: The Haberdasher’s Wife

CrossReads Book Spotlight The Haberdasher’s Wife (Daughters of the Rhine Book 1) by Scott R. Rezer 1800—Überlingen, German States, Imperial Free City of the Holy Roman Empire. Change is on the wind. A new century has begun and war with Napoleon Bonaparte continues to spread like wildfire, while the Enlightenment quietly breaks down […]

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CrossReads Short Takes: Stop Blaming God For the Work of the Enemy & A Date with Danger

Send to Kindle CrossReads Short Takes Stop Blaming God For the Work of the Enemy by Troy Edwards And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High (Dan. 7:25) Satan is a slanderer who has deceived men into falsely blaming God for his own […]

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Gems From Pastor Jim 12/8/2020

by Jim Hughes Amos 3:7 “But always, first of all, I warn you through my servants the prophets. I, the Sovereign LORD, have now done this.” God does not act in judgment without first warning us. God makes it very clear why He judges us. He has over and over again made known […]

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CrossReads Weekly Devotionals: Recognizing Him 12/7/2020

Send to Kindle by Precarious Yates One of the most amazing aspects of the Christmas story is found in Philippians 2:6-7: 6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born […]

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The Point Is … The Bird 12/4/2020

by James Collins “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Romans 6:23 A lonely lady lived alone, and she didn’t like it. Finally, she decided to do something about her loneliness. She went to a pet store and looked at all […]

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