

Interruptions
Interruptions. We all know them. And we all hate them (unless of course we're being interrupted in a task we don't want to do, LOL). They are distractions. They are things that keep us from doing what we want to be doing, or what we should be doing. They are those annoying, frustrating moments...

Cover Reveal! Shiloh by Lori Benton
About the Book Shiloh (Kindred #2) Release date: 10/5/21 Available for pre-order: 3/1/21 It’s cover reveal time for Shiloh, the second installment in Lori Benton’s Kindred duology. If you haven’t yet read Mountain Laurel (Kindred #1) be sure to grab a copy before Shiloh releases this autumn...

Free But Costly
In the book world, there's a lot of talk about whether it's worthwhile to give things away for free. People are of multiple mindsets on this. Some think it's a great way to draw in new readers. Others think it devalues our work. What I know is this: when I get something for free--by which I mean...

Word of the Week – Baguette
This one comes to you courtesy of fellow author and friend Rhonda Ortiz, who happened to mention in an email that baguette is a relatively new word. I'd never stopped to ponder when the famous French loaf may have come to be--in my mind, as long as there's been Paris, there have been beret-wearing...

In Abba’s Arms
Over the weekend, I had a dream that my kids were little again. That Rowyn was maybe 18 months, and he was crying from another room. I heard him so went to find him, and he looked up at me as he did in reality a million times, saw me, stretched up his arms, and just cried, "Mama!" In my dream, I...

Word of the Week – Cardinal
The history of the word cardinal in English is rather interesting. It comes from the Latin cardinalis, meaning "chief, principal." But it first came over to English not as an adjective with that meaning, but as the noun--as in, the order in the Church. Since the 12th century, we've had the word...

What We Do Next
"Our faith isn't all the things we say we believe; it's what we do next."~ Bob Goff, Live in Grace, Walk in Love That. 😉 I feel like I could just leave you with that quote--shortest blog post ever, LOL. Because really, it says it so well, doesn't it? It harkens to that "walk the walk"...

Word of the Week – Problematic
Did you know that the most-used definition of problematic--namely, "constituting or causing difficulty"--only dates from around the 1960s?? I didn't! But as it turns out, that use is directly taken from a word coined for use in sociology. So what, you may ask, did the word mean before that? Well,...

What We’ve Been Reading – January 2021
Welcome to a New Year! We are kicking off this year with a book release! Dreams of Savannah released on January 5th and if you haven't snagged a copy yet, you can order a SIGNED copy from my shop HERE! And...coming in May 2021 is the launch of a brand new series. You can preorder The Nature of a...

Love the Sinner
Love the sinner, hate the sin. You've heard this saying. I know you have. I've been hearing it all my life, and in its truest sense, it's right. We are certainly called to hate sin. And we are certainly called the love everyone, neighbors and enemies alike. That includes sinners. But what does...