All posts for the month August, 2020

The Point Is … Nothing to Fear 8/31/2020

Send to Kindle by James Collins “The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?” Psalm 27:1 My dog, Socks, is a Miniature Schnauzer. We named him Socks because he is black, but his feet are white. He is a little dog, but […]

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Only One 8/28/2020

by Suzanne D. Williams Your order is complete. I stared at the words. There was a first time for anything. They’d filled my pickup order an hour ahead of time and, this week, made no substitutions. No substitutions. In an instant, my grocery store order became the image of the Savior come to […]

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CrossReads Book Spotlight: STRANDED

Send to Kindle CrossReads Book Spotlight STRANDED The Trilogy box set by Don Prichard SUSPENSE THAT WARMS YOUR HEART WHILE IT PRICKLES THE HAIR ON THE BACK OF YOUR NECK! Book 1: STRANDED Four strangers find themselves stranded on a remote, uninhabited jungle island—an eleven-year-old girl and her elderly aunt, a man-hating district attorney who […]

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CrossReads Short Takes: Servants and Spies & On the Shelf

Send to Kindle CrossReads Short Takes Servants & Spies Exploits from the Covert Mission Field by Mike Kastle GOD HAS A PLAN FOR US. He has already placed it deep in our hearts and has set it into motion. As we yield to Him and step out in faith, He will amaze us as to […]

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How to Incubate Your Story Ideas

by Carmen Peone Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and He will establish your plans. ~Proverbs 16:3   Every story starts with a spark—an idea.   And when we commit our writing to the Lord, He will bless it.   Sometimes all we have is the opening—a character, an event, or a location—but we don’t know where the story will go from there, or vice versa.   […]

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CrossReads Weekly Devotional: Heavenly Thank-Yous 8/24/2020

Send to Kindle by Ruth O’Neil There was once a man who would loudly say that he never looked for thanks the things he did. But then he would turn around and just as loudly proclaim that it would have been nice if “so and so” thanked him or showed some kind of appreciation. If one kept listening, […]

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Nothing New 8/21/2020

by Parker J. Cole Ecclesiastes 1:9 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.  There is a universal truth: people don’t change.   When the pandemic started, those of us living today thought a […]

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CrossReads Book Spotlight: Aurora and God

Send to Kindle CrossReads Book Spotlight Aurora and God by G.M.J. A young troublesome addict, Aurora, and a priest on a mission, Sebastian, form a beautiful friendship. Slowly their friendship takes a turn when Sebastian starts to slowly distance himself from Aurora, hiding his true reasons. This book delves into the depths of one family’s […]

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CrossReads Short Takes: Pursued & Better Than Our Dogs

Send to Kindle CrossReads Short Takes Pursued Christian Comtemporary Romantic Suspense (Dangerous Series Book 6) by Linda K. Rodante The man Cristina Torres has fallen in love with kisses her and then disappears for ten years. Now he’s back but with two detectives as shadows, and someone’s trying to kill her. Should she trust him […]

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The Point is … Mowing Like a Madman 8/18/2020

by James Collins “The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.” John 3:8 Many years ago, my wife and I owned a home in Oklahoma that sat on ten acres of land. There is a drawback […]

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