tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134032042024-03-14T05:12:21.308-04:00Divine PerspectiveBlog about life, relationships, love, books, writing and more---from a Christian Perspective.D.S. Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04044779501609588118noreply@blogger.comBlogger147125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13403204.post-23373403529255564452024-02-07T00:00:00.109-05:002024-02-07T00:00:00.135-05:00Renewed Hope by Carmen Peone (Spotlight & Excerpt)<p> <img alt="Renewed Hope JustRead Blog Tour" class="alignnone wp-image-28436" height="237" src="https://justreadtours.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Banner_RenewedHope_Blog_JR.jpg" style="text-align: center;" width="640" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Welcome to the Blog Tour as we shine the spotlight on <span style="color: #347cae;"><i><b>Renewed Hope</b></i></span> by Carmen Peone, hosted by <a href="https://justreadtours.com/2024/02/05/welcome-to-the-renewed-hope-blog-tour-giveaway" rel="noopener" target="_blank">JustRead Publicity Tours</a>!</p>
<h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #347cae;"><b>About the Book</b></span></h3>
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<p data-pm-slice="1 1 []"><b>Title:</b> Renewed Hope
<b><br />Series:</b> Seven Tine Ranch Romance #3
<b><br />Author:</b> Carmen Peone
<b><br />Publisher:</b> Iron Stream Fiction
<b><br />Release Date:</b> February 6, 2024
<br /><b>Genre:</b> Contemporary Western Romance</p><p>
<b>Can they find her son in time?</b> </p><p>Sophie Cayes is on the road to success as an artist. Until her ex-husband threatens to sue for full custody of their son. Upon learning of a guest ranch in Eastern Washington that keeps a room open for women in need, she grabs her son and bolts. Although Chad Davis loves starting colts on the Seven Tine Guest Ranch, his goal is to have his own spread. Everything’s on course until a woman and her preschool son show up. He’s not thrilled about helping out. Until the boy comes up missing. On his watch. Along with a tribal cop, they head back to Montana in search of the boy, knowing his dad was the one who kidnapped him. Sophie prays they find him before her ex-husband and his new wife go on the run. Taking her son with them. </p><p><span style="color: #347cae;"><b>PURCHASE LINKS</b>:</span> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/123277909-renewed-hope" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Goodreads</a> | <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BYK9VMRM" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/renewed-hope-carmen-peone/1143235972" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a> | <a href="https://www.christianbook.com/renewed-hope-carmen-peone/9781645263647/pd/263647" rel="noopener" target="_blank">ChristianBook</a> | <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/renewed-hope-carmen-peone/19902697" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Bookshop</a> | <a href="https://www.bookbub.com/books/renewed-hope-seven-tine-ranch-romance-book-3-by-carmen-peone" rel="noopener" target="_blank">BookBub</a>
</p><h3><span style="color: #347cae;"><span><a name='more'></a></span><div style="text-align: center;">Excerpt</div></span></h3><h3><span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: 400;">Sophie Cayes's tummy twisted when she read the <i>Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women Celebration </i>leaflet, MMIW for short. Jeannette, one of the gallery's consortium members, had given her the brochure before Sophie taught her morning art lesson. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: 400;">Her angst heightened at the thought of standing on the stage in Elmo, talking about Bria's murder. All eyes on her. In seven days. She hugged herself. Nope. A hard pass. Besides, her hands were full with her abusive ex-husband's attempt to rip Basin away from her.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: 400;">She set the flyer on the worktable next to a tote of paintbrushes. "I can't." Saying her sister's name? In a crowd? When she couldn't even say it in private without unraveling?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: 400;">No way. She plucked a paper towel off the countertop, her body trembling like ripples on a lake in a stiff breeze. She needed to focus on retaining full custody of her son.</span><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: 400;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: 400;">"Think about it. And remember, I got your back. With Basin. With your lessons. With the celebration." Jeannette headed to the gallery showroom.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sophie turned to her art student, Natalie, when the front door's bell chimed and Matt's deep-timbre voice stormed into the room. "Where's Sophie?"</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Oh, God, no.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></p></span></h3><h3><span style="color: #347cae;"><div>More Books In This Series</div></span></h3>
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<h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #347cae;"><b>About the Author</b></span></h3>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Carmen Peone" class="alignnone wp-image-24472 size-medium" height="300" src="https://justreadtours.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Carmen5030a-med-resolution-242x300.jpg" width="242" /></p>
<p data-pm-slice="1 1 []"><b>Carmen Peone</b> is an award-winning author of Young Adult and Contemporary Western Romantic Suspense and lives with her husband in Northeast Washington and on the Colville Confederated Indian Reservation. She weaves threads of healing, hope, and horses into her stories that lead to happily ever after.</p>
Connect with Carmen by visiting <a href="https://carmenpeone.com/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">carmenpeone.com</a> to follow her on social media and sign up for email updates.
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<h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #347cae;"><b>Tour Giveaway</b></span></h3>
<p data-pm-slice="1 1 []" style="text-align: center;">(3) winners will win a signed copy of Renewed Hope, a $25 Amazon gift card, and a story-related postcard!</p>
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D.S. Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04044779501609588118noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13403204.post-86919379973657783822022-09-06T00:00:00.083-04:002022-09-06T22:48:04.370-04:00Connecting With Christ (Review & Giveaway)<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsIJ7d0GIGy43gHCQO9CmavHN3KtUlil7Z_2c_pakkOti6ScuLvWUzdUokP1nAeTvkJwLMmIL4j8Kirkazui0i_ukY-qCTI4mMaBv7NVBLfixh2W6xAtqlA7rdwO4nCs0fc21dMkwZreAVc8CORz9gISzhAR2DEdmtsy-W6joxkETFYRE5oEg/s851/Connecting%20with%20Christ.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="851" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsIJ7d0GIGy43gHCQO9CmavHN3KtUlil7Z_2c_pakkOti6ScuLvWUzdUokP1nAeTvkJwLMmIL4j8Kirkazui0i_ukY-qCTI4mMaBv7NVBLfixh2W6xAtqlA7rdwO4nCs0fc21dMkwZreAVc8CORz9gISzhAR2DEdmtsy-W6joxkETFYRE5oEg/w640-h236/Connecting%20with%20Christ.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span underline="">About the Book</span></h1><p><strong> </strong></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwOFiuLXnc240umlsRWbkcMmlg8bJO58N2jZs6YXyRDiwz_Dcg_Ko52x6E4ZSdiAV6LXHLcH3XFPFY_7DbinRFqII-ZHpA5DtiwCPO0IFi8wKtTcPkxKa8s1eUZ60obxO2v6B1znhATmI71YMxLV5Vt7T6RWnfVpyPXlg9FopBy4ZIPGa8ba8/s300/Connecting-with-Christ_Front-200x300.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwOFiuLXnc240umlsRWbkcMmlg8bJO58N2jZs6YXyRDiwz_Dcg_Ko52x6E4ZSdiAV6LXHLcH3XFPFY_7DbinRFqII-ZHpA5DtiwCPO0IFi8wKtTcPkxKa8s1eUZ60obxO2v6B1znhATmI71YMxLV5Vt7T6RWnfVpyPXlg9FopBy4ZIPGa8ba8/w267-h400/Connecting-with-Christ_Front-200x300.jpg" width="267" /></a></strong></div><strong><br /></strong><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Book: </strong>Connecting With Christ</p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Editor: </strong>Yolonda Tonette Sanders</p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Genre: </b>Nonfiction, Inspirational</p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Release date:</strong> November 30, 2021</p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Rating: 4.5 / 5 </b></p><p>Self-care is a buzzword often mentioned when people seek to optimize their health. Suggested self-care practices tend to include activities such as exercising, getting a massage, or eating a healthy diet. While all of these actions have their place, none of them are sufficient enough to provide the soul-care we need to maximize our self-care. Self-care without soul-care equates to temporary solutions that leave us searching for the next new thing. However, when Christ becomes the center of our holistic health journey, we not only find fulfillment in Him but also a dependency on and trust in Him to truly live our best lives-emotionally, mentally, physically, and spiritually.<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p><br /></p><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span underline="">My Thoughts</span></h1><div><span underline=""><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;" underline="">The Right Connection Leads to Refreshment</span></div><div><span underline=""><br /></span></div><div><span underline=""><i>Connecting with Christ </i>is a well-thought out year-long devotional book. It is timely, profound and easy to understand. It really spoke to me. Especially in the areas of Promises (5 Promises by Kelsey Elaine Hopkins), Rest (A Time to Pause by </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="line-height: 107%;">Kendr</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="line-height: 107%;">é Keys</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="line-height: 107%;">) and Preparation (Passing the Test by Leslie J. Sherrod).</span></div><div><span underline=""><br /></span></div><div><span underline="">It is organized into the following monthly themes: </span></div><div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Renewal</li><li>Love</li><li>Revival</li><li>Promises</li><li>Caring</li><li>Provision</li><li>Celebration/Freedom</li><li>Rest</li><li>Preparation</li><li>Change</li><li>Thankfulness</li><li>Giving</li></ol></div><p>This is what I thought when I saw the order:</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Renewal for January (beginning of a new year and beginning of yearly 21-day Daniel Fast) </li><li>Love for February (Valentine's day)</li><li>Revival (Lent)</li><li>Promises in April (the promised Savior obtaining our salvation)</li><li>Celebration/Freedom in July (July 4th independence for our country and freedom from the power of sin)</li><li>Rest (the number 8 means new beginnings and you need to rest up and rest in God)</li><li>Preparation (part of preparation is rest, the next is surrender as you prepare to be used by God)</li><li>Change (if you learn to rest in God and surrender fully to Him, change must come personally and ministry-wise)</li><li>Thankfulness (thanksgiving season or a season of thankfulness)</li><li>Giving (Reminding us that Christmas is not about receiving but being thankful for the Gift of salvation and sharing it with others)</li></ul><div>Now I must admit, I don't know if that's what the editor was thinking, but what I saw as I looked at each section. Like I said, I loved the organization and format of this devotional but if you're not really linear like me, you might just jump to a section like I did with Rest, or the area that is your immediate need, because I am in dire need of some rest. </div><div><br /></div><div>Not just putting my head on my pillow and sleeping, although that would be nice, but true sabbath rest as God created it and intends for us to practice so that we do not get burned out and lose focus of what is important like Martha did.</div><div><br /></div><div>I thought I got it when COVID 19 came and everything slowed down. I thought I was onto the rest thing, but I totally missed it. I was good, as long as I had nothing much on my plate. As soon as things ramp up, I return to frantic activity like Martha.</div><blockquote><div>In Week 33: A Time to Pause by <span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="line-height: 107%;">Kendr</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="line-height: 107%;">é</span> Keys, she points out that spiritual rest takes discipline. It's deeper than a nap, a spa day, or a vacation. Spiritual rest is an act of regularly trusting God with the details of our lives rather than overworking and overextending ourselves for earthly gains and praise. In spiritual rest we turn away from the busyness of life to spend quality time in God's presence. - Page 119</div></blockquote><p>Each devotion is followed by a prayer and a lined page to write down what God spoke directly to you. I simply wrote. "There it is, confirmation of what Pastor has been saying. You really need to learn to practice sabbath rest."</p><p>What I Liked:</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>You can tell a lot of prayer went into this project</li><li>It is beautifully organized</li><li>The themes chosen</li><li>The authors chosen</li></ul><div>What Gave Me Pause</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span>I'm sorry but the cover does not do the book justice. Does it get the message across? Yes. Is it visually appealing as it does so? Not to me. <br /><br /></span>I would have liked to see a different font for the title, maybe Playfair. For the image, maybe something like a picture of someone reading a book looking happy with a light shining down on him or her from above with a cross at the apex of the light then with the jigsaw puzzle effect.</li></ul><br />This devotional can be read by one person, with an accountability partner, as a group study for youth or adults or even to plan a sermon series.<br /><br />I am so glad that I had the opportunity to read, review and recommend this devotional. One of the beautiful things about God is that He is no respecter of persons. One of His promises is that if we, you and I, seek Him we will be rewarded with His presence.<br /><br />If you've done everything you can, turned to everyone you could and still find yourself unsatisfied, maybe it is the connection. The right connection leads to refreshment. Get a copy of this book!<br /><br />As you read and God begins to speak to you through the authors and you start to feel the connection, turn to page 189 and read the prayer of Salvation out loud.<br /><br />It's okay, if you've said it before...sometimes we need a refresher, a reminder of what we say we believe so that we can live it.<br /><br />If after you've read the book and you still have questions, feel free to reach out to me, I'll be be happy to answer questions, pray with you or research what I don't know.<br /><br />Blessings,<br />Dee</div><p></p><p>Click <a href="”https://amzn.to/3z48HkC”">here</a> to get your copy!</p><p> </p><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span underline="">About the Editor</span></h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4qdC2qKiQoPJllRef2Tr8Cvcz5Yha_LZs4ioo-npADsJe4buULXPEuot2A6eb0ebZXpBPv6paS-Nbg6rhboc4yTHBUTx2-1D9QVrcTj9aFIACba1VeK58Lo3hsXN80uHSQlMc9wJ2cY92sQ6Ways-7NLGkb5wXPp0eWsECpFVmv6XEPy71oo/s300/Author.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="278" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4qdC2qKiQoPJllRef2Tr8Cvcz5Yha_LZs4ioo-npADsJe4buULXPEuot2A6eb0ebZXpBPv6paS-Nbg6rhboc4yTHBUTx2-1D9QVrcTj9aFIACba1VeK58Lo3hsXN80uHSQlMc9wJ2cY92sQ6Ways-7NLGkb5wXPp0eWsECpFVmv6XEPy71oo/s1600/Author.jpeg" width="278" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p><strong>Yolonda Tonette Sanders</strong> is the CEO of Yo Productions, LLC and co-founder of the Faith & Fellowship Book Festival. Her writing portfolio includes academic papers, novels, short stories, poems, and other creative works. She is an editor for a national publication, a professor, and serves on several boards and associations. Yolonda holds two bachelor’s degrees, a master’s degree, and is currently completing her Ph.D. in organizational leadership. She treasures her relationships with family and close friends. Yolonda is blessed to be the wife of David; mother of two adults, Tre and Tia; “Nini” to her grandchildren, Khari and Khia; daughter of Eddie; sister to Milton; and dog mom to Paco.</p><p> </p><h1><span underline="">More from Yolonda</span></h1><p>Have you ever started a daily devotional but didn’t finish because you found yourself getting behind schedule and frustrated? One missed day turns into two, then the missed days pile on until we often do one of two things: a) have a marathon session to “make-up” the missed days’ readings; or b) abandon the devotional altogether. Neither of these options help with our spiritual growth. When we have marathon sessions to catch up, reading the devotional becomes a checklist item instead of us taking the time to glean the spiritual message or lesson to be learned. When we abandon reading the devotional, we miss everything still. Those great books end up collecting dust until we try again the next year only to repeat the same process.</p><p> </p><p>Yep, I’ve been there! Having had such experiences, I sought to create a devotional that people could actually finish. Plus, let’s face it . . . we should read our Bibles every day, but devotionals are optional. Yet, sometimes people replace devotionals with reading the Bible. I didn’t want that either! So, <em>Connecting with Christ </em>is a 52-week devotional with just one reading each week. Not only was this a practical approach, but it was also purposeful. The desire behind this technique is for readers to have time to meditate on Scripture! <em>Connecting with Christ </em>is a devotional that readers can and will complete that will inspire them to dig more into the Word!</p><p><br /></p><h1 center="" style="text-align: center;"><span underline="">Blog Stops</span></h1><div><span underline=""><br /></span></div><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center;"><a href="http://janemouttet.wordpress.com/" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Library Lady's Kid Lit"}" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="color: #e06666;">Library Lady’s Kid Lit</span></span></a><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">, August 25</span></p><p style="background-color: white; 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box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catsinthecradle.blog/" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Cats in the Cradle Blog"}" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Cats in the Cradle Blog</span></span></a><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">, September 6</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center;"><a href="https://dvyneperspectiv.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Divine Perspective "}" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Divine Perspective</span></span></a><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">, September 6</span></p><h1 center="" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: normal;" underline=""><a href="http://familymgrkendra.blogspot.com/" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="940" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0B_TN0dbKFAXEbc_smOj7OeXVqXXaYr1PYZwQ9CtaqJd2vNKxp7-Sg6wyOjFIwKuBq6us1viyE5rcZrvzoleqS-r3CPKoPptpJxNwDst3LfDUp_dNyIvD39fgQIRGojN7ohYEcL0Lc6KiI2iliXsuO2QVUlGMW3Ykup5nnZIagVyteWK6LmQ/s320/Giveaway.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p center="" style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p center="">To celebrate her tour, Yolonda is giving away the grand prize package of a $50 Amazon gift card and a copy of the book!!</p><p center="">Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.</p><p center="" style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="https://promosimple.com/ps/210c8/connecting-with-christ-celebration-tour-giveaway" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">[Giveaway Link]</a></strong></p>D.S. Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04044779501609588118noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13403204.post-57629315300850279542022-08-26T00:00:00.039-04:002022-08-26T09:16:40.978-04:00Finding Her Voice by Donna Gartshore (Spotlight & Excerpt)<p> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Finding Her Voice JustRead Blog + Review Tour" class="aligncenter wp-image-19985" height="237" src="https://justreadtours.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Banner_FindingHerVoice_BlogReview_JR.jpg" width="640" /> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Welcome to the Blog + Review Tour for <span style="color: #45818e;"><em><strong><span>Finding Her Voice</span></strong></em> </span>by Donna Gartshore, hosted by <a href="https://justreadtours.com/2022/08/22/welcome-to-the-finding-her-voice-review-tour-giveaway/">JustRead Publicity Tours</a>!</p>
