All posts for the month January, 2023

Faith’s Checkbook: Rest is a Gift 1/17/2023

Send to Kindle“Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest”   (Matthew I 1:28). We who are saved find rest in Jesus. Those who are not saved will receive rest if they come to Him, for here He promises to “give” it. Nothing can be freer than […]

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CrossReads Weekly Devotional: Gems From Pastor Jim 1/16/2023

Send to Kindle by Jim Hughes  Ps. 34:17 The LORD hears his people when they call to him for help. He rescues them from all their troubles. Sometimes we get so caught up in our circumstances of life that God seems so far away. The more suffering we experience, the more doubts we have that […]

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The Psychology of Getting to Know Characters 1/13/2023

by Staci Stallings So, my blog this month stems from a couple of questions I got from my Facebook group, Staci’s FAN-tastic Readers, The first comes from Christina Jay: “Maybe not much of a question, and it’s something you’ve talked about a bit here but you have really dug deep into psychology with the […]

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CrossReads Book Spotlight: Mountain of Love and Danger 1/12/2023

Send to Kindle CrossReads Book Spotlight Mountain of Love and Danger Jack’s Beanstalk Rescue by Gail Pallotta Jack Greenthumb finds romance in Fairwilde Kingdom—a different day—a different girl. Then a cruel mystery begins. Dad’s beaten, the family farm destroyed and Jack’s true love, Gwendolyn Bante, kidnapped. Jack’s undercover operation reveals Gwenie’s a captive atop a […]

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CrossReads Short Takes: Truth and Honor & Cordelia’s Call 1/11/2023

Send to Kindle CrossReads Short Takes Truth and Honor (Light in the Empire) by Carol Ashby Is truth worth the price if it costs you everything? For Tribune Glabrio, descended from three consuls of Rome and determined to be the fourth, commanding the troops policing Carthago appears ideal for hastening his political rise. Arriving from […]

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Faith’s Checkbook: Faith Sets the Bow 1/10/2023

by C. H. Spurgeon “And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud”   (Genesis 9:14). Just now clouds are plentiful enough, but we are not afraid that the world will be destroyed by a deluge. We see the rainbow […]

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CrossReads Weekly Devotional: One generation to the next – it is so important to share life with one another

Send to Kindle by Rebekah Beene Visiting with my 95-year-old aunt and her granddaughter, we talked about when they were young. I told her some stories about their childhood and she was amaze. Since she was one of the youngest siblings and my mother was one of the oldest siblings, she hadn’t heard those stories. […]

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Dressing Characters 1/6/2023

by Staci Stallings When readers think about the joy an author must feel when creating characters —the sheer exhilaration that here is a person under your complete control, that you can mold and form and make them do whatever you want (HAHA right!), I’m quite sure very few of them ever think about […]

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CrossReads Book Spotlight: The Near Distant 1/5/2023

Send to Kindle CrossReads Book Spotlight The Near Distant by Brett Armstrong On a day trip into the wilderness around Lake Tahoe, college students Ned, Tyler, and Everly stumble upon a monolith. No one knows its origin or purpose, but structures like this one have popped up all over the world, making national headlines. While […]

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CrossReads Short Takes: Teatime With God & Moose Ridge 1/4/2023

Send to Kindle CrossReads Short Takes Teatime With God: A gentle reminder of the love, beauty & comfort that comes with recognizing God in every experience in your life by Khiana Wyatt-Locus Experience rest and utter peace when you invite God to tea. God’s presence is in everything. If you have ever once wondered where […]

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