July 2020 New Releases More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website. Contemporary Romance: How Sweet It Is by Robin Lee Hatcher -- A businessman trying to reconnect with his brother returns to his hometown and rents the...
Living Fearlessly
It’s not easy to live a fearless life – but isn’t that something we all long to do — live fearlessly? I’m reading through Psalms right now, and I can’t stop thinking about Psalm 112, particularly verses 7-8 (NLT): “They do not fear bad news, they confidently trust the...
Attitude: It’s Your Choice (Video and Text)
Choosing a Positive Attitude Video Link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/qwez3ye7cvtffau/20200618_150631.mp4?dl=0 Text from Video: Hi everyone. The last few weeks on TalkingAmongFriends.com, I've wrestled with the choices we make. Whether we choose to...
Choosing Hope
It’s a tough time in our world – chaotic, confusing, and disheartening. It’s easy to get negative and cynical, and definitely easy to question God and His plan for us. Generally, I’m someone who has a positive attitude, and I do my best to see all sides of an issue,...
Listen Up!
I have no words these days. And for a writer, that’s not a good state to be in. If I had to dig for words, and face these words head on, I can think of two: anger and uncertainty. For the past few months, we’ve been living in an uncertain world. The pandemic left us...
ACFW New Releases: June 2020
June 2020 New Releases More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website. Contemporary Romance: Forever Home by Amy Grochowski -- A Canadian Amish farmer proposes a convenient marriage to a Lancaster Amish businesswoman so they...
Find Your Footing – While Living in Limbo
Here I go again…changing my mind. I had written a blog post already, but something was holding me back from publishing it. There's nothing wrong with the post. It just doesn't feel like the right time. There are so many questions in this world of uncertainty, and too...
Let’s Lift Each Other Up (Video and Text)
This video was purely stream of consciousness, so please forgive the "um's" and unusual facial expressions. I hope the overall message of being kind to one another is what really comes through. Video Link: CLICK HERE Text of Video: Hey everyone, hope...
Raising Step-Children: Not a Competition
Mother’s Day has just passed. In this age of COVID-19, many of us didn’t see our mothers face to face, but we all hopefully still found a way to honor them. For me, I come at motherhood with a slightly different perspective. You see, I fell in love and married a...
Got Grace?
While we strive to have "Fierce Faith," we know there may be some off-days ahead. Days where you are tired, sad, restless, anxious – just not feeling yourself. And despite our unprecedented pandemic circumstances, you can be tough on yourself. I don't know about you,...