My Most Personal Story Yet: Behind the Story of “Whisper If You Have To” 11/24/2023

by Staci Stallings Some of you know me or know of me.  Others may never have heard the name Staci Stallings until this very minute, and that’s okay.  In fact, part of me likes not being known. One thing I do know is this:  my readers probably know me better than most people […]

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CrossReads Book spotlight: Lily 11/23/2023

Send to Kindle CrossReads Book spotlight Lily Christmas Quilt Brides, Book 10 by Janice Cole Hopkins Lily Brandt was glad when her father decided to move the family from Duluth to a farm in Iowa. She didn’t want to keep encountering her former fiancé and his new wife. But would Iowa turn out to be […]

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CrossReads Short Takes: The Hope of Christmas & Uncharted Redemption 11/22/2023

Send to Kindle CrossReads Short Takes The Hope of Christmas (Christmas Holiday Extravaganza) by Carol James Cameron Blake has everything a man could want. Or so it appears. But in the dark of night, the contents of an old manila envelope remind him that the one thing he truly wants is beyond his reach. Kristin […]

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Faith’s Checkbook: Hunger Satisfied – November 21, 2023

Send to Kindle by C. H. Spurgeon “For He satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness”   (Psalm 107:9). It is well to have longings, and the more intense they are the better. The LORD will satisfy soul-longings, however great and all-absorbing they may be. Let us greatly long, for God […]

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CrossReads Weekly Devotional: Gems from Pastor Jim 11/20/2023

Send to Kindle by Jim Hughes  Ps. 94:17-19 Unless the LORD had helped me, I would soon have died. I cried out, “I’m slipping!” and your unfailing love, O LORD, supported me. When doubts filled my mind, your comfort gave me renewed hope and cheer. Have you ever felt like you were slipping? Sometimes life […]

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20 Years… Not So Long As it Seems 11/17/2023

by Staci Stallings t was 20 years ago that I pulled something I always loved to do out of the mothballs and dusted it off.  At the time, I was a 20-something with a one-year-old and a whole bunch of time on my hands. You see, prior to that, my life had pretty […]

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CrossReads Book Spotlight: Crushed Hopes and Hopeful Beginnings 11/16/2023

Send to Kindle CrossReads Book Spotlight Crushed Hopes and Hopeful Beginnings (Light in the Empire) by Carol Ashby Crushed Hopes and Hopeful Beginnings: a Roman-era adventure with dangerous choices, unlikely friendships, and world views in conflict. Can God work all things for good if you don’t even think he’s real? Lusario was content in Cyrene […]

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CrossReads Short Takes: A Christmas to Remember & Finding Baby Jesus 11/15/2023

Send to Kindle CrossReads Short Takes A Christmas to Remember by Jackie Zack Time for a Little Christmas Magic? It’s December in small-town Indiana, and the life of nineteen-year-old Ellie Amerson has been turned upside down. Her mother remarried, and Ellie is no longer welcome in her own house. Sent to Grandpa’s cozy home, she […]

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Gems from Pastor Jim 11/14/2023

by Jim Hughes  Ps. 91:1-2 Those who live in the shelter of the Most High will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty. What an awesome comfort and security for the soul! When we live in Christ, we are protected and taken care of by Him. A shelter is where one goes […]

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CrossReads Weekly Devotional: Be Persistent and Don’t Stop 11/13/2023

Send to Kindle by Rebekah Beene Yesterday while we were working inside and out of the house, our fur baby,Rocky saw his opportunity to run out the door. Fortunately, he headed straight for the car, thinking he was going to get a ride. I got him back in the house. But a few hours later […]

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