All posts for the month August, 2022

CrossReads Short Takes: A Nurse for Jacob & Minister’s Manna Volume 3 8/31/2022

Send to Kindle CrossReads Short Takes A Nurse for Jacob (Nursing the Heart Book 4) by Caryl McAdoo Physician heal thyself While physical wounds heal with time, a special balm is needed to heal those sick of soul. In the Civil War aftermath, two such people’s paths cross. A recent graduate of the Harrow School […]

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This Same Presence 8/30/2022

by Suzanne D. Williams I needed to pray and could not find the words, couldn’t even dig up the inspiration to make the effort. I paced the floor of my living room and foyer, alone in my house, and the silence echoed around me. Empty chair, empty couch, a table with four empty […]

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CrossReads Weekly Devotional: Verse of the Day and Devotional 8/29/2022

Send to Kindle August 29th, 2022 Scripture “I am the Alpha and the Omega—the beginning and the end,” says the Lord God. “I am the one who is, who always was, and who is still to come—the Almighty One.” – Revelation 1:8 NLT Devotion What does it mean that the Lord God is the Alpha and […]

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The Well 8/26/2022

by Staci Stallings For years I have said that I can do six things at a time, but the second you add a seventh, I’m done.  I get overwhelmed, and nothing gets done very well. Over the past two years, I’ve had to increase that number more and more because I kept adding […]

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CrossReads Book Spotlight: A Hope and a Prayer 8/25/2022

Send to Kindle CrossReads Book Spotlight A Hope and a Prayer by Julie Lessman (NOTE! THIS BOOK IS A SWEET INSPIRATIONAL WITH A HIGHER LEVEL OF ROMANTIC PASSION) She’s in love with her best friend. He’s in love with her cousin. But when the war reveals a gift so rare, will they be saved by […]

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CossReads Short Takes: Cullie the Crustacean & Hair Calamities And Hot Cash 8/24/2022

Send to Kindle CrossReads Short Takes Cullie the Crustacean by Shana Dressel This fun and imaginative story sends a message of unbiased and unconditional love. By demonstrating how our differences make us special, it encourages the celebration of our uniqueness and God-given gifts.     Hair Calamities And Hot Cash by Gail Pallotta What happens […]

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Lost Bits 8/23/2022

Send to Kindle by Parker J. Cole This is a podcast airing today The last thing K-404 remembers is a happy home with the human child Ele, whose care is his primary purpose. So, when he wakes up in a landfill of tossed-away technology, his only thought is to reunite with his family. This world […]

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CrossReads Weekly Devotional: Verse of the Day and Devotional 8/22/2022

Send to Kindle August 22nd, 2022 Scripture For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin. – Hebrews 4:15 NIV Devotion I struggle with wanting to be understood. Don’t we all? […]

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Behind the Story of Christian Romance Best Seller, Coming Undone 8/19/2022

by Staci Stallings Coming Undone was a “lightning strike.” Some books are a slow slog through molasses; others seem to have a speed of their own–instantaneous.  Coming Undone was one of those.  I can tell you that the two actors who showed up at my doorstep demanding to be put in a book were Patrick Dempsey and […]

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CrossReads Book Spotlight: A Beacon of Love 8/18/2022

Send to Kindle CrossReads Book Spotlight A Beacon of Love A prequel to Ocean of Fear Christian historical romance (Faith in the Parks) by J. Carol Nemeth Word is the new man in town, Mike Kelly, is an author writing the next “Great American Novel.” Librarian Ava Sinclair knows that’s not true. He spends too […]

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