Music Review: The Martins New Day
January 21, 2012 in: Book Reviews
I just found out The Martins are coming to St. Joseph on Feb. 17. I am thrilled to see them in concert and if you listen to this CD, you will be, too. In the first line of the first song, Joyce Martin sings, “If we could clear the stage, if we could kill the [...]
continue readingThere’s A Baby Up There
December 22, 2011 in: Devotions
At Christmas Eve services last year, we crowded into church, the night filled with both a sense of contentment and anticipation that is unique to December 24. The service was simple and moving, two teenagers portraying Joseph and Mary, gifted musicians singing old carols and new worship songs. In the row behind me, young Emily [...]
continue readingBook Review: The Merchant’s Daughter
December 21, 2011 in: Book Reviews
I am delighted to tell you this book by my friend is being offered for $1.99 on the Kindle. If you believe in fairy tales, or just enjoy the magic of romance, you’ll love Melanie Dickerson’s newest book The Merchant’s Daughter. This Christian fiction is loosely based on the classic tale of Beauty and the [...]
continue readingBook Review: Christmas With Tucker
December 12, 2011 in: Book Reviews
Christmas With Tucker was a gift from my friend last year – because my dog’s name is Tucker. A box of Kleenex later, I made it through this touching story that still warms my heart. Christmas With Tucker is a pre-quel to Greg Kincaid’s very popular A Dog Named Christmas ($9.99). It’s 1962 in eastern [...]
continue readingReflections on Mark Twain’s river
November 28, 2011 in: Reflections on the River, Writing
The first time I read Huckleberry Finn was in third grade. If memory serves correctly, I had to get special permission from Mrs. Gates the librarian to check it out for an extra week so I could finish. She was good at encouraging kids to read that way. Much of the symbolism was lost on [...]
continue readingA few hundred gifts of thanks
November 23, 2011 in: Book Reviews, Devotions
This year I’m giving thanks, a little bit at a time. I have been engrossed reading The Hunger Games Trilogy thrilled to find it really is as good as promised. The main character is a teenage girl who sneaks under a barbed fence to hunt to feed her family. I’m in the middle of Book [...]
continue readingNight at the Museum
November 18, 2011 in: Reflections on the River, Writing
The St. Joseph Women’s Press Club met at the St. Joseph Museum this week and hostess Jackie Lewin helped us experience the Civil War. We started with an authentic Civil War era meal made by club members. Jackie made “interpretive” tags for each [...]
continue readingPumpkin Fest at the Pony Express
October 16, 2011 in: Reflections on the River
One of the fun things about living in historic St. Joseph is that each morning on my way to work, I drive by the Pony Express Museum. As the museum prepared for its annual Pumpkin Fest, I witnessed the tents, carnival rides and pumpkin mountain going up. Pumpkin Fest, one of the museum’s main fund [...]
continue readingConference Highlights from ACFW
October 2, 2011 in: Writing
The American Christian Fiction Writers annual meeting Sept. 22-25 in St. Louis was a fabulous time. It’s so inspiring to hang out with authors, editors and agents. From beginning writers to award-winning authors, we all share a love of words and using them to spread the gospel. Here are Laura Franz, author of Courting [...]
continue readingBook Review: A Most Unsuitable Match
September 14, 2011 in: Book Reviews
Stephanie Grace Whitson is my new favorite author. Not that she is new, but I’ve just discovered her. She lives in Lincoln, Neb., and her stories ring true to the Midwest. I chose to read A Most Unsuitable Match because this historical novel is set on the Missouri River. St. Joe even got a shout [...]
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