<h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><strong>ABOUT THE BOOK</strong></span></h3><div><span style="color: #134f5c;"><strong><br /></strong></span></div>
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<strong>Title: </strong>Finding Her Voice<strong> </strong><div><strong>Author: </strong>Donna Gartshore </div><div><strong>Publisher:</strong> Harlequin Love Inspired </div><div><strong>Release Date:</strong> August 23, 2022 </div><div><strong>Genre:</strong> Contemporary Romance, Christian</div><div> </div><div><strong>Overcoming their differences </strong> </div><div><strong>Could be the answer to all their problems</strong> </div><div><br /></div><div>Bridget Connelly dreams of buying her boss’s veterinary clinic and starting her own business—but so does auditor Sawyer Blume. Despite her trust issues toward men, it’s hard to stay rivals when Sawyer’s traumatized daughter bonds with Bridget’s adorable pup. And when another buyer tries to outbid them both, working together might give them everything they want…including each other. </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #125b82;"><strong>PURCHASE LINKS*: </strong></span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60224370-finding-her-voice" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Goodreads</a> | <a href="https://amzn.to/3vXDZb6" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/finding-her-voice-donna-gartshore/1140937869" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a> | <a href="https://www.bookdepository.com/Finding-Her-Voice-Donna-Gartshore/9781335586001" rel="noopener" target="_blank">BookDepository</a> | <a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781335585226">IndieBound</a> | <a href="https://www.christianbook.com/finding-her-voice-uplifting-inspirational-romance/9781335585226/pd/585226">Christianbook</a> | <a href="https://www.bookbub.com/books/finding-her-voice-by-donna-gartshore" rel="noopener" target="_blank">BookBub</a></div><div><br />
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<h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #125b82;"></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span><a name='more'></a></span><span style="color: #134f5c;"><br /></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">EXCERPT</span></h3><div><span style="color: #134f5c;"><br /></span></div><div>The jazz trio entered and took their bows to applause. As the first haunting notes of the saxophone began to tell its plaintive tale, Delilah jiggled her father’s arm and whispered, “Daddy, trade me places. The lady in front of me has big hair.”</div><div><br />Sawyer obliged and when he took the seat beside Bridget, his arm brushed hers on the armrest. <br /><br />“Sorry,” they said in unison, each pulling their arms away. <br /><br />But, as the music overtook them, they both relaxed and Sawyer found himself enjoying Bridget’s close proximity, the appealing scent of her lightly perfumed soap and apple-scented shampoo and, especially, the way she became so completely absorbed in the music that she no longer jerked away when their arms touched. <br /><br />The concert wasn’t long so there was no intermission. The musicians played straight through, keeping the hypnotic spell of the music going, carrying the deepest human emotions in the slide of the trombone and the sigh of the clarinet. All too soon, though, the music ended and the lights came back up. <br /><br />Sawyer realized that Bridget was nestled into him and his arm was resting along the back of her chair. He turned to her and they locked eyes and the buzzing crowd seemed to fade away like they didn’t exist. <br /><br />He realized that he would do anything he could to help and protect her.<span style="color: #125b82;">
<p class="Body-TextCxSpLast"><o:p> </o:p></p></span></div><hr /><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">ABOUT THE AUTHOR</span></h3><div><span style="color: #134f5c;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Donna Gartshore" class="aligncenter wp-image-21328 size-medium" height="300" src="https://justreadtours.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Donna-Gartshore-225x300.jpeg" width="225" /></div><p data-pm-slice="1 1 []"><strong>Donna Gartshore </strong>lives in Saskatchewan, Canada. Donna now has three books published with Love Inspired and is working on three more. She has also published several short stories and poems with various literary publications and writes devotions. Donna loves family time, walks, coffee and movies with friends, serving in various capacities at the church she attends and talking about books and writing with her friends and the writing community.</p>
<p data-pm-slice="1 1 []"><strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">Connect with Donna by</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> following her on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dlgwrites/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Instagram</a> or <a href="https://twitter.com/dlgwrites1" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Twitter</a>.</span></strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">(3) winners will receive print copy of <em>Finding Her Voice</em>, an adult inspirational coloring book, and a small devotion!</p>
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D.S. Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04044779501609588118noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13403204.post-25684069198771107552022-07-29T09:57:00.011-04:002024-02-09T22:01:11.984-05:00T/O Tour & Review: Off the Chain by Janice Thompson<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoXByb8IHKC7g8JK2jOtF6qdEtNP2lO8tfFMlv01f3v4xH4AqGAexiUQ5VxcGCkwlmnU18svEVlocCWBv5pnpbvYiKJvz535kzxbS6OzJM_ZemAbAE5q66nkZX6UYQkDRBpb6MzWgQOfKFRaVFNEkcch2ZBiUGyejWmafP3DRii8otGF1cpYA/s1702/Banner_OffTheChain_Takeover_JR.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Off the Chain Banner" border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1702" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoXByb8IHKC7g8JK2jOtF6qdEtNP2lO8tfFMlv01f3v4xH4AqGAexiUQ5VxcGCkwlmnU18svEVlocCWBv5pnpbvYiKJvz535kzxbS6OzJM_ZemAbAE5q66nkZX6UYQkDRBpb6MzWgQOfKFRaVFNEkcch2ZBiUGyejWmafP3DRii8otGF1cpYA/w640-h236/Banner_OffTheChain_Takeover_JR.webp" width="640" /></a></div>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><em>Welcome to the Takeover Tour for <span style="color: #016e84;"><b><i>Off the Chain </i></b></span>by Janice Thompson, hosted by <a href="https://justreadtours.com/2022/07/27/welcome-to-the-off-the-chain-takeover-tour-giveaway/">JustRead Publicity Tours</a>!</em></strong></p>
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Series:</strong> Gone to the Dogs Mysteries #1 </div><div><strong>Author: </strong>Janice Thompson<strong> </strong></div><div><strong>Publisher: </strong>Barbour Fiction<strong> </strong></div><div><strong>Release Date: </strong>July 1, 2022<strong> </strong></div><div><strong>Genre: </strong>Cozy Mystery, Christian </div><div><br /></div><div><strong>The Town of Brenham, Texas, Has Gone to the Dogs!</strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><em>Curl up with your pup and sink into a delightful small-town mystery as riddles and rescues stack up in book one of a new cozy mystery series</em>. </div><div><br /></div><div>Marigold Evans’ first attempt at rescuing an abandoned pooch lands her in the underground sewer lines of Houston’s Buffalo Bayou. . .and almost in jail, until Parker Jenson comes to her defense. Then a bad day only gets worse as the Lone Star Vet Clinic, where they both work, is vandalized and the list of suspects starts to climb. With the help of her fellow employees, Marigold sets out to simultaneously solve the crime, rehab the rescued dog, and help more dogs in crisis. But why would anyone continue to work against all their good efforts? </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #016e84;"><strong>PURCHASE LINKS*: </strong></span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59435470-off-the-chain" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Goodreads</a> | <a href="https://amzn.to/3Pn6shV">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/off-the-chain-janice-thompson/1140409050?ean=9781636093130" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a> | <a href="https://www.bookdepository.com/Off-the-Chain-Janice-Thompson/9781636093130" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Book Depository</a> | <a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781636093130" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Indiebound</a> | <a href="https://www.christianbook.com/chain-book-one-gone-dogs-series/janice-thompson/9781636093130/pd/093131" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Christianbook</a> | <a href="https://www.bookbub.com/books/off-the-chain-by-janice-thompson" rel="noopener" target="_blank">BookBub<span><a name='more'></a></span></a>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #016e84;"><strong>ABOUT THE AUTHOR</strong></span></h3>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #016e84;"></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #016e84;">MY THOUGHTS</span></h3><br />Off the Chain is a doggone good book! <br /><br />Mari the main character and her best friend Cassidy are hilarious apart and together! They are kind of in their own world but with hearts of gold and hormones too. I enjoyed watching as they played off each other from girl talk to work support and more. <br /><br />Mari’s grandmother was also a character and almost stole the spotlight a time or two. She’s the upright church matron who supports her granddaughter and loves her to bits. <br /><br />There was great character building. You get to see that Mari is more than a ditsy blonde. She’s someone who is passionate about making a difference for dogs and has pretty good discernment about people. <br /><br />She is kind but not a pushover and manages to match needy dogs with people who need them. Along the way she deals with vandalism of the clinic where she works, a suspicious best friend of her boss and a cranky business neighbor. <br /><br />This book leaves you with the following messages: <br /><br />· Don’t judge a person by appearances <br /><br />· Don’t give up on your dreams <br /><br />· It’s okay to ask for help while dreaming <br /><br />· Trust God to work things out in your favor <br /><br />It is a great book for dog lovers, and it leaves you with lots of warm fuzzies.</div><div><br /></div><div>Using the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0uGtQlxb2E" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CAWPILE</a> system I rated it <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">4-1/2 stars</span><br /></b><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #016e84;"><div class="author-meta" style="color: black; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div class="author-meta"><div class="bp3-collapse"><div aria-hidden="false" class="bp3-collapse-body"><div class="FpZ6SU"><div class="oppjnA _24WQTW"><div class="wpb_text_column wpb_content_element"><div class="wpb_wrapper"><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><hr style="color: black; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" /></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #016e84;"></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #016e84;"></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: center;"><strong style="color: #016e84;">TOUR GIVEAWAY</strong></h3>
<p style="text-align: center;">(1) winner will receive a print copy of <em>Off the Chain </em>and a $15 Amazon egift card!</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Be sure to check out each stop on the tour for more chances to win. Full tour schedule linked below. Giveaway began at midnight July 27, 2022 and lasts through 11:59 PM EST on August 3, 2022. Winner will be notified within 2 weeks of close of the giveaway and given 48 hours to respond or risk forfeiture of prize. US only. Void where prohibited by law or logistics.</p>
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D.S. Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04044779501609588118noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13403204.post-10210288594431819432022-07-13T00:00:00.033-04:002022-07-29T10:00:16.609-04:00Spotlight & Excerpt: Far From Home by Mabel Ninan<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisW6NJEEEPYZXzTZ6zeAzLvrFSfH8AdngBPrlubvgECOywFC8DzVBvg2hxOqhWIaYbT5ZB5llHt-u4vN-hjianSAW31rIIuvuB7J9sNLZ1r0JMwn3eJiU3Em16M2YrfSZ7joj6L6x31maf5j-6cM5dqbk4ZVpUsgdmVJHupyAHO9qCfOnjobw/s1702/Banner_FarFromHome_Blog_JR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Far From Home JustRead Blog Tour" border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1702" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisW6NJEEEPYZXzTZ6zeAzLvrFSfH8AdngBPrlubvgECOywFC8DzVBvg2hxOqhWIaYbT5ZB5llHt-u4vN-hjianSAW31rIIuvuB7J9sNLZ1r0JMwn3eJiU3Em16M2YrfSZ7joj6L6x31maf5j-6cM5dqbk4ZVpUsgdmVJHupyAHO9qCfOnjobw/w640-h237/Banner_FarFromHome_Blog_JR.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p style="text-align: center;">Welcome to the Blog Tour for <strong><em><span style="color: #48777d;">Far From Home</span> </em></strong>by Mabel Ninan, hosted by <a href="https://justreadtours.com/2022/07/11/welcome-to-the-far-from-home-blog-tour-giveaway/">JustRead Publicity Tours</a>!</p>
<h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #48777d;"><strong>ABOUT THE BOOK</strong></span></h3>
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<p data-pm-slice="1 1 []"><strong>Title:</strong> <i>Far From Home</i> <br /><strong>Author: </strong>Mabel Ninan<strong> <br /></strong><strong>Publisher:</strong> Iron Stream <br /><strong>Release Date:</strong> July 12, 2022 <br /><strong>Genre:</strong> Christian / Non-Fiction / Spiritual Growth</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><em><strong>Explore the intersection between culture, identity, and faith in this new release from an earthly immigrant who gained a spiritual perspective.</strong></em></p>
What is my purpose? Why do I exist? A sense of self and belonging are two questions many of us struggle to answer. <div><br /></div><div> And what if you are a foreigner in another land? </div><div><br /></div><div> How does one adjust to a new culture? Discover their place in a new society?</div><div><br /></div><div> For Mabel Ninan, born and raised in India and an immigrant in America shortly after marriage, the search for those answers sent her on a journey that led to an unexpected and exciting discovery. <span><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div> God revealed she was not only an earthly immigrant but also a spiritual one, created with a unique calling to impact His kingdom. Mabel’s renewed perspective imbued her with joy and hope, urging her to share the message with others. </div><div><br /></div><div> Drawing from her personal experiences and by examining the lives of biblical heroes, Mabel sheds light on what it means to live as a citizen of Heaven on earth. <em>Far from Home</em> will inspire you to: </div><div><br /></div><div> • Embrace your identity as a foreigner on earth. </div><div><br /></div><div> • Make your home with God. </div><div><br /></div><div> • Find community and common purpose with fellow sojourners.
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #48777d;"><strong>PURCHASE LINKS*: </strong></span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59796975-far-from-home" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Goodreads</a> | <a href="https://amzn.to/3NDHUiZ" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/far-from-home-mabel-ninan/1140672329?ean=9781645263661" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a> | <a href="https://www.bookdepository.com/Far-from-Home-Mabel-Ninan/9781645263661" rel="noopener" target="_blank">BookDepository</a> | <a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781645263661" rel="noopener" target="_blank">IndieBound</a> | <a href="https://www.christianbook.com/home-discovering-your-identity-foreigners-earth/9781645263661/pd/263662?" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Christianbook</a></p>
<br /><hr /><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #48777d;">EXCERPT</span></h3></div><span><a name='more'></a></span><blockquote><div><br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">By humiliating the poor,
the Corinthians despised the church. When we belittle, insult, dismiss, or
alienate the poor, the marginalized, the foreigner, and believers from
different races, we show contempt for the church, the body of Christ. When we
look down on our Hispanic brother sitting next to us in the church pew or think
less of our Chinese sister handing out church bulletins, we disrespect God.
