More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website. Contemporary Romance: Reunion at Crane Lake by Robin Bayne — Colt’s memory is returning after the accident that ended his career. Now he wants to take over his family’s inn, but he’ll have to partner with his former fiancée to be able to afford it. He’ll need forgiveness to make that happen. Tia’s goal is clear: to return the inn to its former grandeur. And she’ll even work with Colt to do so. But like the inn, their relationship needs a lot of work. He…
Conquering the Downsizing Dilemma
I love nice things. I’m sentimental about gifts I receive and souvenirs I’ve collected during mission trips and vacations. I like sturdy, solid wood furniture that lasts forever and takes an elephant to move. I like everything in order and …in its place. Get the picture? My dilemma began in 2015 with our first move from a 2-story 3,400 square-foot home to another 2-story 2,400 square-foot home. I cleaned out closets, gave things away, and filled the trash to overflowing numerous times. Thought I’d done a great job of letting go. However, a year later, we grew homesick and opted…
Alongside by Sarah Beckman
A Practical Guide for Loving Your Neighbor in their Time of Trial Through the years, I’ve struggled with should I or should I not when it comes to my response to various levels of family, friendships, co-workers, neighbors, and acquaintances during their times of difficulties? I managed okay, but probably not as well as I’d hoped in certain situations. Sometimes, the feeling that I was in the way or intruding swept over me. That’s when it was time for a quick exit. Then a sigh, and ‘I should have known better.’ I prayed they’d forgive me for overstepping the boundaries of…
Choosing REAL
An Invitation To Celebrate When Life Doesn’t Go As Planned – by Bekah Jane Pogue If you want a fresh perspective on how to develop a real relationship with God, Choosing REAL offers positive insight. You’ll find confirmation that no amount of work, serving, or giving can make God love you any more than He already does. In case you haven’t noticed, life doesn’t always go as planned. Your child becomes ill, a loved one dies, or your tooth breaks. Your car won’t start, you have a flat tire, or run out of gas. What about, you lose your…
ACFW February 2017 New Releases
More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website. Biblical:Redeeming Grace by Jill Eileen Smith — When famine visits Bethlehem, Boaz holds out hope for rain while his relative Elimelech moves his wife Naomi and their sons to Moab. For a while, it appears the Lord is blessing Elimelech’s family, and his sons marry two lovely Moabite women. But calamities strike, one after another, leaving Naomi alone in a foreign land with only her childless daughters-in-law for comfort. When news reaches Naomi that the famine in Bethlehem has lifted, only Ruth will hazard the…
Praying With Power
Women of Faith Bible Study – Forward by Patsy Clairmont “Why do I need to pray? It’s never worked for me.” “When I pray, it feels like my prayer bounces off the ceiling. I don’t think God hears me.” “Must be some magic formula. I hear people talk about prayers being answered, but I’m clueless.” If you’ve asked those questions or the mountain of other questions about whether God really hears and answers prayer, then you are in for an eye-opening revelation. Yes, absolutely, certainly, positively, definitely, completely, assuredly—God Answers Prayer! Does that answer YOUR questions? Maybe? But, how can…
ACFW’s New Releases /January 2017
More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website. Contemporary Romance: Romance Grows in Arcadia Valley by Valerie Comer, Mary Jane Hathaway, Elizabeth Maddrey, Danica Favorite, Lee Tobin McClain and Annalisa Daughety — Is love possible for a makeshift mom and a handsome widower? What about a bed and breakfast owner and the farmer next door? A curvy jilted bride and a mysterious, handsome chef? Then there’s the real estate consultant and the grandson of her elderly client; a high-powered lawyer and a woman farmer, and a formerly engaged couple. Can love make a…
My Not-So-Perfect, Perfect Christmas
The pre-lit 7-foot Christmas tree that worked perfectly last year, kept me buried in its branches for over an hour. I searched for lost electrical plugs hanging in its depths hoping to find a logical reason why all the bulbs wouldn’t light up. Branches slapped against my cheeks, scratched my arms, strained my aching back, and yes, the ultimate…broke a nail. Ulg! For someone who likes everything in its proper place and in perfect working order, this process was a test of my nerves and patience. Tension rose and my face warmed. Tears threatened. Thoughts of throwing the tree out…
ACFW December 2016 New Releases
Here we go, everyone! The new book releases by ACFW (American Christian Fiction Writers)! Enjoy! More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website. Contemporary Romance: Bella Natale! by Marianne Evans — An aspiring American artist and the widowed, Italian owner of a premier art gallery meet and fall in love in Florence when he champions her work, but there are her American family’s expectations and his five-year-old son to consider. (Contemporary Romance from White Rose Publishing [Pelican]) With this Kiss by Marianne Evans — A kiss stolen in a midnight snow. A jealous…
My Mom Doesn’t Know Me
I thought I was prepared for anything my mother might say or do, but nothing was farther from the truth. The very core of my heart shattered when I realized she no longer recognized me or my two sisters. “You sure are sweet.” She looked at me with a distant gaze and smiled. “Thank you. I take after my mom.” She smiled again. “That’s nice.” I questioned, “Do you know who my mother is?” She squinted her eyes, “Hmm, I’m thinking.” Dementia and Alzheimer’s is a sad and heartbreaking disease. Medication has done little to slow its thieving, memory-snatching process…
