All posts for the month April, 2023

With Fear and Trembling 4/28/2023

by Staci Stallings One of the dangers of writing outside the box, not following the formula, and going where God leads is that you get into situations that make you really question the wisdom of doing any of that. You see, as an indie writer, I love the freedom of being able to […]

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CrossReads Book Spotlight: Full Circle to Love 4/27/2023

Send to Kindle CrossReads Book Spotlight Full Circle to Love Historical Scottish Romance (Wildflower Series Book 3) by Peggy McGee Elise Gustan, whose father owned a shipbuilding business, always believed she would marry her beloved sea captain, Aron Seagle. However, her father desperately wanted his beautiful daughter settled as he lay dying, upon learning Aron […]

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CrossReads Short Takes: Stella & Ingrid’s Intention 4/26/2023

Send to Kindle CrossReads Short Takes Stella Prairie Roses Collection Book 24 by Patricia PacJac Carroll Stella 1850 California Trail Stella Williams was resigned to a life on the farm like the rest of her five sisters, but she wanted more. Then the Seth Morgan wagon train rolled into town, selling dreams with a future rich […]

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The Kings Table 4/28/2023

by Suzanne D. Williams We quote Psalm 23, and see ourselves seated at the King’s table, the enemies surrounding us unable to get at us, when the truth is much plainer. We are seated at the enemy’s table, dining on contempt and complaint. We fume about governments and peoples, about our friends and […]

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Faith’s Checkbook – April 24: No Fear of Death 4/24/2023

Send to Kindle by Charles Haddon Spurgeon “He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; he that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death”   (Revelation 2:11). The first death we must endure unless the LORD should suddenly come to His temple. For this let us abide […]

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First Impressions: And the Greatest of These is Love 4/21/2023

by Staci Stallings One of the things I think is strange about my writing life is how clear certain scenes are when they come out of me and how those scenes never really leave my memory.  Each book seems to have a few of these, and often, years after the book is finished […]

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CrossReads Book Spotlight: Silver Rain 4/20/2023

Send to Kindle CrossReads Book Spotlight Silver Rain A Young Adult Contemporary Christian Romance by Staci Stallings Leigh Chandler’s life has been turned upside down. Her father’s unexpected death and her mother’s spiral into a dark depression left her with few options that weren’t filled with sorrow, fear, and grief. No longer wanting the burden […]

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CrossReads Short Takes: Fruit of the Spirit & Check and Mate 4/19/2023

Send to Kindle CrossReads Short Takes Fruit of the Spirit: One Holy Spirit by Chelsea Kong Have you ever desired that your children be like Jesus Christ? You can teach them the fruit of the Holy Spirit, which is joy, love, peace, patience, kindness, gentleness, goodness, and self control. It is God’s desire that even […]

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Faith’s Checkbook: All Turned to Holiness 4/18/2023

Send to Kindle by Charles Haddon Spurgeon “In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, Holiness Unto The LORD”   (Zechariah 14:20). Happy day when all things shall be consecrated, and the horses’ bells shall ring out holiness to the LORD! That day has come to me. Do I not make all things […]

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CrossReads Weekly Devotional: Gems From Pastor Jim 4/17/2023

Send to Kindle by Jim Hughes  Ps. 42:1-2 As the deer pants for streams of water, so I long for you, O God. I thirst for God, the living God. When do deer pant for water? It could be when they are running away from trouble and know they can’t safely stop for a drink. […]

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