Mary Hamilton
Three weeks from today, my third and last book in the Rustic Knoll Bible Camp series releases. WooHoo! See No Evil is Steven’s story, the blind but capable camper whose cheery encouragement and friendly manner made him a favorite in the first two books. I love the colors and the picture, don’t you? Here’s the …
Moving to a new place always results in that awkward in-between stage where you know a few people, but none of them well enough to call and say let’s hang out together. Have you been there? A couple months after going away to college, when the newness had worn off, I vividly remember wishing I …
House-hunting has given me a new understanding of the importance of foundations. Our rental house shows several cracks in the brick siding that indicate the foundation is shifting. While the slab itself appears to be intact, sitting at our kitchen table gives one a slight sense that the floor is sloping toward the back yard. …
Happy Resurrection Day! He is risen. He is risen indeed!
What was it like the day God died? When they took him down from the cross, wrapped those linens around his body and laid him in a borrowed tomb? When they rolled the stone across the opening, sealing inside the dead body of the son of the living God, the Messiah? I’m reminded of September …
Kids have a knack for speaking truth in all innocence. Years ago when our kids were young, a job change meant we had to leave the house we’d come to love, the neighborhood where friends lived, and the place where so many sweet memories were made. In time, we settled into a new environment, made …
I’ve always heard that building a house stresses a marriage, but what about buying the house of your dreams? That decision of which house to buy was so much simpler 33 years ago when we signed the contract on our first house. What could we afford on two beginning salaries? Nine years later, when the …
This scene is from a walking trail near my home. The verse popped to mind when I saw it.
Synopsis: Annie Mac’s estranged husband, Roy, beats her to within an inch of her life and leaves her for dead when she won’t hand over their 4-yr.-old daughter. Hannah Morgan discovers the little girl and her brother, 8, hiding in bushes outside the house soon after Roy’s pickup truck roars away. Inside the house, she …
If you’ve read some of my previous posts, you’ll know Hubby and I have recently moved to a new location. We’ve lived in the Houston area for most of the last 33 years. Two of our children were born there, and all three grew up there. Now that they’re all out of the nest and …
Although my major in college was English, and I became a high school English teacher, my second love has always been history. Even as a child, I wished I could go back in time and see what the “olden days” were really like. When I first sat down to write a novel, it seemed logical …
I first became acquainted with Deborah Heal through her delightful historic/fantasy Time and Again Trilogy. Now, I’m excited to learn she has a new series out. Recently Deborah Heal released Only One Way Home, book 2 in her Rewinding Time Series. Enjoy this excerpt from her book. At the end of the excerpt, “My Cherokee Roots” …