When we give more prominence to the rich or the well-educated than others, we
dishonor God. Discrimination of any kind fractures the church and minimizes
Christ’s work on the cross. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">I
believe it grieves God’s heart when He sees racism and xenophobia rear their
ugly heads in His family because God is the source of diversity. Our Creator
deliberately fashioned human beings in different colors and shades. Just like
the mountains, seas, moon, and stars, we, too, were created to reflect God’s
beauty and creative power. The function of the body of Christ is not to make
everything and everyone uniform by erasing differences but to embrace diversity
and view it as a seedbed for strength and unity and harmony.</span></p></div></blockquote><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><hr />
<h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #48777d;"><strong>ABOUT THE AUTHOR</strong></span></h3>
<div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter wp-image-20677 size-medium" height="297" src="https://justreadtours.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Mabel-Ninan-Informal-headshot-2-300x297.jpg" width="300" /> </div><p data-pm-slice="1 1 []">Born and raised in the minority Christian community in India, <strong>Mabel</strong> <strong>Ninan</strong> moved to the US in 2008 shortly after getting married. In nearly thirteen years of her marriage, her family has called ten different places across two continents and seven cities home. The challenges Mabel faced as an immigrant on the move led to a spiritual crisis that drew her nearer to God’s side where she learned valuable lessons about how to live as a citizen of heaven. Her mission is to inspire believers to embrace their pilgrim journey on earth and boldly pursue their heavenly calling. A contributor to Guideposts' All God's Creatures: Daily Devotions for Animal Lovers 2022, Mabel’s writings have appeared in The Upper Room, CBN.com, Leading Hearts Magazine, and (in)courage.me. She hosts a YouTube podcast called Immigrant Faith Stories where she shares testimonies of immigrants, refugees, missionaries, and cross-cultural ministry leaders. She has been serving in various roles in women's ministry for almost a decade. Mabel enjoys reading, traveling, and dancing, but nothing gives her more joy than having conversations about the Bible. Mabel is pursuing M.A. in Theological Studies from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. She lives with her husband, son, and Maltese pup in Northern California.</p>
<span style="color: #48777d;"><strong>CONNECT WITH MABEL:</strong></span> <a href="http://www.jessicarpatch.com/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Website</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MabelNinan" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/Mabel_Ninan" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mabel_ninan" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Instagram</a>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #48777d;"><strong>TOUR GIVEAWAY</strong></span></h3>
<p style="text-align: center;">(1) winner will receive a paperback copy of <em>Far from Home</em>, a customized notepad and bookmark (eco-friendly products made by rural artisans in India help sustain endangered art forms and secure livelihoods), access to digital resources (including a recipe booklet, teaching videos, and audio prayers), and a $30 Amazon gift card.</p>
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D.S. Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04044779501609588118noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13403204.post-88111563089958842392022-06-28T13:57:00.000-04:002022-06-28T13:57:34.283-04:00Book Tour, Interview & Giveaway: The Breaking Point Anthology<p> </p><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuvvGGVveVakTDSYzakj94lXG1Gxfavr1te9E8w1oUIgetxCPS5e90mratijzqQNm-b4ihdzEpxo2S4dn8Z83DRbqnv_0NRmp5DZ_FYxYClrPjTh_sdY9syF8htE3zLq0304ueM6I3gdRdhaTyeGNphoMvUjGeAhleXtOjR5ipNmmTdkrY7LjCZp-N/s950/Carolyn%20Coleman%20banner.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="950" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuvvGGVveVakTDSYzakj94lXG1Gxfavr1te9E8w1oUIgetxCPS5e90mratijzqQNm-b4ihdzEpxo2S4dn8Z83DRbqnv_0NRmp5DZ_FYxYClrPjTh_sdY9syF8htE3zLq0304ueM6I3gdRdhaTyeGNphoMvUjGeAhleXtOjR5ipNmmTdkrY7LjCZp-N/w640-h237/Carolyn%20Coleman%20banner.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /> </div><p style="font-weight: 400;">Welcome to Divine Perspective's stop on the tour hosted by <a href="https://www.wnlbooktours.com/">Write Now Literary</a>. </p><p style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">ISBN: 978-1737093145</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Published by: Thy Word Publishing (April 14, 2022)</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Genre: Nonfiction, Inspirational, Book Collaboration, Anthology<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></p>
<h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>ABOUT THE CO-AUTHOR</b></span></h1><div><br /></div>
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<p style="font-weight: 400;">Carolyn has more than 36 years of experience as a critical care nurse and spent five years as a nurse case manager. She worked with hospital administrators to establish plans regarding complex patient cases, concentrating on outcome management, utilizing best practices, advocating for patients. She is also an adjunct instructor.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Carolyn is the author of four books a series about <em>Gentry</em> who faces her life choices, as we all do, <em>Happiness Hurt Healing</em>, <em>The Re-Entry of Gentry</em>, <em>Gentry’s Journey</em>, and <em>Gentry’s Circle of Friends</em>. For Carolyn, writing is cathartic. She enjoys reading and staying active by line dancing, walking, and spending time with her family and friends.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Carolyn joins a group of esteemed authors in <em>The Breaking Point</em> and hopes that her chapter will give you the insight to find your passion and purpose for a meaningful life.</p><p style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></p>
<h1 style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">ABOUT THE BOOK</span></strong></h1><div><strong><br /></strong></div>
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Have you ever arrived at a place in life where you knew you were created for more, and you were hungry for more?
You knew you possessed greatness, but the life you’d been living didn’t mirror the life you desired or even deserved?
These authors, who share their stories in <strong><em>The Breaking Point</em>,</strong> wanted more in life. Yes, they were broken, afraid and flawed, but decided to believe in themselves.
They wanted to live in their full purpose and potential, and did what was required to obtain it.
With strong conviction and passion, they made the necessary turns and adjustments because they wanted more from life.
This book will inspire you to bet on yourself and push forward, despite what you face, knowing that you have what it takes to steer the course of your life in the direction you deserve. <div><br /></div><div> <strong>Les Brown
Speaker, Author, Trainer</strong></div><div><b><br /></b>
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<p style="font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><em><br /></em></p><p style="font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><em>The Breaking Point </em>is stories by men and women on how they came to that turning point and were able to over- come adversity and reach their own personal break- through in life.
Each story will encompass their unique struggle of how they overcame the challenges to find that you had the courage, the power, and the resolve to build your life again.
This book will serve as a potent reminder that everyone has the power to choose which direction they want for their own lives.</p>
These twenty women and men, some first-time authors, said <em>yes </em>to the transformation; <em>yes </em>to the stretching; <em>yes </em>to going back to those dark places that brought them pain. Because they knew what they experienced wasn’t just for them, but it was for others who will come behind them needing those words to pull them up and help them move to a place of wholeness. These authors are writing from a place of victory, a place where they are no longer the victim.<div><br />
<h1 style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />CO-AUTHOR CHAPTER: EXCERPT</span></strong></h1><h1 style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">DISCOVERING MY STRENGTH </span></strong></h1><div><strong><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></strong></div>
<p style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">My mind was all over the place; life as I knew it was about to change. Not wanting to move. Not knowing what to do next. Getting up meant moving. I did not want to talk to anyone. Talking meant explaining, answering questions. </span></p><p style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">That is not who I am. Sometimes you have to reconcile some things within yourself before you can communicate with others. Just because you are comfortable with a situation does not mean that is where you belong. It can sometimes mean you are settling. </span></p><p style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">Why should I settle? Newness brings anxiety. I wondered why I had these feelings, because I had detached long before he spoke those words. One thing for sure, I knew moving forward I had to find my strength and my worth.</span></p><p style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><b>CO-AUTHOR INTERVIEW</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: -4.5pt; margin-right: 40.15pt; margin-top: 0in;"><strong><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Californian FB", serif;">Besides when you
came to know the Lord, what is the happiest day in your life?</span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: -4.5pt; margin-right: 40.15pt; margin-top: 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Californian FB", serif;">When I became a
mother, I cannot describe it. I was overjoyed, it changed my life, yes, and it
comes with a great deal of responsibility, but it is a lifestyle change. A good
lifestyle change. A sense of purpose.</span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 40.15pt; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; tab-stops: 6.5in 472.5pt;"><strong><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Californian FB", serif; font-weight: normal;"> </span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: -4.5pt; margin-right: 40.15pt; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: 6.5in 472.5pt;"><strong><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Californian FB", serif;">How has being published changed your life? </span></strong><strong><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Californian FB", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: -4.5pt; margin-right: 40.15pt; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: 6.5in 472.5pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Californian FB", serif;">Congratulations from family and friends, people are still asking for my
book, being invited to interviews on various platforms. It has stretched me in
directions and ways I never dreamed of. Being a best-selling author sounds good
and as a cousin said to me “keep up the stellar work and doing the family
proud.”</span><strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: -4.5pt; margin-right: 40.15pt; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: 6.5in 472.5pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: -4.5pt; margin-right: 40.15pt; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: 6.5in 472.5pt;"><strong><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Californian FB", serif;">What would be your dream vacation? </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: -4.5pt; margin-right: 40.15pt; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: 6.5in 472.5pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Californian FB", serif;">Aruba or Anguilla, I love the beach and I love all inclusive stays.</span><strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: -4.5pt; margin-right: 40.15pt; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: 6.5in 472.5pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Californian FB", serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: -4.5pt; margin-right: 40.15pt; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: 6.5in 472.5pt;"><strong><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Californian FB", serif;">How do you choose your settings for each book? </span></strong><strong><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Californian FB", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: -4.5pt; margin-right: 40.15pt; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: 6.5in 472.5pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Californian FB", serif;">Places I have visited and truly enjoyed the sites and environment and
the vibe of the atmosphere.</span><strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: -4.5pt; margin-right: 40.15pt; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: 6.5in 472.5pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Californian FB", serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: -4.5pt;"><strong><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Californian FB", serif;">If you could spend an evening with one person who is currently alive,
who would it be and why? </span></strong><strong><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Californian FB", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: -4.5pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Californian FB", serif;">Oprah, she interviews so well, I love her story of perseverance</span><strong><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Californian FB", serif; font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: -4.5pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Californian FB", serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: -4.5pt; margin-right: 40.15pt; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: 6.5in 472.5pt;"><strong><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Californian FB", serif;">What three things about you would surprise readers? </span></strong><strong><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Californian FB", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: -4.5pt; margin-right: 40.15pt; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: 6.5in 472.5pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Californian FB", serif;">I bake a good pound cake, that I am a nurse, I ran for a local political
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particular message or “moral of the story” you hope readers walk away with? <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: -4.5pt; margin-right: 40.15pt; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: 6.5in 472.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Californian FB", serif;">We all go
through challenges, remember you are going through, it is not a stopping point
but a turning point, keep moving forward.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: -4.5pt; margin-right: 40.15pt; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: 6.5in 472.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Californian FB", serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: -4.5pt; margin-right: 40.15pt; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: 6.5in 472.5pt;"><b><span style="font-family: "Californian FB",serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">How do you see yourself in
your character’s story, if at all? <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;">
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Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04044779501609588118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13403204.post-86220798586383869052022-06-04T00:00:00.013-04:002022-06-04T00:00:00.188-04:00The Egyptian Princess: A Story of Hagar by KD Holmberg<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlXv2IaCy44eCHLXuZ8YX8URDdG0lxFDsaa6uPJUyZScv77nnl5K77k1ur9_JScbuENfRG-iHWPYQ8fOZoDBPDiHsoBtC-b2K8mL9s3Obo_C_eH8K7htoS3z_OV4kUxlsJ5mXixhXSzLWHFXxmGqLQ13PQiLW17MWaGM1L4VH1OyFiN1l6vHU/s851/The-Egyptian-Princess.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="851" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlXv2IaCy44eCHLXuZ8YX8URDdG0lxFDsaa6uPJUyZScv77nnl5K77k1ur9_JScbuENfRG-iHWPYQ8fOZoDBPDiHsoBtC-b2K8mL9s3Obo_C_eH8K7htoS3z_OV4kUxlsJ5mXixhXSzLWHFXxmGqLQ13PQiLW17MWaGM1L4VH1OyFiN1l6vHU/w640-h237/The-Egyptian-Princess.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p center="" style="text-align: center;" text-align:=""><br /></p><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">About the Book</span></h1><p style="text-align: right;"><strong> </strong></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE8z4VFAgxuLlIXPvLrVx3jXETnfjVZzcTZpYrFz7VKCEriLmo4XSkNctsWw0LwtPbY_7gXMMCRdmwXHnzEi1Ly3zev_tw0s4zp3uEBsuKrKX-PzKYTiI4lr8_xUyVIa_ZvShtUdvHHbGWKE8enrFM6nA-O5xgjnQP9zHNYxR6p10L1oU-3ZY/s300/Book-Cover3-190x300.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="190" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE8z4VFAgxuLlIXPvLrVx3jXETnfjVZzcTZpYrFz7VKCEriLmo4XSkNctsWw0LwtPbY_7gXMMCRdmwXHnzEi1Ly3zev_tw0s4zp3uEBsuKrKX-PzKYTiI4lr8_xUyVIa_ZvShtUdvHHbGWKE8enrFM6nA-O5xgjnQP9zHNYxR6p10L1oU-3ZY/s1600/Book-Cover3-190x300.jpg" width="190" /></a><strong></strong></div><strong style="text-align: left;">Book: </strong><span style="text-align: left;">The Egyptian Princess: A Story of Hagar</span><p></p><p><strong>Author: </strong>KD Homberg</p><p><strong>Narrator: </strong>Lillian Rachael</p><p><b>Genre: </b>Historical Fiction</p><p><strong>Release date:</strong> March 11, 2021</p><p>Two women, one ancient Egyptian harem, and the bold decision that changed the course of history.</p><p>Princess Hagar has always known her destiny in the opulent court of Egypt’s tenth dynasty. One day, she will marry Crown Prince Merikare and become the Great Royal Wife, the most powerful woman in Egypt. But dark dreams afflict Hagar when she hears of the latest addition to Pharaoh’s harem: the stunning, iridescent Sumerian, Sarai. Princess Hagar feels a powerful presence around the Sumerian woman. She suspects Sarai has brought black magic into the palace, but what can she do to convince Pharaoh?<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p>The intrigue of Pharaoh’s court pales in comparison to that swirling in the Royal House of Women among the wives, children, and concubines of the king. Sarai’s arrival upsets the already precarious balance. Loyalties divide, and betrayal, jealousy, and tragedy plague the once peaceful household. When a series of disasters befall Egypt, Hagar must make a daring decision, and the stakes could not be higher. She could lose everything—position, power, family, and even her life.</p><p>Torn between the silent gods of Egypt and the powerful presence that surrounds Sarai, Hagar’s world falls apart around her. She must acknowledge the terrible price of truth and decide for herself who she will serve.</p><p> </p><pre><pre style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(209, 209, 209); box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Inconsolata, monospace; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.3125; margin-bottom: 1.75em; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: auto; padding: 1.75em; white-space: pre-wrap;">Click <a href="https://amzn.to/3vSAlyp" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration-line: none;">here</a> to get your copy!