History, Real Life, and Faith
Oswald Chambers loved children. Even as an itinerant preacher traveling about the British Isles on behalf of the League of Prayer, he was known for his fondness and wish to have the children come unto him. During those years, he traveled by train from city to city teaching on spiritual issues and lodged with League supporters in their homes. (He was…
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Writing about the Grand Canyon may seem random, but wait until you see the pictures! We flew OVER the Grand Canyon the other day and it was so fun, I want to share. I first saw the Grand Canyon as a child, with my mother anxiously trying to hold us back from getting too close. My father, typically, had already…
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Is naming characters for your friends a good idea? Many would argue no. But, if your friends are good-hearted and don’t mind, why not? That’s what I did in The Sunbonnet Bride, part of The 12 Brides of Summer Collection. I felt a little guilty naming characters after several friends, but when I showed them in the book–no one cared….
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Where did the inspiration for one of my scenes in The Sunbonnet Bride come from? One of my favorite movie musicals: Oklahoma. In the movie, the townspeople indulged in a favorite money-raiser in frontier towns: the box luncheon auction. Plenty of variation on the theme are out there and I used a pie auction in place of a lunch–though the…
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How to use a devotional book in your daily worship time.
Praying during the devotional time; a how-to