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You cannot fly like an eagle with the wings of a wren. ~William Henry Hudson As I wrote in my last post, our family went on a short vacation to the Barren River Lake. The lake was beautiful and I was especially excited when I read in the information about the place that October started the time of the …
“Family faces are magic mirrors. Looking at people who belong to us, we see the past, present, and future.” – Gail Lumet Buckley My husband and I just got back from a trip with his two brothers and sister and their spouses. We talked and laughed and remembered. The way we do every time we get together, we told some …
Do you love riddles? Sometimes when I use them on my Friday Smiles posts on my Facebook page, my readers call them groaners. That’s what makes them fun. Silly but still fun. Especially if you are young at heart. Last week when I posted some of those riddle groaners, a reader confessed that she used to love telling her family …
Here’s the early two line info about the book that is being posted on some internet book sites. Widow Rose Meadows eagerly accepts her brother-in-law’s offer for her and her two daughters to live on his farm after her treatments in a sanatorium finds them needing a home. But is this scarred and reclusive man ready for all the changes …
One of the most fun and sometimes hardest things about getting a book finished to send out to readers is picking the right title. A title can pull you into a story and make you look closer at this or that book. I’ve had titles that jumped out at me from a bookstore shelf and just almost demanded I pick …
Welcome to the Christian Fiction Scavenger Hunt! If you’ve just discovered the hunt, be sure to start at Stop #1, and collect the clues through all the stops, in order, so you can enter to win one of our top 5 grand prizes! • The hunt BEGINS on 10/21 at noon MST with Stop #1 at LisaTawnBergren.com. • Hunt …
Fun coming your way this week with the chance to win some great prizes in the Christian Fiction Scavenger Hunt. If you haven’t taken part in one of these hunts, then you’ve missed out on a great way to find out about new books and discover new authors. This year 26 authors are taking part with a wide variety of …
The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever. ~Jacques Yves Cousteau Did you miss me? Don’t tell me if you didn’t. 🙂 We took off for a week at Amelia Island with a couple of our kids and families. So fun to walk on the beach every morning with my daughter and enjoy …
“A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.” —Larry Bird I always have fun picking the winners for my giveaways. I give each message that comes from someone wanting to be in my giveaway drawing a number. Then when it’s time to pick …
A good church is a Bible-centered church. Nothing is as important as this–not a large congregation, a witty pastor, or tangible experiences of the Holy Spirit. ~Alistair Begg My husband and I have been members of a little country church ever since we got married. His family lived right down the road from the church. Darrell’s father was a tenant …