The power of fiction, the beauty of words, and the God who made us to wield them for His glory.

Love Her Well (Kari Kampakis) – Excerpt and Giveaway

Moms are eager for tips and wisdom to help them build strong relationships with their daughters, and Kari Kampakis’s Love Her Well gives them ten practical ways to do so, not by changing their daughters but by changing their own thoughts, actions, and mind-set.

For many women, having a baby girl is a dream come true. Yet as girls grow up, the narrative of innocence and joy changes to gloom and doom as moms are told, “Just wait until she’s a teenager!” and handed a disheartening script that treats a teenage girl’s final years at home as solely a season to survive.

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19 August 2020

Beyond Awkward Side Hugs (Bronwyn Lea) – Review + Giveaway

It Doesn’t Have to Be This Weird

When it comes to relationships between men and women, we have more questions than answers:

How do we keep relationships with the opposite sex healthy—and still hug each other after small group?

Is it possible for married men and women to be friends with people of the opposite sex?

What does it mean to be a woman if you’re not a wife, or a man if you’re not a husband?

Jesus’ pattern for church living was one of family—of brothers and sisters living in intimate, life-giving community with each other…

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27 April 2020

First Line Friday – A Light So Lovely (Sarah Arthur)

Happy New Year, and welcome to First Line Friday, hosted by Hoarding Books! Do you have as many fantastic reads lined up for 2019 as I have? I can’t wait to dive in! But I’m doing something new this year, too. This year, I’ve decided to do a Reading Challenge—specifically, the Hope by the Book Reading Challenge! For my first challenge selection, I’ve chosen to read a biography, and I’m sharing the first line of the book I’ve chosen today: A Light So Lovely by Sarah Arthur.

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4 January 2019

Advent Reading: Prepare Him Room (Marty Machowski) and A Better December (Steven Estes)

~ About the Book ~ Title:  Prepare Him RoomAuthor:  Marty Machowski Make Room for a New Christmas Tradition. Christmas traditions become a treasured part of a family’s heritage, passed down from generation to generation. This brand new, four-week devotional guides your family on an unforgettable advent journey, exploring some of the most wonderful prophecies in the Bible and how God fulfills them in Christ. From Bible devotions which tell the Christmas story through the eyes of the prophets to an original Christmas short story called “Bartimaeus,” Prepare Him Room helps you build family Christmas traditions around Christ. The memorable and meaningful

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5 December 2018

The Leader’s Wife (Debby Thompson) – Blog Blitz + Giveaway

Welcome to The Leader’s Wife blog blitz and giveaway, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours! ~ About the Book ~ Title: The Leader’s Wife Author: Debby Thompson Publisher: Ambassador International Release Date: May 11, 2018 Genre: Christian NonFiction, Marriage As a woman leading a life of influence, you may find yourself without sufficient clarity or equipping for the challenges you face. For many, the role of wife of a leader is one thrust upon, rather than chosen. For others, it is a responsibility embraced but no less complicated to navigate. In either case, as one sharing a journey with a world-changer,

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5 May 2018

95: The Ideas That Birthed the Reformation (Martin Luther) – Review

 ~ About the Book ~ In 1517, an unknown Augustinian monk, informed by his growing belief that salvation is by faith alone, published and distributed a stark criticism of papal abuses in the Catholic Church. In doing so, Martin Luther lit the spark for what would become the Protestant Reformation. What became known as the “95 Theses” was a series of statements expressing concern with corruption within the church, primarily the selling of “indulgences” to the people as a means of releasing them from acts of penitence. For the five hundredth anniversary of Luther’s revolutionary writing, This volume combines each

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25 November 2017

Killing Wonder Woman (Tenaya T.J. Tison) – Review + Giveaway!

~ About the Book ~ POW! BLAM! OOF! Working women of faith are subjected to daily blows of lies and deception. We are barraged with messages that we’re not good enough, smart enough, thin enough, spiritual enough. We believe that our professions mean very little in the eyes of God. We’re feeling tired and discouraged from holding ourselves to impossible standards. These damaging lies and labels now have a name: Wonder Woman. Wonder Woman is a symbol of the unobtainable. She is a blend of all the women both real and fictional–that we idolize. She is the whispers of doubt

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29 May 2017