</pre><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"><b> <span style="font-size: 2.0625rem; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: underline;">About the Author</span></b></p></pre><p><strong></strong></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTZ4mEbR_PC_BwLUCoApqPKAiybcD3dKT12lZRkQUwaDSmFX4U15EnnRlIIwJUq9MUOLgr-Bf9ZpIrm5TDCA--LgHQl0Ytp7B4UukVU2oVcmtnGpUMSpblYomYE74oJe-R8NRLYIC95FkIEoHm-y4mJJZ5nwFpoQN5tWFOv6ZRAZfDByBez4I/s300/headshot1-200x300.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="200" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTZ4mEbR_PC_BwLUCoApqPKAiybcD3dKT12lZRkQUwaDSmFX4U15EnnRlIIwJUq9MUOLgr-Bf9ZpIrm5TDCA--LgHQl0Ytp7B4UukVU2oVcmtnGpUMSpblYomYE74oJe-R8NRLYIC95FkIEoHm-y4mJJZ5nwFpoQN5tWFOv6ZRAZfDByBez4I/w168-h252/headshot1-200x300.jpg" width="168" /></a></strong></div><strong><br />KD HOLMBERG</strong> is a retired flight attendant who turned an empty nest into a workshop for creating stories around remarkable women. She and her husband live in the foothills of the breathtaking Blue Ridge Mountains and love to travel and golf. They also run a girl gang of seven granddaughters, courtesy of their five adult children, and have one male grandchild that the author can safely declare as her favorite grandson.<p></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><h1 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 2.0625rem; line-height: 1.27273; margin: 1.69697em 0px 0.848485em; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;">About the Narrator</span></h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4mpVqL0e1G7fVle42EC9uY6RWjh2DFpptnZAYOPm2Pwn5nwVXIwvtEuODv6OnApQ95ybQgjUCixDJSNFm0GguCvdjb10JB0FKT-ncLrcgRHMsGU9cvYCReToBz0PJHWt0zU8XEaFC9aJ4cttEF0ZJ1wB1A8X9LJZ_CGqABvMZJRQmKtZyWw8/s300/LillianRachel_headshotsq-300x300.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4mpVqL0e1G7fVle42EC9uY6RWjh2DFpptnZAYOPm2Pwn5nwVXIwvtEuODv6OnApQ95ybQgjUCixDJSNFm0GguCvdjb10JB0FKT-ncLrcgRHMsGU9cvYCReToBz0PJHWt0zU8XEaFC9aJ4cttEF0ZJ1wB1A8X9LJZ_CGqABvMZJRQmKtZyWw8/w267-h267/LillianRachel_headshotsq-300x300.jpg" width="267" /></a></div>Born in the United Kingdom, <b>LILLIAN RACHEL</b> grew up in East Anglia and moved north to Durham before marrying her US military man and Atlantic hopping between Europe and North America.<br /><br />She’s now settled in the Washington D.C. area, where she is an award-winning<br /> narrator from her personal home studio.<br /><br />There’s not much she loves more than telling your story in the most engaging way. Sophisticated or sassy, with a range of accents and character personas, she brings your words to life and draws your listeners in.</div><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br /></p><h1 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 2.0625rem; line-height: 1.27273; margin: 1.69697em 0px 0.848485em; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;">More from KD Holmberg</span></h1><br /><br />Novel Inspiration and Tiger Nut Sweets<br /><br /> Who <i>was</i> Hagar?<br /><br /> That thought occurred to me during a Bible study in Genesis, which revealed:<br /><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>God met with Hagar twice.</li><li>He called her by name.</li><li>She was the first to give Him a name, El Roi</li><li>She received the same promise as Abraham to become a great nation.</li></ul><br />I was aware of Hagar’s general gist of her love triangle with Sarah and Abraham that produced Ishmael and how mother and son were sent into the desert to die. But her name niggled at me because she didn’t die. She survived and thrived as a single mother in the ultimate man’s world. How could a throwaway, uneducated handmaid accomplish such a feat?<br /><br />The Hebrew and Arab traditions of Hagar gave me insight into that question. They teach that she was the daughter of the pharaoh who seized Sarah in Genesis 12. This quote from Amenhotep III made me even more curious, ‘from old, the daughter of an Egyptian king has not been given in marriage to anyone.’ A practice that prevented foreigners from having a claim on the Egyptian throne.<br /><br />So how did a princess of Egypt end up in the tribe of Abraham?<br /><br />I researched what life looked like for a princess in ancient Egypt. I discovered Pharaohs educated their daughters along with their sons. They learned reading, writing, medicine, politics, religion, and mathematics. An education and growing up in the luxury and privilege of the most sophisticated culture on earth rounded out my view of Hagar. It also reminded me of one of my favorite Bible verses, Deuteronomy 31:8, “And the Lord, He is the One who goes before you. He will be with you, He will not leave you nor forsake you; do not fear nor be dismayed.” (NKJV) God had gone before this remarkable woman and prepared her with the tools she would need to exist and endure.<br /><br /><b>The Egyptian Princess: A Story of Hagar </b>is fiction, but the historical details in my world-building are as accurate as possible. I created an ancient Egyptian harem and placed Sarah and Hagar together. I added plagues and other information from Hebrew history and imagined a twist-and-turned, life and death scenario where a princess of Egypt ended up in the first Hebrew tribe.<br /><br />Book two in The Women of Valor series, <b>More Than a Handmaid</b>—which releases March 22. 2023 —picks up where this one leaves off. We follow Hagar as she navigates life as a handmaid and steps into the world alone, holding firm to her faith and hope in the Lord.<br /><br /><b>Tiger Nut Sweets</b><br />Tiger Nut Sweets are a favorite treat of one of my supporting characters. Foodies out there; this is one of the oldest recipes in the world and was found on a piece of ancient Egyptian pottery dating to 1600 BC. The tuberous root of the yellow nutsedge (also known as tiger nut) was used in the original recipe.<br /><br />1 cup pitted fresh dates<br />Splash of water<br />1 tablespoon cinnamon (or to taste)<br />2 tablespoons roughly chopped walnuts<br />Honey<br />2 tablespoons finely ground almonds<br /><br />Grind the dates with a splash of water to form a rough paste. Use a food processor. The Ancient Egyptians would have used one if they had it!<br /><br />Place the honey and almond meal in a shallow bowl.<div><br /></div><div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Transfer the date paste to a bowl and add cinnamon and chopped walnuts.</li><li>Mix thoroughly with your hands and roll into small bowls.</li><li>Mix honey and ground almonds in another bowl.</li><li>Coat balls in honey and almond mixture and serve. I like to coat in honey first and roll in the almond mixture. Enjoy!</li></ol><br /> Many blessings,<br />KD Holmberg<h1 style="text-align: center;" text-decoration-line:="" underline=""><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> </span></h1><h1 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 2.0625rem; line-height: 1.27273; margin: 1.69697em 0px 0.848485em; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;">Blog Stops</span></h1><div><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center;"><a href="https://debbieloseanything.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; 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<div center="" href="https://promosimple.com/ps/1e7d9/the-egyptian-princess-the-story-of-hagar-celebration-tour-giveaway” align="><a 1e7d9="" class="promosimple”></a><script type=" href="https://promosimple.com/ps/1e7d9/the-egyptian-princess-the-story-of-hagar-celebration-tour-giveaway” data-campaign=" javascript="" text=""></a></div>D.S. Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04044779501609588118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13403204.post-90983582653666375692022-05-13T12:00:00.011-04:002024-02-09T22:01:44.652-05:00Blog Tour, Review & Giveaway: Your Finances God's Way<p> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Your Finances God's Way JustRead Blog Tour" class="aligncenter wp-image-19092" height="237" src="https://justreadtours.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Banner_YourFinancesGodsWay_Blog_JR.jpg" width="640" /> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Welcome to the Blog Tour for the <span style="color: #385e45;"><strong><em>Your Finances God's Way </em></strong></span>book and workbook by Scott LaPierre, hosted by <a href="https://justreadtours.com/2022/05/09/welcome-to-the-your-finances-gods-way-blog-tour-giveaway/">JustRead Publicity Tours</a>!</p>
<h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #385e45;"><strong>ABOUT THE BOOK</strong></span></h3>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Title:</strong> Your Finances God's Way <br /><strong>Author: </strong>Scott LaPierre
<br /><strong>Publisher:</strong> Harvest House
<br /><strong>Release Date:</strong> May 3, 2022
<br /><strong>Genre:</strong> Christian living – nonfiction</p>
<strong>Experience the Peace that Comes with Wise Stewardship</strong> <div><br /></div><div>Financial insecurity can be one of the greatest threats to your well-being—but the good news is that even if you’re on a tight income, you can eliminate many of your monetary worries when you create and abide by a biblical plan for your spending. </div><div><br /></div><div>In <em>Your Finance’s God’s Way</em>, you’ll identify the negative money management habits you need to break and the positive habits that should take their place. Implementing the teaching laid out in the Bible, this book gives you advice and practical steps backed by proven principles, helping you </div><div> • get the most out of your money by paying off debt and building up savings </div><div> • make wise spending decisions that enable you to avoid anxiety, regret, and conflict </div><div> • find a healthy balance between being financially frivolous and frugal to a fault <span><a name='more'></a></span></div><div><br /></div><div>Even when you have less to spend, you can use what God has provided to thrive. Whether you’re young or old, married or single, working or staying at home, <em>Your Finances God’s Way</em> will give you everything you need to be a careful steward of the resources you’ve received from the Lord.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #666666;">By “worthless” I don’t mean the item
has no value. If that were the case, hopefully, we wouldn’t have made the
purchase in the first place. I’m referring to the item’s value to us years,
months, weeks, or sometimes even days ahead. If the item is valuable at the
moment but it has no value to us in the future, it has been a worthless
purchase.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #666666;">Let me illustrate this by sharing
something I used to witness when I was a schoolteacher. Because I was a
Christian, I used to be as concerned with my students’ academics <i>and
character</i>. I taught math, reading, and writing, but I also tried to spend
time teaching about forgiveness, honesty, hard work, and generosity.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #666666;">There were a few times each year I
would have the opportunity to discuss finances with my students. One regular
opportunity occurred prior to field trips. When kids are at a museum, aquarium,
or tourist attraction, they are tempted to throw away their money on souvenirs.
I would tell my students:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #666666;">Do not waste your money on any of
the items you see in the shops. If you do, let me tell you exactly what will
happen. You are going to buy something, be excited about it for a short period of
time—probably only a few hours, but maybe only a few minutes—and then lose
interest. Each year at the end of field trips, after the students exit the bus
when we get back to the school, I walk down the aisle and see these souvenirs
left in their seats. They had already gotten bored of their purchases. I don’t
want you to make the same mistake.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #666666;">These were worthless purchases. It
is easy to listen to this story and pass judgment on students, but how often do
we do the same thing as adults? How many times have we bought something and
forgotten about it a week or two later? How much stuff do we have in our homes
that isn’t being used for any profitable reason in our lives? If we’re honest,
most of us would be surprised—and probably embarrassed—by the number of
purchases we’ve made that provide no lasting benefit. And these worthless
purchases add up.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span></span></span></p><!--more--><p></p><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #385e45;"><strong>MY THOUGHTS</strong></span></h3><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Do You Really Trust God?</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Both books are so well thought out that they can each stand
on their own, however, they do complement each other well and are better together.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">The workbook reinforces the lessons taught on the book and
gives opportunity for you to work out your convictions of your trust in God and
how it becomes applicable to your finances <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">What I liked:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">- These are not your typical how-to books<br />
- They are geared specifically to enlighten Christians and help effect a change
of heart.<br />
- There is no sense of condemnation in the delivery. As a Pastor, the author
shepherds the reader to learn what God has to say about finances then examine himself/herself through a series of questions
and answers.<br />- That the message is not, you need this budget sheet and you'll be ok.<br />- That the author's style made for easy and interesting reading.</p><p class="MsoNormal">I am already a tither and I consider myself a modestly
generous giver, however, the words <i>amoral, moral or immoral</i> have never before come to mind when thinking or talking about money. To that end, I was convicted about how I spend what's left after
the tithe. I need to be a much better steward.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">I recommend these books highly to anyone who is struggling
with financial issues, get them and get to the heart of the matter with sound biblical teaching and self-examination, then follow through with implementation of whichever area you discover you need to change.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal">I received both books from the publisher free of charge.
This review is written voluntarily.<o:p></o:p></p></span></div>
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D.S. Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04044779501609588118noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13403204.post-31149559863081995522022-05-03T00:00:00.007-04:002022-05-05T19:42:36.962-04:00Book Tour & Giveaway: Biblical Retellings by C.A. Gray<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/biblical-retellings-banner_orig.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="298" data-original-width="800" height="149" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/biblical-retellings-banner_orig.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/5-all-things-are-possible-375x600_orig.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="375" height="400" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/5-all-things-are-possible-375x600_orig.jpeg" width="250" /></a></div><p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>All
Things Are Possible </b></span></span>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">Biblical
Retellings Book 5 </span>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">by
C.A. Gray </span>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">Genre:
Biblical Fiction</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/bloodcovenantorigins-about-the-book_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="63" data-original-width="471" height="43" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/bloodcovenantorigins-about-the-book_orig.png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0.15in; padding: 0in;">
<span color="#"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">Stories
of the miraculous abound in the Bible: the parting of the Red Sea.
David and Goliath. Daniel and the Lion’s Den. Nebuchadnezzar’s
Fiery Furnace. Jonah and the Whale. Many of us learned of them on
felt boards in Sunday School class, and might know them so well that
we have subconsciously relegated them to the realm of myth and fairy
tale. But have you ever considered what it might have been like to
live through those incredible stories—without knowing how they end?<span></span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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<span color="#"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">These
stories and more are brought to life in <i>All Things Are
Possible</i>, told through the eyes of the main character. As with
the other books in the <i>Biblical Retellings</i> series,
the fictionalized retelling is followed by an afterword explaining
why I made the decisions I did in the story, and finally the
scriptures themselves. Protagonists include prophets, prisoners,
warriors, and kings, ranging from the budding nation of Israel to the
glorious New Jerusalem, as seen by John the Apostle in the book of
Revelation. What unites these tales is the common thread of the
supernatural, depicting God’s goodness and mighty power exercised
on behalf of those who trusted in Him.</span></span></p>
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<span color="#"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">That
same power is still available to us today. Jesus promised that with
God, all things are possible (Mark 11:27)—and He is the same,
yesterday, today, and forever (Hebrews 13:8).</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">Biblical
Retellings Book 4</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/bloodcovenantorigins-about-the-book_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="63" data-original-width="471" height="43" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/bloodcovenantorigins-about-the-book_orig.png" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0.15in; padding: 0in;">
<span color="#"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">God
is a covenant making, covenant keeping God. From the dawn of
prehistory, God’s dealings with mankind can be understood through
the lens of covenant: a binding agreement of unending loyalty and
faithfulness. His early covenants with mankind were one-sided,
requiring very little from men in return. All of that changed with
the birth of the nation of Israel, and her deliverance from slavery
in Egypt through Moses.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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<span color="#"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">The
Mosaic covenant, also known throughout the Bible as “the law,”
encompassed the rest of the Old Testament books through the death and
resurrection of Jesus. With the perspective of hindsight, we know now
that God neither expected nor intended for Israel to keep the law
perfectly. Instead, He wanted them to recognize that their best human
attempts would inevitably fail. What they needed was a savior who
could do it for them (Romans 7:13-25): one perfect kinsman of Adam,
who could redeem all mankind from the predicament of the fall, and
restore God’s family to Him. This was always the goal, from the
very beginning.</span></span></p>
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second volume of the <i>Blood Covenant</i> duology picks up
with Moses, God’s deliverance of Israel from Egypt and His
institution of the law. Israel’s early interactions with God can
only be understood in the context of this covenant, set against the
backdrop of a heavenly war. It carries through to Jesus’ initiation
of the New Covenant of His blood, and finally to the prophecy of His
return through the eyes of John. Each chapter begins with a
fictionalized retelling, followed by an afterword discussion of
commentaries and why I made the choices I did in the stories.
