Billy Coffey is the author of four novels: Snow Day (2010) Paper Angels (2011), When Mockingbirds Sing (2013) and The Devil Walks in Mattingly (2014). From his website: “When you’re raised in small-town Virginia by a redneck father and a Mennonite mother, certain things become ingrained. And when you marry a small-town girl and have two small-town kids, all you …
Strong girls read
God never intended for women to be dumb. That’s a mankind idea, not a God idea. Societies and cultures of the past and present have treated women as chattel–property to be owned and kept ignorant. But you don’t see that in the Bible. Jesus exalted the woman. He treated her as an equal. (There’s an excellent article about this here: …
Erica’s Edition: Books, Books, Books!
Today’s post is brought to you by my amazing intern, Erica Graphma! Take it away, Erica! Everyone has that one thing they can just never say no to, right? Because I don’t want to feel crazy for knowing I have an addiction to something. What is that something you might ask? Books. It’s so hard to stop myself from buying …
Interview with debut author, Sandy Nadeau
Today I’m thrilled to introduce you to talented debut author, Sandy Nadeau! Thanks for joining us today, Sandy. Tell our readers a little bit about yourself! I love to go on adventures, photograph them and write about them. My husband and I do a lot of four-wheeling in the back country of Colorado and we love to share those experiences …
Crime Writing for Beginners
I’m not a crime writer–yet. But I’m intrigued by the process. One of the reasons I’ve never seriously considered writing horror or crime is that my empathy level is far too high. I’m not sure thinking about such things for the length of time it takes to write a book would be good for my mental health. Still, I know …
Pray for Isaiah today
Today my son, Isaiah, is having surgery to have his gall bladder removed. He has been out of school since October due to chronic diarrhea and nausea and vomiting. All tests say nothing is wrong with him. The only thing they can find is a little sludge in his gall bladder. So it’s coming out. Can you pray with me …
Erica’s Edition: Spring Break Musings
Today’s post is brought to you by my hard-working intern, Erica Graphman. Take it away, Erica! Ahh spring break! The time away from school and work to refresh and prepare for the end of the year. Or not. While some of my friends are down in Tennessee and Florida are having fun, I am stuck (for lack of a better …
Why I love my Kindle Paperwhite
I jumped onto the digital reading bandwagon pretty early. I had the second kindle when it came out but drooled over the first one. I have the kindle app on my computer, iPad and phone and three other people in this house own kindle fires, I still have my original kindle and I just bought the kindle paperwhite. Let’s see, …
Éirinn go Brách!
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! I adore St. Patrick. He’s one of my heroes. And was so long before I found out I’m part Irish. The Irish in our family comes from my Grandma Grace Brown. I’m very excited to be part of the Irish excitement this year. This is the first year I’ve been able to confirm my Irish ancestry. …
Strong Girls Saturday: Helping trafficked women and teens
No matter how strong a girl is, bad things happen. One of those bad things is human trafficking. Here are some statistics found on the Covering House website: Human trafficking generates $9.5 billion yearly in the United States. (United Nations) Approximately 300,000 children are at risk of being prostituted in the United States. (U.S. Department of Justice) The average age …
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