Ready to spend Christmas with The Chosen? If you haven’t seen The Chosen Television series, it’s something you have to watch. The Chosen is the first-ever multi-season series about the life of Christ, and after my family and I started watching it we understand why millions of people can’t stop talking about it. The actors… [Continue Reading]
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Grow Slow
Yesterday I was on a Zoom call with three writers that I mentor in my Write That Book program. (Side note, you can find out more info here if you’d like to be mentored) In the middle of talking about book proposals, podcast recordings, coaching other writers, and books projects one of the women, Pam,… [Continue Reading]
Writer’s Desk with Cathy McCrumb
I am so excited about Cathy McCrumb‘s amazing debut, Recorder (which was just released earlier this month). Which — get this — she thumb typed the entire thing on a Kindle! Cathy is amazing and I just love the start of her Children of the Consortium series. I know you will too! Make sure you… [Continue Reading]
Your Life, Your Priorities
Do you feel as if you’re spinning your wheels in life? Does it feel as if you’re working too hard and not getting anywhere? Or maybe you have a hard time getting started, and you’re not making the kind of progress you want. This can be progress with your kids, homeschooling, work, following your dreams,… [Continue Reading]
My Favorite Novels of the Year
My Favorite Novels of the Year Today, I’m excited to share my favorite novels of the year. As an author, I read dozens of novels every year–some for business, and some for pleasure. I can certainly say that this year especially, it’s been an amazing year in fiction. I’ve been introduced to many great… [Continue Reading]
Writer’s Desk with Lindsay A. Franklin
This summer while I was at Realm Makers, I mentioned that I wanted to interview all the award-winning authors from this year’s Realm Awards. I’m currently listening to The Story Raider, the second book in Lindsay A. Franklin’s Story Weaver Trilogy — which won this summer for best audiobook. All my adult kids, along with… [Continue Reading]
Crucial Conversations with Your Kids
On this week’s podcast, I interviewed Jimmy and Kristin Scroggins about their book Full Circle Parenting. We talk a lot about the crucial conversations we all need to have with our kids, but I’ve found in my 32 years of parenting that our kids truly listen when we focus on the relationship first. Crucial… [Continue Reading]
Writer’s Desk with Carmen Schober
I am so excited to have Carmen Schober and her exciting debut After She Falls featured on this week’s writer’s desk. Make sure you stick around to the end to see how you can enter to win a copy of After She Falls! Writer’s Desk with Carmen Schober Carmen Schober, author of After She Falls,… [Continue Reading]
Let’s Talk About Family Devotions and Truth-Telling!
Let’s Talk About Family Devotions and Truth-Telling! What do you think of when you hear the words: family devotions? If you’re new to my podcast or the Christian faith, you might have no idea what that means. Does it mean that family members spend time sharing about how much they are devoted to each other?… [Continue Reading]
How to Walk Out Your Healing
The way you walk out your healing can affect not just your own life, but also the lives of your children. Facing our past mistakes and finding forgiveness and healing in Christ is so important. Today, I share I found healing through walking out my faith and how that affected our family. Walk Out… [Continue Reading]
Writer’s Desk with Christina Suzann Nelson
I am so excited to have Christy Award-Winning author Christina Suzann Nelson and her book, The Way it Should Be featured on this week’s writer’s desk. Many people have asked me if I’m ever going to write a novel about kids in foster care. I haven’t given it much thought because personally, this topic isn’t just… [Continue Reading]