Finally, they include the original scriptures. <i>Blood Covenant
Fulfilled</i> is the story of how God united both His
justice <i>and</i> His mercy in one staggering sacrifice
that changed the world for all time.</span></span></p>
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Retellings Book 3</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/bloodcovenantorigins-about-the-book_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="63" data-original-width="471" height="43" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/bloodcovenantorigins-about-the-book_orig.png" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0.15in; padding: 0in;">
<span color="#"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">One
of the most common arguments against Christianity is that the God of
the Old Testament seemed so drastically different than the God of the
New Testament. In the Old, many claim He seemed cruel and capricious,
while in the New, He suddenly became a God of love and tolerance. Yet
Jesus said, “If you’ve seen Me, you’ve seen the Father” (John
14:9), and the writer of Hebrews tells us that “Jesus Christ is the
same yesterday, today, and forever” (Hebrews 13:8). If God hasn’t
changed, how do we explain the apparent difference? The answer lies
in a long-forgotten word: covenant.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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<span color="#"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">Covenants
play little to no role in our world today, but in ancient times they
were all-important. Treaties between individuals, tribes, and
kingdoms took the form of blood covenants. These were much stronger
than our modern concept of a contract, which can be broken by finding
clever legal loopholes or sometimes simply by a decision not to honor
one’s word. By contrast, covenants were bonds broken only by death,
and at times extending to the progeny of the two making the original
agreement. Ancient covenants entailed unending loyalty and
faithfulness, and often included the union of all assets,
liabilities, and responsibilities between the parties. Most cultures
had such a concept. They got the idea from God, who keeps His
covenants to a thousand generations (Deuteronomy 7:9). But in order
to make such treaties with mankind, God had to find a willing human
participant.</span></span></p>
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<span color="#"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">This
collection of biblical retellings explores the covenants between God
and Adam, Noah, and Abraham, and how these covenants (or the lack of
them) affected His dealings with mankind at various times. Each
chapter begins with a fictionalized retelling, followed by an
afterword discussion of commentaries and why I made the choices I did
in the stories. Finally, they include the original scriptures. God’s
ultimate goal was always love and grace for all mankind, and yet
He had to balance this with justice, as well as with honoring His own
original word. <i>Blood Covenant Origins </i>is the story
of how He began the process that ultimately led to the cross.</span></span></p>
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Retellings Book 2</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/bloodcovenantorigins-about-the-book_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="63" data-original-width="471" height="43" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/bloodcovenantorigins-about-the-book_orig.png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">Have you ever
wondered what it was like for Eve to be the first woman, created as
an adult but with the mind of a child? What must it have been like
for Deborah to be the only female judge in Israel’s history? Ever
considered how Esther felt about being chosen as queen in the ungodly
kingdom of Persia—particularly when she’d have to share her
husband with a harem? What must Mary and Martha have thought when
their brother Lazarus had died, and it looked to them like Jesus was
not coming? </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<p><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">This collection of
retellings from the perspectives of women in scripture explores these
stories and more, including a few stories from female perspectives
that also appear in Messiah: Biblical Retellings. While all of these
women lived in various patriarchal cultures, and some of the most
prominent women were even Gentiles, scripture shows that God
cherished them all. As the Apostle Paul writes, “There is neither
Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one
in Christ Jesus” (Galatians 3:28)—and this was true for believing
women under the old covenant as well, whose faith was counted to them
as righteousness.</span></p>
<p><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">These are tales of
miracles and victory: from brokenness, bitterness and envy to shalom:
peace and wholeness, with nothing missing and nothing broken. For
some, this meant a transition from barrenness to motherhood; for
others, from widowhood to love and belonging. Still others went from
bereavement to receiving their dead restored to life again. They
included judges and queens, and also prostitutes and despised
foreigners. God is no respecter of persons (Romans 2:11, Acts 10:25):
what He does for one, He will do for all who believe in His promises.</span></p>
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Retellings Book 1</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/bloodcovenantorigins-about-the-book_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="63" data-original-width="471" height="43" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/bloodcovenantorigins-about-the-book_orig.png" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span color="#">Have
you ever wondered what it would have been like to be one of the five
thousand when Jesus multiplied the fish and the loaves? Or one of his
disciples when he walked on water? Or to have seen Lazarus come out
of the tomb? Ever wonder what Mary thought when Gabriel told her she
was pregnant by the Holy Spirit, or what the fallout was like in her
personal life? Ever considered how those two disciples felt on the
road to Emmaus, when they found that the man with whom they had been
talking was in fact their risen Lord?</span><br /><br /><span color="#">This
collection of retellings from the gospels is designed to bring each
of these stories and more to life in your imagination. They stick to
the facts wherever the facts are known, from either the scriptures
themselves or from extra-biblical commentaries. But they also add in
back story when necessary, reimagining the sights, the sounds, the
colors, and the emotions for the person most involved. Each retelling
ends with an afterword discussion, summarizing the reasons for the
choices made in the story, followed by the scriptures
themselves.</span><br /><br /><span color="#">Together,
I hope these retellings help to paint a portrait of the Messiah.</span>
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Gray is a Naturopathic Medical Doctor (NMD), with a primary care
practice in Tucson, Arizona. She has always been captivated by the
power of a good story, fictional or otherwise, which is probably why
she loves holistic medicine: a patient’s physical health is
invariably intertwined with his or her life story, and she believes
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evil, with a strong tendency towards parable. An idealist herself,
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deeply true to tell us about the human condition, and that is why we
love them so much… or at least that’s why she does.</span></span></p>
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minors in Spanish and Creative Writing), does theater when she gets
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D.S. Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04044779501609588118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13403204.post-34863649024414162332022-04-27T00:00:00.007-04:002022-04-27T00:00:00.179-04:00Blog Blitz: Turn My Mourning Into Dancing by Henri Nouwen<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Turn My Mourning into Dancing JustRead Blog Blitz" class="aligncenter wp-image-19090" height="237" src="https://justreadtours.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Banner_TurnMyMourningIntoDancing_BlogBlitz_JR.jpg" width="640" /> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Welcome to the Blog Blitz for <span style="color: #5d8ec9;"><strong><em>Turn My Mourning Into Dancing </em></strong></span>by Henri Nouwen, hosted by <a href="https://justreadtours.com/2022/04/26/welcome-to-the-turn-my-mourning-into-dancing-blog-blitz-giveaway/">JustRead Publicity Tours</a>!</p>
<h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #5d8ec9;"><strong>ABOUT THE BOOK</strong></span></h3>
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<strong>Title:</strong> Turn My Mourning Into Dancing <div><strong>Author:</strong> Henri Nouwen </div><div><strong>Publisher: </strong>Thomas Nelson </div><div><strong>Release Date:</strong> March 8, 2022 </div><div><strong>Genre:</strong> Christian, Spiritual Growth, Grief </div><div><br /></div><div><strong>How do you find hope in hard times? Why is it important to have hope during difficult times? </strong><em><strong>Turn My Mourning into Dancing</strong></em><strong> will help you survive the difficult seasons and learn how to live a full life in the midst of them and beyond. With practical advice, Henri Nouwen will gently point you towards a way of life that is grounded in God’s constancy and rooted within eternal hope.</strong> </div><div><br /></div><div>In this updated edition, <em>Turn My Mourning into Dancing</em> discusses five movements we experience during hard times: </div><div><br /></div><div> • From Our Little Selves to a Larger World </div><div> • From Holding Tight to Letting Go </div><div> • From Fatalism to Hope </div><div> • From Manipulation to Love </div><div> • From a Fearful Death to a Joyous Life </div><div><br /></div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div>Healing begins with taking our pain out of its diabolic isolation and seeing our sufferings in communion with all humanity, and all creation. Nouwen teaches us that our little lives participate in something much larger. <em>Turn My Mourning into Dancing</em> is a must-read for: </div><div><br /></div><div> • men and women looking for growth and insight on life </div><div> • anyone going through the grief process and searching for real solutions </div><div> • anyone who has experienced a loss, betrayal, or hard times </div><div><br /></div><div>Everyone grieves differently. It is a process, not a science experiment. Mourning shouldn’t last forever. Do you want the kind of life that allows you to dance even in the middle of the darkest night? Get the answers and find hope within your hard times with Nouwen’s works on spiritual growth.
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<h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #5d8ec9;">EXCERPT</span></h3><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">From Holding Tight to
Letting Go</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">For years I have loved
watching trapeze artists. The love began when my then- eighty-nine-year-old father
came for a visit. Let’s go to the circus, we decided one day. That evening we
watched five South African trapeze artists—three fliers and two catchers. They
danced in the air! The fliers soared and all was dangerous until they found themselves
caught by the strong hands of their partners. I told my father that I had
always wanted to fly like that, that perhaps I had missed my calling!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">I am constantly moved by
the courage of my circus friends. At each performance they trust that their flight
will end with their hands sliding into the secure grip of a partner. They also
know that only the release of the secure bar allows them to move on with arcing
grace to the next. Before they can be caught, they must let go. They must brave
the emptiness of space.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Living with this kind of
willingness to let go is one of the greatest challenges we face. Whether it concerns
a person, possession, or personal reputation, in so many areas we hold on at
all costs. We become heroic defenders of our dearly gained happiness. We treat
our sometimes inevitable losses as failures in the battle of survival.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">The great paradox is
that it is in letting go, we receive. We find safety in unexpected places of
risk. And those who try to avoid all risk, those who would try to guarantee
that their hearts will not be broken, end up in a self-created hell. C. S.
Lewis wrote in The Four Loves,</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">To love at all is to be vulnerable…If you want to make sure of
keeping [your heart] intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an
animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all
entanglements; lock it up safe in the casket of your selfishness. But in that
casket— safe, dark, motionless, airless— it will change. It will not be
broken—it will become unbreak-able, impenetrable, irredeemable…The only place
outside of Heaven where you can be perfectly safe from the danger of love is
Hell.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">In so many ways, the
more we insist on control and the more we resist the call to hold our lives
lightly, the more we have to deny the reality of our losses and the more
artificial our existence becomes. Our belief that we should grasp tightly what
we need provides one of the great sources of our suffering. But letting go of
possessions and plans and people allows us to enter, for all its risks, a life
of new, unexpected freedom.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">How can we live with
greater willingness to let go? Another step in turning our mourning into
dancing has to do with not clutching what we have, not trying to reserve a safe
place we can rest in, not trying to choreograph our own or others’ lives, but
to surrender to the God whom we love and want to follow. God invites us to
experience our not being in control as an invitation to faith.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Taken from “Turn My
Mourning into Dancing: Finding Hope During Hard Times” by Henri
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Timothy Jones. Used with permission </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">from Thomas Nelson Publishing. <a href="http://www.thomasnelson.com">www.thomasnelson.com</a></span></b></p><div class="bp3-collapse"><div aria-hidden="false" class="bp3-collapse-body"><div class="FpZ6SU"><div class="oppjnA _24WQTW"><div class="author-details__info"><div class="author-details__details"><hr /></div></div></div></div></div></div><h3 style="text-align: center;"><strong style="color: #5d8ec9;">ABOUT THE AUTHOR</strong></h3></div>
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D.S. Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04044779501609588118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13403204.post-52335226248718916422022-04-11T00:30:00.009-04:002022-04-11T00:30:00.190-04:00The 30-Day Mindset Shift Devotional by Danielle Nicole Ramsey<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/the-30-day-mindset-devotional-banner_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="298" data-original-width="800" height="149" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/the-30-day-mindset-devotional-banner_orig.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/the-30-day-mindset-shift-devotional-391x600_orig.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="391" height="400" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/the-30-day-mindset-shift-devotional-391x600_orig.jpg" width="261" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>The
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for Purpose is no easy task and requires your full attention. It
takes being intentional in your day-to-day life to create the life
God has for you and that starts with breaking bad habits and having
faith and belief in yourself. This devotional will help you:</span><br /><br /><span color="#">•
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of Illinois. Danielle considers her faith and family to be most
important to her. She is married to A.W. Ramsey III and together they
have two daughters. Danielle leads her life with a “glass always
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of Missouri, helping people gain their life back through health and
fitness and expanding her brand FitnessDani! When Danielle can get
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D.S. Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04044779501609588118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13403204.post-23466218148533303162022-04-05T10:02:00.003-04:002024-02-09T22:07:34.760-05:00Blog Tour, Giveaway & Review: Claiming Her Legacy<p> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Claiming Her Legacy JustRead Blog Tour" class="aligncenter wp-image-19189" height="237" src="https://justreadtours.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Banner_ClaimingHerLegacy_Blog_JR.jpg" width="640" /></p>
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<div><strong>Title:</strong> Claiming Her Legacy </div><div><strong>Author</strong>: Linda Goodnight </div><div><strong>Publisher: </strong>Harlequin Love Inspired Trade </div><div><strong>Release Date:</strong> April 26, 2022 </div><div><strong>Genre:</strong> Inspirational Historical Romance </div><div><br /></div><div><strong>With her family’s legacy on the line, a woman with everything to lose must rely on a man hiding from his past…</strong> </div><div><br /></div><div>Oklahoma, 1890 </div><div><br /></div><div>Frontier women don’t ride off alone to track an outlaw—not even women as capable as tomboy spinster Willa Malone. But Willa desperately needs the bounty money offered for her father’s killer if she’s to keep their homestead and take care of her sisters. That means she needs an expert tracker's help. Gideon Hartley has the skill, but the handsome trail guide also has a troubling secret… </div><div><br /></div><div>Gideon has spent years trying to numb his pain with whiskey. Little by little, their quest—and Willa’s belief in him—is restoring the sense of purpose he thought he’d lost. Journeying into the heart of danger, they’ll have to face down the past together if they hope to protect their future… </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #3e5275;"><strong>PURCHASE LINKS*: </strong></span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58701324-claiming-her-legacy" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Goodreads</a> | <a href="https://www.walmart.com/ip/Claiming-Her-Legacy-A-Western-Historical-Novel-Paperback-Walmart-Exclusive-9781335418760/650237938" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Walmart</a> | <a href="https://amzn.to/36sr0o9" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/claiming-her-legacy-linda-goodnight/1139931229?ean=9781335418760" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a> | <a href="https://www.bookdepository.com/Claiming-Her-Legacy-Linda-Goodnight/9781335418760" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Book Depository</a> | <a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781335418760" rel="noopener" target="_blank">IndieBound</a> | <a href="https://www.bookbub.com/books/claiming-her-legacy-by-linda-goodnight" rel="noopener" target="_blank">BookBub</a>
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<p data-pm-slice="1 1 []">New York Times bestseller <strong>Linda Goodnight</strong> fell in love with words as a young child when her mother took her to a tiny library and let her fill a cardboard box with books. The next week she was back again, forever hooked on the beauty and power of the written word. Her other passions are her faith and her blended family. A former nurse and teacher, she lives in Oklahoma with her husband where she enjoys baking and travel. Connect with Linda at <a class="ProsemirrorEditor-link" href="http://www.lindagoodnight.com/">www.lindagoodnight.com</a></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Be sure to check out each stop on the tour for more chances to win. Full tour schedule linked below. Giveaway began at midnight April 5, 2022 and lasts through 11:59 PM EST on April 12, 2022. Winner will be notified within 2 weeks of close of the giveaway and given 48 hours to respond or risk forfeiture of prize. US only. Void where prohibited by law or logistics.</p>
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times call for leadership.</span><br /><span color="#">Corrupt
times call for integrity.</span><br /><span color="#">These
times call for a move of God, and a move of God calls for you.</span><br /><br /><span color="#">Soul
of the Citizen: Prayers for a Divided Nation, by Mischa Field, is the
cry of a burdened heart refusing to give up on neighbor or
neighborhood or nation. It is a collection of prayers for leaders and
followers, for parents and children, for shepherds and flocks, and
for you and your enemy.</span><br /><br /><span color="#">A
biblical scribe for modern times, Field offers the reader a word of
hope and a call to action. This book is for anyone looking to do
justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with God in a time drowning in
accusation and ambiguity.</span><br /><br /><span color="#">If
you long to protect your peace in times of conflict, this book is for
you.</span><br /><span color="#">If
you long to live ethically and authentically in times of struggle,
this book is for you.</span><br /><span color="#">If
you are moved to pray that God would do a new thing in the life of
this nation, this book is for you.</span> </span>
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Field is an ordained reverend who has practiced ministry in Brooklyn
for 21 years. His writing explores the intersection of Divinity and
Humanity: Faith, Identity, Culture, and the Soul. </span>His heart
for hurting people and broken institutions fuel his determination to
