* This post contains affiliate links. Gardenias for Breakfast by Robin Jones Gunn Robin traces a mother and daughter’s journey from their home in Hawaii to the sticks of Louisiana. Through the journey the mother learns more about herself and what has made her relationship …
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Book Review: Dragonflies, Ketchup, and Late-Night Phone Calls
Note: This post contains affiliate links to Amazon.com. Weird title alert: what do an insect, a condiment, and something by definition considered an inconvenience have to do with each other? And how did they come together to form a book title? It would be …
FREE Beth Moore Books through Friday!
It was announced on Beth Moore’s LPM blog last week that her publisher, B&H Publishing Group has made a number of her books FREE for ereader (Kindle and NOOK) through Friday, January 10th. I’ve counted 14 books including such favorites as Jesus, the One and …
Book Review: The Twelve Teas of Christmas
The Twelve Teas of Christmas (affiliate link to Amazon.com) by Emilie Barnes Paintings by Sandy Lynam Clough Harvest House Publishers If you want a lovely gift book that inspires you to serve tea during the holidays and beyond, you’ll enjoy The Twelve Teas of Christmas. It …
Favorite Thanksgiving Books for Families
During the month of November I intentionally share books highlighting the story of Thanksgiving with my children. On a table the books are displayed for leisurely perusing during free time. In the afternoon, during the week, we sit together to read through one of the …
Book Review: A Deadly Game
With suspense and intrigue the reader is taken on a wonderful adventure through Lexington, Kentucky horse country trying to determine who killed a rich executive and why. A wealthy single man is partnered with a wounded woman to figure out what happened. The strong spiritual …
Still Looking: Finding the Peace of God in Job Loss
When I first submitted my family’s unemployment story to Vicki Huffman, I offered to write a review of her book once it was completed. Only God knew the reason and the season in which I would need to read the inspirational words in Still Looking: …
Book Review: Southern Fried Sushi
I had a little trouble getting into Southern Fried Sushi by Jennifer Rogers Spinola at first. I have never traveled to Japan and a few of the words were super foreign to me, but it did not take long to adjust and begin to feel …
Book Review: Women of the Secret Place
Women of the Secret Place is a unique Christian read by Ruth Carmichael Ellinger and her friends, including MMCW writer Daphne Tarango. Filled with personal stories of God’s faithfulness in the hard places of life, this book is filled with hope and encouragement. Containing fifty-two …
Book Review: When Stuff’s Not Enough
When Stuff’s Not Enough: A Christian Perspective on Decluttering Your Life by Johanna Tooke When I saw the title for this book, I was captured. How do I collect so much stuff, and what do I do with it all? Johanna Tooke begins her book …