Mary Hamilton
by Mary Hamilton Do certain songs bring tears to your eyes every time you hear them? I rarely make it through the Star Spangled Banner without choking up. How Great Thou Art gets me every time, too. I’m not generally an emotional person, so it’s kind of embarrassing when it happens at church where I’m …
1st Book: The Vineyard Fray By Ben Kniskern About the Book: What happens to a nation that rebels against its Creator? In the middle eastern land known as the Vineyard, time seems to pass unaffected by the people’s growing rebellion. Their bountiful, prosperous life suddenly changes when the Owner of the Vineyard decides He’s had …
It’s a typical country church with white siding and a tall steeple topped with a cross that shines in the night. The church sits atop a hill, surrounded by dairy farms and corn fields and an apple orchard. Gravestones dot the cemetery on one side of the old church. On the other side is a …
My guest this week is Carole Towriss. Carole grew up in beautiful San Diego, California. Now she and her husband live just north of Washington, DC. In between making tacos and telling her four children to pick up their shoes for the third time, she reads, writes, watches chick flicks and waits for summertime to return …
Trees are the earth’s endless effort to speak to the listening heaven. Rabandranath Tagore Solitary trees, if they grow at all, …
Have you ever studied the prayers of the Bible? We have much to learn from the men and women whose prayers were recorded for us. Moses, David, Solomon, Nehemiah, Jonah, Paul, and even Jesus himself.. One of the first things I notice in these prayers is the immediate focus on the character of God. I …
I’m excited to welcome friend and fellow author, Ginger Solomon to my blog. I met Ginger at an ACFW conference in 2011, and we both attended the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference last May. Writing and hoping and waiting and hoping and waiting and writing–it can feel hopeless at times. But it’s exciting to …
My guest this week is my good friend Joanne Sher. I met her at Blue Ridge Mountain Christian Writer’s Conference last year. When she mentioned this date was her spiritual birthday, I knew she needed to be my guest today! I think you’ll enjoy her story of how she came to faith in Jesus Christ. …
Sometimes, even nature celebrates Valentine’s Day. This is a landscaping stone in our back yard, just the way it came from the nursery.
This week, my guest Faith-filled guest is my dear friend Jennifer Slattery. We met at the Blue Ridge Mountain Christian Writers Conference last year and Jennifer is an inspiration to me. I think you’ll see why when you read about her journey to faith. Jennifer Slattery writes Missional Romance for New Hope Publishers, a publishing …
Welcome to Marji Laine, co-author of A Dozen Apologies. Marji’s story of coming to faith excites me because of it happened at a youth camp. Tell us your story, Marji. I became a Christian at age eleven, during a week of youth camp the summer after my 6th grade year. I’d been brought up in …