rebuild both. </span>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">A
graduate of Amherst College and Alliance Theological Seminary, with
degrees in film, writing, and urban ministry, and a background in
journalism, he finds consistent joy in the mysteries of faith,
consistent humility in attempting to practice them, and constant
wonder in God’s ability to accomplish perfect things with perfect
combinations of imperfect people.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">A
native of Brattleboro, Vermont, he lives in Queens with Lori, his
wife of 15 years. Soul of the Citizen is his first book.</span></p>
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I’ll get an inspiration, and then I have to discover what it means, and why it’s there. So the title “Soul of the Citizen” came to me, but I only learned over time what it meant. And one of the key revelations of that process was that God didn’t give me “Soul of the Christian.” As much as my lens may be Christian, this book is a collection of prayers for the people and institutions of this nation, because both are in desperate need of soul searching, and soul healing, as they navigate an identity crisis of cosmic proportions. So for me part of this book is an effort, from my particular lane, to serve as a kind of chaplain to the public.</p><p class="Standard" style="line-height: 32px; text-align: left;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="Standard" style="line-height: 32px; text-align: left;"> I believe in the separation of church and state. The government makes a terrible church. And the church makes a terrible government. In a pluralistic society, we should all be able to speak from our convictions. We then should all act upon them in serving the greater good. The Apostle James said “Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you. (James 1:27, NLT)” He also said “faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead. (James 2:17, NIV).” These are tests many of us fail. We don’t take care of people in need – we are worried about ourselves. We are also more concerned with getting corrupted by the shadows we fear than we are worried about imbibing the spirit of the age. Culture wars don’t scare me. The pervasive rage that dominates our discourse does. We are increasingly smart, cynical, and confidently ugly in spirit, casually wishing death and destruction on our enemies, and gloating when they suffer. This is the corruption that concerned me as I wrote this book.</p><p class="Standard" style="line-height: 32px; text-align: left;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="Standard" style="line-height: 32px; text-align: left;"> If we choose our leaders because they are entertaining, we cannot be surprised when in times of crisis they look to put on shows.</p><p class="Standard" style="line-height: 32px; text-align: left;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="Standard" style="line-height: 32px; text-align: left;"><o:p> </o:p>If we choose our leaders because they make complex issues simple, we should not be surprised when they offer simplistic solutions to complex problems.</p><p class="Standard" style="line-height: 32px; text-align: left;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="Standard" style="line-height: 32px; text-align: left;"><o:p> </o:p>If we choose our leaders because they can effectively torment our enemies, we should not be surprised that they turn their abuse on us when we oppose them.</p><p class="Standard" style="line-height: 32px; text-align: left;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="Standard" style="line-height: 32px; text-align: left;"> <i>Soul of the Citizen</i> is a series of meditations on leadership, service, ethics, justice, faith, culture, and the soul. I believe we need to tackle national problems on both the institutional and individual level. Systems need to change. And the people who create and sustain them need to change as well. I wrote this book to address both, but to consider the particular obligations we carry in society as people created in God’s image, for a grand and glorious purpose.</p><p class="Standard" style="line-height: 32px; text-align: left;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="Standard" style="line-height: 32px; text-align: left;"> Many have spoken, in this season of a battle for the soul of the nation.</p><p class="Standard" style="line-height: 32px; text-align: left;"><o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></p><p class="Standard" style="line-height: 32px; text-align: left;"> For me it starts with the soul of the citizen.</p><p class="Standard" style="line-height: 32px; text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/soulofthecitizen-giveaway_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="96" data-original-width="324" height="95" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/soulofthecitizen-giveaway_orig.png" width="320" /></a></span></span></div><p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Follow
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D.S. Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04044779501609588118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13403204.post-52925369987844329702022-03-04T02:00:00.019-05:002022-03-14T14:19:37.082-04:00Blitz: Jasmine's Journey to Jesus by LT Sutton<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhEF0etcr1VsAAwJ3vyPiPEATvWVPsXM3KtrcISRR_ddK3LsJP2cSheR0eBilVyxlU32G25foMsVi5YxrYPx764eGHPuJl1Hzfs61g8rnenzwA_Aj3ZHZSKfivJYBIF6GOPGmuuqKQRCo8_MDULngg6obN0eYcBHmzlNKUlgUhYAY9Iygg9-v0=s851" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="851" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhEF0etcr1VsAAwJ3vyPiPEATvWVPsXM3KtrcISRR_ddK3LsJP2cSheR0eBilVyxlU32G25foMsVi5YxrYPx764eGHPuJl1Hzfs61g8rnenzwA_Aj3ZHZSKfivJYBIF6GOPGmuuqKQRCo8_MDULngg6obN0eYcBHmzlNKUlgUhYAY9Iygg9-v0=w470-h174" width="470" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p> </p>
<p align="CENTER" style="background: none 0% 0% repeat scroll transparent; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="Garamond, serif" size="5"><font><b></b></font></font></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font face="Garamond, serif" size="5"><font><b><a href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/a86cd00f05c041ffa9a1f81d9656f766" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="534" height="368" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/a86cd00f05c041ffa9a1f81d9656f766" width="245" /></a></b></font></font></div><p style="background: none 0% 0% repeat scroll transparent; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><font face="Garamond, serif" size="5"><font><b>Fiction, Coming of Age, Christian Fiction</b></font></font></p> <p align="CENTER" style="background: none 0% 0% repeat scroll transparent; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /> </p> <p align="CENTER" style="background: none 0% 0% repeat scroll transparent; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51690775-jasmine-s-journey-to-jesus"><img align="BOTTOM" border="0" height="41" name="graphics1" src="https://sites.google.com/a/myaddictionisreading.com/spring-2016/home/iconAddtoGoodreads1_zpsa0dd4209.png" width="130" /></a> </p> <p align="CENTER" style="background: none 0% 0% repeat scroll transparent; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /> </p> <p align="CENTER" style="background: none 0% 0% repeat scroll transparent; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="Garamond, serif"><font size="4"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Jasmine’s Journey to Jesus is a powerful and inspirational story of survival, hope, growth and healing through faith. If you have struggled with the aftermath of abuse, rape, fatherlessness or issues of self-worth, this book is for you. Join Jasmine on her journey… you won’t be disappointed and you will be inspired!</span></font></font></p> <p align="CENTER" style="background: none 0% 0% repeat scroll transparent; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="Garamond, serif"><font size="4"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Jasmine Taylor, a survivor of sexual assault, childhood sexual abuse, poverty and the foster care system, worked hard and diligently to overcome her past. On the surface, she seems perfect- she’s beautiful, confident, poised and educated with a successful, high powered career. Emotionally, she’s far from perfect. Haunted by memories of her past, she struggles to navigate life and relationships through her fog of pain and skepticism. Having internalized her abuse as a reflection of her self-worth, she believes that she is unlovable and unworthy of caring and compassion, and willfully isolates herself socially.</span></font></font></p><p align="CENTER" style="background: none 0% 0% repeat scroll transparent; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><font face="Garamond, serif"><font size="4"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span></span></span></font></font></p><a name='more'></a><p></p> <p align="CENTER" style="background: none 0% 0% repeat scroll transparent; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="Garamond, serif"><font size="4"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Just as she begins to let her guard down, her world is turned upside-down by betrayal and tragedy reminiscent of her childhood, and the wall that she built between herself and the rest of the world works to her detriment. On her own, her strong will and mental fortitude are not enough to fight her latest battles. As her life falls apart and she hits rock-bottom, she discovers the ultimate source of strength, begins her faithful journey to true love and healing, and gains Godly perspective on her struggles and life itself.</span></font></font></p> <p align="LEFT" style="background: none 0% 0% repeat scroll transparent; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /> </p> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="328" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/iXMN7HztJ9g" width="395" youtube-src-id="iXMN7HztJ9g"></iframe></div><br /><p style="background: none 0% 0% repeat scroll transparent; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><br /></p> <p align="JUSTIFY" style="background: none 0% 0% repeat scroll transparent; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><font face="Garamond, serif"><font></font></font></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><font face="Garamond, serif"><font><a href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/2bc45a7b2b614a3fb73c68ba0de30106" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="419" data-original-width="800" height="210" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/2bc45a7b2b614a3fb73c68ba0de30106" width="400" /></a></font></font></b></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><font face="Garamond, serif"><font><br />About the Author</font></font></b></span><p></p> <p align="JUSTIFY" style="background: none 0% 0% repeat scroll transparent; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="Garamond, serif"><font size="4"><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></font></font></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font face="Garamond, serif"><font size="4"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/0a35537936fb4e2f8ce40bd0b96b2c43" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="495" data-original-width="499" height="251" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/0a35537936fb4e2f8ce40bd0b96b2c43" width="253" /></a></span></font></font></div><font face="Garamond, serif"><font size="4"><span style="font-weight: normal;">LT Sutton has enjoyed careers in research engineering, education, and project management, but her experiences as an entrepreneur, marathoner, triathlete, author, and most importantly, wife and mother have been the most rewarding. She lives in the midwest with her family, with whom she shares a love for and faith in Jesus Christ.</span></font></font><p></p> <p align="JUSTIFY" style="background: none 0% 0% repeat scroll transparent; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="Garamond, serif"><font size="4"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Driven by her desire to inspire survivors of sexual abuse, rape and fatherlessness, she wrote “Jasmine’s Journey to Jesus,” drawing from her own childhood and life experiences, and as well as her own faith, spiritual growth and healing. Adopting Philippians 4:13 as her personal motto, she believes that no problem is too big for God, and hopes to inspire that sentiment in her writing. 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<p align="CENTER" style="background: none 0% 0% repeat scroll transparent; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"> <font face="Garamond, serif"><font size="4"></font></font></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font face="Garamond, serif"><font size="4"><a href="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/b60adad97af44d6ca4696d0499f8130f" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="534" height="400" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitebuilder-v1-0-3/663/206663/rL88XEv2/b60adad97af44d6ca4696d0499f8130f" width="267" /></a></font></font></div><font face="Garamond, serif"><font size="4"><br /></font></font><p></p><p style="background: none 0% 0% repeat scroll transparent; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><font face="Garamond, serif"><font size="4">The Story of The Baby Box Lady</font></font></p> <p align="CENTER" style="background: none 0% 0% repeat scroll transparent; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"> <font face="Garamond, serif"><font size="4"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Date Published:</b></span> April 9, 2021</font></font></p> <p align="CENTER" style="background: none 0% 0% repeat scroll transparent; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"> <font face="Garamond, serif"><font size="4"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Publisher:</b> </span>MindStir Media</font></font></p> <p align="CENTER" style="background: none 0% 0% repeat scroll transparent; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"> <br /> </p> <p align="CENTER" style="background: none 0% 0% repeat scroll transparent; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57964235-blessed-to-have-been-abandoned"><img align="BOTTOM" border="0" height="41" name="graphics1" src="https://sites.google.com/a/myaddictionisreading.com/spring-2016/home/iconAddtoGoodreads1_zpsa0dd4209.png" width="130" /></a> </p> <p align="CENTER" style="background: none 0% 0% repeat scroll transparent; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"> <br /> </p> <p align="CENTER" style="background: none 0% 0% repeat scroll transparent; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"> <font face="Garamond, serif"><font size="4">She went from being ABANDONED to saving abandoned babies.</font></font></p> <p style="background: none 0% 0% repeat scroll transparent; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <font face="Garamond, serif"><font size="4">Poignant, brutally honest, and triumphant; <i>Blessed to Have Been Abandoned</i> is the true story of Monica Kelsey, the founder of Safe Haven Baby Boxes. Follow Monica's story as she discovers the secrets of her painful beginnings, the painful journey of her birth mother, wrestling with being abandoned as an infant, yet being given the gift of an amazing forever family. Watch as Monica's personal struggle births the vision for a national organization that is saving the lives of abandoned infants across the United States.</font></font></p> <p style="background: none 0% 0% repeat scroll transparent; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"> <font face="Garamond, serif"><font size="4"><span></span></font></font></p><a name='more'></a><font face="Garamond, serif"><font size="4">A heart-wrenching yet ultimately victorious story, <i>Blessed to Have Been Abandoned </i>will take you through the pain, struggle, valleys, and mountain tops of Monica's life, all of these pointing to the amazing hand of God. A testimony to God's faithfulness and His plan and purpose, this book will encourage your own heart and help you find purpose through pain and we trust it will bring Glory to God, the Author of each one of our complicated, messy, and inspiring journeys.</font></font><p></p> <p align="CENTER" style="background: none 0% 0% repeat scroll transparent; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"> <br /> </p> <p align="CENTER" style="background: none 0% 0% repeat scroll transparent; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="Garamond, serif" size="5"><font><b>Praise</b></font></font></p> <p style="background: none 0% 0% repeat scroll transparent; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <font face="Garamond, serif"><font size="4"><i>"Monica Kelsey's </i>Blessed to Have Been Abandoned: The Story of the Baby Box Lady<i> is an uplifting inspirational story of how one woman answered God's call on her life, transforming her difficult beginning into a mission to protect the most vulnerable among us in her home state and beyond. 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D.S. Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04044779501609588118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13403204.post-8716512966469342062021-10-13T13:16:00.006-04:002022-03-14T14:27:18.310-04:00Blog Tour & Giveaway: Hard Conversations by BJ Communicates<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWhYTGSnAfQZA-W81mP4WQPnBQ2BrFcuC2nU6bFyZUE8FP8P6kmDbn-jxxgjjXNc-myHvlxlgMm-EwQqhiD1fu8SEUdF3tQ11kS_98_Y_bM9w2nI0ra723hK6kyJkanUSDm_1d/s950/BJ+Communicates+banner.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="950" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWhYTGSnAfQZA-W81mP4WQPnBQ2BrFcuC2nU6bFyZUE8FP8P6kmDbn-jxxgjjXNc-myHvlxlgMm-EwQqhiD1fu8SEUdF3tQ11kS_98_Y_bM9w2nI0ra723hK6kyJkanUSDm_1d/w494-h182/BJ+Communicates+banner.png" width="494" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Divine Perspective is happy to present <i><b>Hard Conversations: Book 1: Breadcrumbs To The Past</b></i> by BJ Communicates. The book tour will continue until October 29, 2021. There is an opportunity below to win a $50 Amazon Gift Card. Please use the form below to participate in the Giveaway<div><br /></div><div>Genre: Urban Fiction </div><div><br /></div><div>ISBN-978-1098380953</div><div><br /></div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="" class="size-medium wp-image-1501 aligncenter" height="42" src="https://wnlbooktours.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/about-the-author-300x42.png" width="300" />
</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiepBku_L_jC9uzYix2jEGsTgMlCU8kSMybqGaf8sVTVBWatxxFaXABiub2EjgIdYygABaXid4QRSjox-Xxrx_lyZEHrZkmOt1MJ8yZ22Me3wX-1MItA_w_Vje9Uw0oizROsBy1/s2048/BJ+Communicates+photo+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2023" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiepBku_L_jC9uzYix2jEGsTgMlCU8kSMybqGaf8sVTVBWatxxFaXABiub2EjgIdYygABaXid4QRSjox-Xxrx_lyZEHrZkmOt1MJ8yZ22Me3wX-1MItA_w_Vje9Uw0oizROsBy1/s320/BJ+Communicates+photo+.jpg" width="316" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>BJ Communicates, aka Dr. Brad Johnson, LSSBB, CSM, is a Kingdom writer, a communication practitioner, and an influential Bible teacher. Given the assignments of assisting urban believers in articulating their stories, finding resolution, and gaining the language of the Kingdom, BJ continually creates and releases inspirational media content that highlights their stories and experiences. “The Holy Spirit is constantly giving me things to write; sometimes it’s a book, sometimes it’s an article for a Christian publication, sometimes it’s something for my blog site or social media, and sometimes it’s a song for me or another recording artist, I’m just the pen in His hand,” says BJ. In addition to faith-based media creator, he is the owner of Communic8 Life Consulting, a communication consulting firm that specializes in assisting couples, families, and business teams in improving their interpersonal communication skills; and is the co-pastor of the urban cafe church Transformed City in Richmond, VA.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div><p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1502" height="43" src="https://wnlbooktours.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/about-the-book.png" width="275" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEf2o35JtCgwuJcFWAsH3nhEPiBaiECAFpi_WPV9p6y1Dy6f0EJF_fDU0sK5WUdQjFMBaTLbTod12i1qGDceM7J0j5h21XkxdgGQfb4mGWOX7ZYvb2Rz0xjkxto3Sz159XksxO/s996/BJ+Communicates+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="996" data-original-width="655" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEf2o35JtCgwuJcFWAsH3nhEPiBaiECAFpi_WPV9p6y1Dy6f0EJF_fDU0sK5WUdQjFMBaTLbTod12i1qGDceM7J0j5h21XkxdgGQfb4mGWOX7ZYvb2Rz0xjkxto3Sz159XksxO/s320/BJ+Communicates+.jpg" width="210" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>
Sometimes it’s the conversations not had that do the most damage to the people in our lives. <i>Hard Conversations</i> is a collection of short stories detailing the lives of five urban people who are standing at the intersection of their past and their potential. Sensing that something is still off in the lives that they have built, each has to make the crucial decision whether to address their secrets long buried, or to continue living in the uncomfortable matrix they created. Only they can decide what their future will bring.
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Our gifting often becomes our prison. I wrote this book to pull back the mask on our experience in the hopes that it compels us to confront our learned ability to whitewash our pain with our talent and giftings. We are often taught that the greatest value that we bring to the world is solely present in what we do, what we earn, or how well we play. In reality our greatest value is in the stories that we can articulate to those we influence once we have reached the other side of trauma. Trauma that tried to silence our voice, trauma that caused a part of us to die in the fight, and trauma that threatened us to stay silent after our experience with it because we should just be grateful that we made it to the other side.
