The Devil Walks in Mattingly by Billy Coffey–4.5 stars

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 …

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 …