History, Real Life, and Faith
Treasured Christmas Brides is a collection of six Christmas-related novellas releasing from Barbour Book Publishing in September 2019. One of my novellas, “The Gold Rush Christmas,” is part of the collection. Treasured Christmas Brides includes novellas written by experienced writers. Here’s a rundown on the stories and the writers themselves. The Christmas Star Bride by Amanda Cabot Wyoming, 1885 Esther Hathaway…
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Aucas, missionaries, and a fuller side of the story outside of Elisabeth Elliot’s life.
A novella I wrote several years ago is being rereleased in September 2019. “The Gold Rush Christmas” is part of Treasured Christmas Brides. I’m pleased to see it again. “The Gold Rush Christmas” was my favorite and most memorable novella to write. What’s it like to write a novella? Novellas are popular because they’re short–the stories I wrote were 1500-20,00…
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The fun of hosting foreign exchange students
A moving van sits in front of my house today. It’s for our next-door neighbors headed across the country. Yesterday we visited for the last time, and I told them how I envied their move. “I love starting over,” I explained. “We’ve only moved fourteen times, but I wouldn’t mind doing it again except my family lives here.” They nodded…
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With Apollo 11’s 50th anniversary of the moon landing behind us, my family spent the week watching Apollo-related movies. This is our list of favorites and why October Sky The music, the times, the story. Homer Hickam’s memoir of growing up in Coalwood, WV echoes throughout. I love the determination of a young teacher to ensure some of her students…
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