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Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04044779501609588118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13403204.post-16931038279781087772021-09-10T19:24:00.005-04:002021-09-10T19:26:02.415-04:00Press Release: Letting God Be Enough is Now Available<p><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12px;">For Immediate Release</span></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">September 7, 2021</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><div><div><span style="font-size: 20px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">AVAILABLE TODAY</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 20px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><em>Letting God Be Enough: Why Striving Keeps You Stuck and How Surrender Sets You Free </em></strong></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 20px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">by Erica Wiggenhorn </span></span></div><div> </div><div><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><em>Letting God Be Enough</em> Examines Our Struggles with Identity, Self-Doubt, and Imposter Syndrome by Examining the Life of Moses.</span></span></div></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><img align="right" alt="" class="CToWUd" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEhwZ2JJCfxGj8_wJKoxTF7EVxxYjhmf5Oph-vWZlo-lJlxXHPloyfBdXvech2hEJUqcTcLwSksw-UkZ3dQ1IYYEoqtWvRKA1uHpJ0tCicQ-gVUYHxrGDF9Nn5hgwYOfo7-xVb2DjqhFZYpqV1q7b1J73ycE6nwvZVnweS5tddNi-w=s0-d-e1-ft" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 2px; float: right; height: 268px; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 10px; width: 173px;" width="173" /></span></span><div><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Phoenix, AZ – Today, the latest book by <strong>Erica Wiggenhorn, </strong><em><strong>Letting God Be Enough: Why Striving Keeps You Stuck and How Surrender Sets You Free</strong>,</em> is available online and at retail outlets nationwide. Erica’s fourth project with Moody Publishers, <em>Letting God Be Enough </em>helps readers break down personal issues of inadequacy by examining the life of Moses. </span></span></div><div> </div><div><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Purchase <em>Letting God Be Enough </em><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://ymlpcl7.com/41e8bjmsqataeweheavawqbagabmem/click.php&source=gmail&ust=1631401996959000&usg=AFQjCNFvtj0kP9clvHt3k_L6Js_XurmDtQ" href="https://ymlpcl7.com/41e8bjmsqataeweheavawqbagabmem/click.php" rel="noreferrer" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></span></div><div> </div><div><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">“I’ve personally battled self-doubt for most of my life, and it seems like an epidemic, especially with Christian women,” Erica shares. “Culture is quick to judge, to just give a pep-talk and make us think that we can do everything on our own. But this idea goes against what we are called to believe. God made us His precious children. He gives us a purpose and a calling - but typically that means something that is beyond what we can do alone. When we start learning to live in a state of surrender, where God is in control, we can find truth, encouragement, and freedom.”</span></span></div><div> </div><div><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Erica calls Moses the “greatest self-doubter in the Bible” and she shares how his life highlights the truth that self-doubt is tied tightly to self-reliance. Reading his story, we realized that God was there to give Moses everything he needed to complete his calling. He only had to take the first step. “It’s only when you cast yourself on God that you can find the true source of strength.”</span></span></div><div> <span><a name='more'></a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><em>Letting God Be Enough</em> tackles themes such as:</span></span></div><ul><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Overcoming feelings of Imposter Syndrome, which is defined as “persistent doubt concerning one’s abilities or accomplishments accompanied by a fear of being exposed as a fraud despite evidence of one’s ongoing success.” * </span></span></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Finding freedom from the nagging fears of self-doubt and inadequacy</span></span></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Securely resting in God’s ability and commitment to care for you</span></span></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Cease searching for endless affirmation in accomplishments, positions, and relationships.</span></span></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Surrender your doubts and fears over to the arms of your loving Father who promises to never leave or lie, and to always be enough in whatever you feel you lack.</span></span></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">How to stop looking in the mirror and instead let God be enough.</span></span></li></ul><div><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The book is a format change from Erica’s previous offerings, <em>An Unexplainable Life</em>, <em>The Unexplainable Church</em>, and <em>Unexplainable Jesus</em>. While still deeply steeped in scripture, <em>Letting God Be Enough</em> is a readable project, showing the parallels between the life of Moses and our over-committed, fast-paced lives.</span></span></div><div> </div><div><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><em>Letting God Be Enough</em> is the modern book for tackling an age-old problem, resting in God when life doesn’t make sense. You no longer have to strive, compare, or appease others to secure your worth. Instead, you can let a loving God be enough.</span></span></div><div> </div><div><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Find more information on Erica Wiggenhorn and <em>Letting God Be Enough</em> at <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://ymlpcl7.com/235e3jmsyacaeweheaaawqbaxabmem/click.php&source=gmail&ust=1631401996959000&usg=AFQjCNF27egQ0uo1G80w92h1oBnQGgpfKA" href="https://ymlpcl7.com/235e3jmsyacaeweheaaawqbaxabmem/click.php" rel="noreferrer" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.ericawiggenhorn.com</a>.</span></span></div></div><div> </div><div><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"># # #</span></span></div><div> </div><div><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><img align="left" alt="" class="CToWUd" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEheZiDApFDNSYGfdYqxuaE2giPtWBptmP222orbZSy4rYOs1xmOeONMsfsjjTfWst3aFNMlbxvQ7FyBMGIA1fZ4MJ1zDaBhqPFDy9OLkiM5O4AW6P5UFabW2SfZg2yb-792xSie7OG1lwD_l2ieHi6hu2yb4l2lYH0Mkw=s0-d-e1-ft" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; float: left; height: 156px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-right: 6px; width: 186px;" width="186" />A</strong></span></span><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>bout Erica Wiggenhorn:</strong></span></span></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Erica is an award-winning author and the founder of Every Life Ministries, bringing you the truths of Scripture to transform your life. By digging deeply into God’s Word, Every Life Ministries encourages you to discover your unique purpose, accept God’s promises, and live by His power. Erica is the author of three Bible studies released by Moody Publishers: <em>An Unexplainable Life, The Unexplainable Church</em>, and <em>Unexplainable Jesus. </em>A graduate and post-graduate of Azusa Pacific University, Erica lives in Phoenix with her best friend and husband, Jonathan, and their four children, only two of which are human. The others are furry and adorable.</span></span></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Letting God Be Enough Suggested Interview Questions: </strong></span></span></div><ul><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Why do you think so many Christians, women in particular, struggle with self-doubt?</span></span></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">What is Imposter Syndrome and what does it look and feel like in our lives? </span></span></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Millions of copies of self-help books have been sold, addressing issues of self-doubt. What does the Bible say about the issue?</span></span></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">What are some signs that indicate you are striving out of a place of fear rather than working with passion in the role(s) you’re fulfilling in a relationship or a responsibility you hold?</span></span></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Moses, a prominent character in the Bible, displayed a lot of self-doubt. What does his story teach us about trusting God?</span></span></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">When Moses suffered from self-doubt, how did God respond? How did God want Moses to respond?</span></span></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">It seems like if God has called us to something, then shouldn’t it be relatively easy, since God is with us? Why does it often feel like the things we try hardest at feel the most difficult?</span></span></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">What are some practical ways to stop responding in fear and instead surrender in faith when God calls us to serve Him in a special capacity?</span></span></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">How can we tell when we’ve surrendered? Why is this God’s ultimate plan for His children?</span></span></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">What made you become passionate about Bible teaching? Why can you empathize with the person out there who struggles to make Bible reading or Bible study a priority? </span></span></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">What are we missing when we don’t personally study scripture? What practical steps would you offer to someone who wants to grow in their ability to read and study the Bible?</span></span></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Tell us something unexpected or surprising you learned while working on this book.</span></span></li></ul><div> </div><div><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">For more information or to schedule an interview:<br />Lori Heiselman – 714-553-5181</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="mailto:lori@BiscuitMediaGroup.com" rel="noreferrer" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">lori@BiscuitMediaGroup.com</a></span></span></div><div> </div><ul><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Imposter Syndrome, as defined by Merriam Webster: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://ymlpcl7.com/34de5jmusadaeweheapawqbaoabmem/click.php&source=gmail&ust=1631401996960000&usg=AFQjCNG4EvBJT9YIKcMYZ6RPQbSSFLKq6w" href="https://ymlpcl7.com/34de5jmusadaeweheapawqbaoabmem/click.php" rel="noreferrer" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://www.merriam-webster.<wbr></wbr>com/dictionary/impostor%<wbr></wbr>20syndrome</a></span></span></li></ul></div></div>D.S. Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04044779501609588118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13403204.post-30336876089459158512021-08-17T08:33:00.004-04:002021-09-10T19:28:56.507-04:00The Light Through the Pouring Rain<p> </p><div align="center"><a href="http://www.lolasblogtours.net/bookstagram-blitz-the-light-through-the-pouring-rain-by-james-ruvalcaba" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><img alt="The Light Through the Pouring Rain tour banner" class="aligncenter" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyjl6cHrgBAcWmrwW8r22Nl5xoyk6-wkCw447wq4AutjzQnB4AaXxByfbg8s11Fwuw3ctSx9pqQap3lUUokptfaOGgnGdhPSYX9lde8p4PiQRDMJJDsv0oJnXvKk3Z69ilZAJuAg/s0/The-Light-Through-the-Pouring-Rain-banner.jpg" /></a></div><br />Divine Perspective welcomes <b>The Light Through the Pouring Rain by James Ruvalcaba</b>. This memoir is a true story about a young couple’s battle with cancer.<br />
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<b>Don’t miss the tour-wide giveaway!</b> 5 winners will a $10 Amazon gift card. You can enter the giveaway at the bottom of this post.<br />
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<div align="left"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58744200-the-light-through-the-pouring-rain" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="The Light Through the Pouring Rain" class="alignleft" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMENiBtNVqikj1dxIx7a27K2k3mhA93vYVZ1JjWo1xu-SO4q1SKpakFGDfMq5UgqDTV56cYEEXP6Pye7pPPgKV2GvpJL35xUTXwno9dhGhw27A1IQPJ6FGVmmsccYbw06A3vLZeg/w181-h272/The-Light-Through-the-Pouring-Rain.jpg" width="181" /></a></div><b><i>The Light Through the Pouring Rain</i></b><br />
<b>By James Ruvalcaba</b><br />
<b>Genre:</b> Non-fiction Memoir<br />
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<blockquote><b>Blurb:</b><br />
My story is about my Fiancée Anabel and I as we experienced the trials and tribulations of a Cancer treatment. We both were in our twenties when this diagnosis halted our lives plans. </blockquote><p>With no clear road map on how to navigate through our new normal, we proceeded into uncharted territory, hand-in-hand, with the love of our families and our faith in God to guide us.</p><br />
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<b>Links:</b><br />
- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58744200-the-light-through-the-pouring-rain" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Goodreads</a> <br />
- <a href="https://www.bookbub.com/books/the-light-through-the-pouring-rain-by-james-ruvalcaba" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bookbub</a><br />
- <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Light-Through-Pouring-Rain-ebook/dp/B08PF23TF1/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Amazon</a> <br />
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<span><a name='more'></a></span>You can watch the book trailer <a href="https://youtu.be/CSlRECKmS2Y" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here on Youtube</a> <br />
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<div align="right"><a href="https://thelightthroughthepouringrain.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="author picture James Ruvalcaba" class="alignright" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLgvIOi9LqG_QEastAlMBYxG1akiYiMkPWb7NOET0o35rsxtX5O6PBXMCi3zGvWnWyWhZ5vzgWpD78_FbUafDoKJ_hrIMuYTaHTPj5e5Rqykqra_Ki4LwgxrFM6kOlUeTEqvfuxw/s0/James-Ruvalcaba.jpg" /></a></div><b>About the Author:</b><br />
Hello, <div><br /></div><div>I'm James Ruvalcaba. I am the author of “The Light Through the Pouring Rain.” </div><div><br />
I am a family man and hold them near and dear to me. I am a down-to-earth person that loves creating conversations. I believe the more we communicate the more we see the beauty of God's previous workings. In pursuit of my God-given mission, I began writing because of a promise I made to my Fiancee on her last day. I wanted to honor my fiancee's legacy and to be a testimony of God's goodness. </div><div><br /></div><div>I continue to tell stories and hope to achieve telling stories that uplift others, give some perspective on life, and walk away with a sense of inspiration. If they can take lessons and perspectives given in my words to their own lives then I feel I accomplished what I set out to do.<br />
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<b>Author links:</b><br />
- <a href="https://thelightthroughthepouringrain.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Website</a> <br />
- <a href="https://www.facebook.com/james.ruvalcaba.39/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a> <br />
- <a href="https://twitter.com/JamesMruvalcaba" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a> <br />
- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/20998695.James_Ruvalcaba" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Goodreads</a> <br />
- <a href="https://www.amazon.com/James-Ruvalcaba/e/B08QNGXVCB/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Amazon</a> <br />
- <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jamesmruvalcaba/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a> <br />
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<div align="center"><b>Giveaway</b><br />
There is a tour-wide giveaway for the bookstagram blitz for The Light Through the Pouring Rain. Five winners will each win a $10 Amazon gift card.<br />
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You can enter the giveaway <a href="https://smarturl.it/LightThroughTheRain" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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Gabriel Agbo</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">Genre:
Inspirational, Spiritual</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/powerofmidnightprayer-about-the-book_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="72" data-original-width="565" height="41" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/powerofmidnightprayer-about-the-book_orig.png" width="320" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">
<span color="#"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">This
book ‘Power of Midnight Prayer’ will certainly be one of the most
comprehensive and most powerful books written on spiritual warfare.
The choice of the title came from a wealth of experience, chilling
testimonies and confessions, and a careful study of the word of God.
It is indeed a very rich and well-researched work. It has been
described as an incredible book. </span></span>
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<span color="#"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">Here,
you will learn of the enormous but yet to be fully tapped spiritual
power embedded in the prayers done between 11:00pm and 3:00am. Do you
know enough about the explosive powers of praise, prayer and fasting?
Do you know what roles the angels of God, the Spirit of God and the
fire of God play in our war against the kingdom of darkness?<span></span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a><span color="#"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"> </span></span>
<p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span color="#"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">In this book, you will hear directly from the former grand occult
masters of the colossal destructive impact that the name and the
blood of Jesus cause in Satan’s kingdom. What happens when Satan
and his demons come directly in contact with these two most powerful
elements in the universe? Why did Satan fall from his chair in a
meeting because the name of Jesus was mentioned? Do you know about
the enemy’s war strategies against the church, the Christians and
the ministers? How does he bring down and sometimes kill ministers of
the gospel? Who are the agents of the dark kingdom in the church?
What roles should the prayer warriors play? What is the interest of
the kingdom of Satan in human flesh and blood? Why human sacrifices
in the occult world? </span></span>
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<span color="#"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">Read
various accounts from the former agents of Satan and even the media
on sacrificing of humans and other chilling unprintable practices.
Why would a woman pluck off the eyes of a crawling baby, slaughter
her with all her crying and groaning, and then pound her flesh and
eat? What does the occult do with sex? Can evil spirits, covenants
and curses be transmitted through sex? Why would a man sleep with a
little boy, depositing a snake in his stomach just to acquire power,
wealth and position? </span></span>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span color="#">You
will also find other explosive topics like wrestling with God,
binding and loosing, smashing the gates, open doors, whole armor of
God, gates of heaven and gates of hell. The twenty-one power-loaded
chapters of this book will surely set you on fire for God. I bet you
have never read anything like this before.</span> </span>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">by
Gabriel Agbo</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/powerofmidnightprayer-about-the-book_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="72" data-original-width="565" height="41" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/powerofmidnightprayer-about-the-book_orig.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">
<span color="#"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">Sacrifices
are powerful. Very powerful! The richest man, the strongest man, the
most blessed men and women, the wisest, the greatest king, the most
powerful prophets were all men and women of sacrifice. They gave all,
risked all for their people, humanity and for God to achieve their
goals and feats that even eternity will be proud of. </span></span>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><span color="#">You
want to know their secrets? Good. If you want to become great, you
must first become a man/woman of sacrifice. All things are possible
to them that can pay the price. You will find these highly revealing
chapters – Power of Sacrifice, Sacrifice Your Only, I Will Pass
Through Egypt, I Will Pay The Price, Follow Me! We Came For You, I
Will Preserve You, Cook That Last Meal, Power to Save, Praise, Prayer
and Fasting. </span></span></span>
</p>
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<span color="#"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">We
have not only discussed the great sacrifices of great men and women
in the bible and how their actions made them great, but also people
like Yonatan ‘Yoni’ Netanyahu of Israel; the young Israeli who
led the commando unit to rescued the Jewish hostages who were kept in
Entebbe airport after their plane was hijacked and diverted to Uganda
in 1976. We also looked at some of our military heroes, especially
those of the Special Operations – like the SEALs, Delta Force.
These men give their best; constantly risk everything, including
their lives to defend their people and humanity. They sacrifice their
lives to protect others. Jesus said that the greatest sacrifice is
for a man to give his life for others. We salute them! They teach us
what sacrifice should be. Jesus said that what sacrifice can be
greater than a man laying down his life for his friends? We praise
their courage and extreme patriotism. </span></span>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span color="#">Here,
we will learn about sacrifices of faith, kindness, patriotism,
prayer, fasting and praise. When you go beyond the ordinary in any of
the above, you immediately set off divine, unseen, supernatural
forces that will respond, rush towards you.</span> </span>
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<span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">I
am an evangelist and an ordained minister with the Assemblies of God,
Nigeria. I write weekly columns in the Guardian
Newspapers of Nigeria,, eagleonline.com, ezinearticles.com , Modern
Ghana, and several other national and international journals. We also
publish books, conduct crusades, seminars, prayer conferences,
translations experts (world languages), publish and translate
books in different world languages and market on all global
platforms, etc.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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<span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">I
authored the books /audiobooks: Power of Midnight Prayer , Breaking
Generational Curses: Claiming Your Freedom, God of Abraham, Isaac and
Jacob, I Shall Not Die, Power of Sacrifice, No Cross No Crown,
Receive Your healing, Prayer of Jehoshaphat, Uncommon Success, Sex
Toys: Good or Evil?, Homosexuality: The Occult, Health and
Psychological Dimensions, His Rod and His Staff, etc. These books are
available in French, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, Dutch,
Finish, Swedish, German, Afrikaans, Russian, Italian, Hindi, Hebrew,
Greek, Chinese, Indonesian, Malay, Japanese, etc. They are on amazon
and other major book sites. I am also a member of the International
Pentecostal Press Association ( IPPA ), and other reputable
organisations. Then, Double Honour ministry, Inc. seeks to take
the gospel round the world, take care of the orphans, poor, widows in
Africa.</span></span></p>
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something about yourself and how you became an author?</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ansi-language: #1000; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ansi-language: #1000; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">My name
is Gabriel Agbo. I am a journalist, a newspaper columnist and a Christian
author. After writing columns for many years, a friend saw my articles and
encouraged to develop them in book form, because they were very good. And I
began. So, some of my books started as articles and were later expanded into
books. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ansi-language: #1000; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ansi-language: #1000; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Where were you born?</span></b></div><p class="Textbody" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ansi-language: #1000; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I was
born in Enugu – Nigeria and I grew up there. But have lived and worked in
Lagos, Owerri, Port Harcourt and UAE</span></p><p class="Textbody" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ansi-language: #1000; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Who is your hero and why?</span></b></p><p class="Textbody" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ansi-language: #1000; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">King
David, Moses, king Jehoshaphat, Jesus, General Emeka Ojukwu of Biafra –
Nigeria.</span></p><p class="Textbody" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ansi-language: #1000; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Describe yourself in 5 words or less!</span></b></p><p class="Textbody" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ansi-language: #1000; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Hardworking,
hopeful, visionary, intelligent, humble</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Textbody" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ansi-language: #1000; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">When did you first consider yourself a writer?</span></b></p><p class="Textbody" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ansi-language: #1000; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">After
my first two books Power of Midnight Prayer and Breaking Generational curses:
Claiming Your Freedom</span></p><p class="Textbody" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ansi-language: #1000; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">What did you enjoy most about writing this book?</span></b></p><p class="Textbody" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ansi-language: #1000; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The
simple, practicability and universal application of what is in them. It is
producing the same result everywhere</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Textbody" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ansi-language: #1000; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">How did you come up with the title of the book?</span></b></p><p class="Textbody" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ansi-language: #1000; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">From
the teachings and lessons in them</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Textbody" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ansi-language: #1000; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">If you had to do it all over again, would you change
anything in your latest book?</span></b></p><p class="Textbody" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ansi-language: #1000; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Yes.
Maybe add more information</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Textbody" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ansi-language: #1000; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Anything specific you want to tell your readers?</span></b></p><p class="Textbody" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ansi-language: #1000; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Practice
what you read in my books and you will have results</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Textbody" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ansi-language: #1000; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Convince us why you feel your book is a must read</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ansi-language: #1000; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">.</span></p><p class="Textbody" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ansi-language: #1000; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Yes. It
is. It is fill with real life stories. Experiences that will so much help you
in life. Everybody that read it confessed it was hard to keep it down. And some
said they have read it up to four times. Then it is one of the few book that
people steal to go and read.</span></p><p class="Textbody" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ansi-language: #1000; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">What did you edit <i>out </i>of this book?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="Textbody" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ansi-language: #1000; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Anything
that I am not sure of</span></p><p class="Textbody" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ansi-language: #1000; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Wh</span></b><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">o</span></b><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ansi-language: #1000; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> are your top 10 favorite
books/authors</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ansi-language: #1000; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">?</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Textbody" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ansi-language: #1000; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Derek
Prince, Robert H. Schuler, Rebecca Brown, Benny Hinn, Kathryn Kulman and other
historical, spiritual and management books</span></p><p class="Textbody" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ansi-language: #1000; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">How long have you been writing?</span></b><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Textbody" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ansi-language: #1000; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Fifteen
years</span></p><p class="Textbody" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ansi-language: #1000; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Do you see writing as a career?</span></b><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Textbody" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ansi-language: #1000; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Yes,
but it is also good you do other things to get on until you eventually
stabilize. Because it could really be hard when you are beginning</span></p><p class="Textbody" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ansi-language: #1000; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">What is your writing process? For instance do you do
an outline first? Do you do the chapters first?</span></b></p><p class="Textbody" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ansi-language: #1000; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I do
the outlines first, then the chapter. And I start developing it</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Textbody" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #222222;">Do you have any advice to offer for new authors?</span></b></p><p class="Textbody" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">Do extensive researches, write on the subject you love and are knowledgeable in</span></p><p class="Textbody" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-ansi-language: #1000; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">If you could tell your younger writing self anything,
what would it be?</span></b></p><p class="Textbody" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-ansi-language: #1000; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Read
more. A good read</span><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">er</span><span style="color: #222222; mso-ansi-language: #1000; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> make a good writer<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Textbody" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">That is so
true. Thank you so much for taking the time to answer these questions for my
readers and fellow authors.</span></b></p><p class="Textbody" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">God Bless!<br /><br /></span></b></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"></span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKDkEUlV7yn2r2rGoj9AeA6KFbKt7n3fPBbkmxAkjbKVvG3Y2V-dEvtgIt2LHO2y0GglS8vsyheCfEzD7ePBld9MClhfAaC84ZYAJTymuJshE7QgkShyphenhyphenywXf1EN5HHtBRhxXCTdQ/s338/powerofmidnightprayer+-+giveaway.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="72" data-original-width="338" height="68" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKDkEUlV7yn2r2rGoj9AeA6KFbKt7n3fPBbkmxAkjbKVvG3Y2V-dEvtgIt2LHO2y0GglS8vsyheCfEzD7ePBld9MClhfAaC84ZYAJTymuJshE7QgkShyphenhyphenywXf1EN5HHtBRhxXCTdQ/s320/powerofmidnightprayer+-+giveaway.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Follow
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D.S. Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04044779501609588118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13403204.post-66485184881999051112021-07-27T17:19:00.002-04:002021-08-17T08:34:24.407-04:00Bookstagram Blitz Heading this Way!<p>Divine Perspective will be participating in a blog tour on August 17th. I would love it if you would show up to view the review and support the tour.</p><p>Tour Information:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB65IohiDpvsqdnForfH9iHcbUvkxmFl7fQZUccMbfJLYzM2Yc9aNaDjrKvZxph0pSqxH8mIYOnuTBPoHdiYz-lTYXSRibnw1qAsJcFbVEi1SW2T1InCFJ_MbkX1cDkxosTvmWjA/s676/Bookstagram+Blitz.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="676" data-original-width="599" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB65IohiDpvsqdnForfH9iHcbUvkxmFl7fQZUccMbfJLYzM2Yc9aNaDjrKvZxph0pSqxH8mIYOnuTBPoHdiYz-lTYXSRibnw1qAsJcFbVEi1SW2T1InCFJ_MbkX1cDkxosTvmWjA/s320/Bookstagram+Blitz.PNG" /></a></div><br /><p><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"><i>The Light Through the Pouring Rain</i> by </span><a class="notranslate" href="https://www.instagram.com/jamesmruvalcaba/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" tabindex="0">@jamesmruvalcaba</a><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;">!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;">Everyone who signs up for the tour receives a free ecopy of this book. And we have one paperback copy still available for an US Instagrammer.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;">If you wish to sign up for the tour yourself, you may sign up for the tour <a href="http://www.lolasblogtours.net/bookstagram-blitz-the-light-through-the-pouring-rain-by-james-ruvalcaba/ " target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /></p>D.S. Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04044779501609588118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13403204.post-44074144405464007882021-07-13T16:30:00.004-04:002021-07-13T16:30:00.307-04:00Excerpt: Wounded Heart by Tyora Moody<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrcciRqhWVJh9QMXpB7f4KLbqGlsveR3yhpcWWfIiAZ4RCpD4wG-vRTKH0SfqjDuLaahVDF7SyAs6VYvPXsGtqfy6rOoRMcnVOqCB-kKROWmNkllYD-9Sj7rCFD6J_cVz_0N_CFA/s605/tuesday+teaser.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="605" data-original-width="602" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrcciRqhWVJh9QMXpB7f4KLbqGlsveR3yhpcWWfIiAZ4RCpD4wG-vRTKH0SfqjDuLaahVDF7SyAs6VYvPXsGtqfy6rOoRMcnVOqCB-kKROWmNkllYD-9Sj7rCFD6J_cVz_0N_CFA/s320/tuesday+teaser.PNG" /></a></div><br />WOUNDED HEART, Reed Family, Book 5<p></p><blockquote><p>Jax Reed steeled himself as the heavy metal door swung open. His skin crawled with anxiety. In an attempt to control his emotions he shook his hands with vigor before walking through the last door leading to a room he’d visited twice in the last few months. Jax really hoped today was the last time he had to do this.</p></blockquote><blockquote><p>The old guard was missing-in-action today but his words reverberated in Jax’s mind as the soles of his shoes tapped across the concrete floor.</p></blockquote><blockquote><p>Jeffrey Maddock is a special kind of evil.</p></blockquote><p>👉🏾 CLICK <a href="https://linktr.ee/tyora_moody" target="_blank">THIS LINK</a> TO ORDER</p>D.S. Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04044779501609588118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13403204.post-68211059054057366932021-07-01T20:22:00.003-04:002021-07-01T22:05:14.987-04:00Happy July 4th!<p><span data-offset-key="alshu-0-0" face="Lato, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #434343; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-text="true" style="box-sizing: border-box;">I'm back again after a lengthy unplanned sabbatical and I have a gift for you!</span></span></p><p><span data-offset-key="alshu-0-0" face="Lato, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #434343; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-text="true" style="box-sizing: border-box;">I'd like to introduce you to </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #434343; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://lisahoweler.com/" target="_blank">Lisa R. Howeler</a> who is offering a free copy of her book, <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/asin/B08TVHHL4B/dee411-20" target="_blank">The Farmer's Daughter</a></i> until Saturday!</span></p><p><span data-offset-key="alshu-0-0" face="Lato, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #434343; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKkS0jIWPGteh1VrgrrGNsL_Hy31qW0rbWarXofwp4GURE9svCj7m170WmC-gu58eeusMo5dJt5hzHcuhyYB3pCSsgFVDlyukZfZZW2ES9MQpPcfhtfslAOqdxJIWrcYzl97Yfrw/s693/july+4th+sales+have+begun.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The Farmer's Daughter" border="0" data-original-height="691" data-original-width="693" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKkS0jIWPGteh1VrgrrGNsL_Hy31qW0rbWarXofwp4GURE9svCj7m170WmC-gu58eeusMo5dJt5hzHcuhyYB3pCSsgFVDlyukZfZZW2ES9MQpPcfhtfslAOqdxJIWrcYzl97Yfrw/w320-h319/july+4th+sales+have+begun.PNG" title="The Farmer's Daughter" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><span data-offset-key="alshu-6-0" face="Lato, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #434343; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-text="true" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b><span><a name='more'></a></span>About </b></span></span><span data-offset-key="alshu-6-0" face="Lato, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #434343; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-text="true" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/asin/B08TVHHL4B/dee411-20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Farmer's Daughter</a></i></span></span><span data-offset-key="alshu-6-0" face="Lato, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #434343; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-text="true" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span><div><i style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><b><br /></b></i></div><div><i style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><b>A story with loveable characters facing challenges, falling in love or deeper in love and growing closer to God.</b></i></div><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px;">Molly Tanner thought she'd be further in life by now, but, no. At the age of 26, still living on her parents' dairy farm in rural Pennsylvania, wondering if there is a life for her somewhere other than little Spencer Valley. While wondering, though, her family faces financial struggles, her best friend falls into a deep depression, and her brother's best friend starts acting weird around her. Weird as in -- is attractive Alex Stone flirting with her?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px;">Alex has his own challenges to face, mainly facing past demons that make him feel like he's not worthy of the love the Tanner family has already shown him, let alone the love of the woman he's fallen for while working side-by-side with her in the barn each day.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px;">Will the desire to change their lives bring Molly and Alex together and will the Tanner family be able to save their family farm and their family business?</span><div><span data-offset-key="alshu-6-0" face="Lato, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #434343; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-text="true" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span data-offset-key="alshu-6-0" face="Lato, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #434343; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-text="true" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b>About Lisa R. Howeler:</b></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #434343;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><div><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZnwMXIjLCgdrCpF7gUW1MTUb_MbVqplEQvbtj-2ndxIxgFD5aQUygC7w3VqF2Ae76nPkbxWAzL5ovGo0YjNqIKCcuC3GJ6DE7YxKJoogpHkY1vTh0WqiYrzTKd18wouG8CquwRA/s450/Lisa+howeler.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="450" height="125" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZnwMXIjLCgdrCpF7gUW1MTUb_MbVqplEQvbtj-2ndxIxgFD5aQUygC7w3VqF2Ae76nPkbxWAzL5ovGo0YjNqIKCcuC3GJ6DE7YxKJoogpHkY1vTh0WqiYrzTKd18wouG8CquwRA/w125-h125/Lisa+howeler.jpg" width="125" /></a></div>Lisa Robinson-Howeler is a writer and photographer from Northeastern Pennsylvania, where she lives with her husband and two children. She is a former small-town newspaper reporter who decided to write her first novel in 2019. Her fiction focuses on issues of personal failings and triumphs, romance, and personal growth through faith and life lessons. Lisa has had her writing and photography featured in newspapers, magazines, and online nationally and internationally. In addition to being a novelist, she is a blogger and a homeschooling mother.</span></div><div><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">Unless you have Kindle Unlimited you need to grab your free copy of The Farmer's Daughter. I checked out the excerpt provided and downloaded my copy right away!</span></span></div><div><span data-offset-key="alshu-6-0" face="Lato, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #434343; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-text="true" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6)" face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px; white-space: normal;"> </span></span></span></div><div><span data-offset-key="alshu-6-0" face="Lato, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #434343; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-text="true" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6)" face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px; white-space: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><br /></div></div>D.S. Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04044779501609588118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13403204.post-58749805654991167412016-11-07T10:14:00.005-05:002021-07-13T17:20:38.965-04:00Breathe for Me by Terri Whitmire<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Divine Perspective </b>welcomes <b>Terri Whitmire</b>, author of <i>Breathe for Me</i> who is on tour with <b>Write Now Literary Book Tours</b> November 7-18, 2016. We have the honor of being the first stop on the tour and as such we have a treat for you! A guest post by Terri for fellow authors and anyone who presents at conferences: </div>
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When I participated in the Tom Joyner Family Reunion Expo,
my author friends asked how I got an invite! The truth is… I’m not really sure.
It may have been the flyer I posted on their online community board or one of
the connections I made during my book tour.
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Research what went on during prior conferences. Find out the vendor table
configuration, and what other authors are doing. I’m not real fond of business
cards. To me, it’s more effective to have postcard-sized advertisement to hand
out. Include your latest work, contact information, and social media
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><strong style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Make the most of your visit
to a new town. </strong><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Contact local radio shows in the area and send
your media kit and press release. Since I write inspirational fiction, I
contacted some of the churches in the area and let them know I would be nearby
and would love to give away some free books.<span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">
</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Yes, you </span><i style="text-indent: -0.25in;">mus</i>t be willing to
give something away.<span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Some of them posted
my flyer on their website, while others wished me the best.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span></span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Stand
out. </b><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Amongst a sea of authors or products, brainstorm how you can stand out.
Stage time is key. Contact the organizer and let them know you would love to
sit on a panel discussion (for free).</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">
</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Communicate your expertise and be flexible on what they may ask you to
do.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Step
outside your circle. </b><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Resist the urge to stick with people you already know.
Have dinner with new people, offer advice, assist in any way you can. My
philosophy is give unto others and it shall be given unto you.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">I once helped my neighbor with setting up his
booth. Little did I know, he was a popular author and vlogger who had hundreds
of thousands of followers. When he gave me a shout out from his twitter page, that
meant all of his followers learned of me and my books.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Strategize
your schedule.</b><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> Map out what sessions you want to attend.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Arrive early so you can grab the attention of
the speaker. Don’t forget to exchange cards and let them know how you could
assist them.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Maybe they are looking for
someone who can take over their social media or respond to emails. Perhaps they
need connections on how to have an event in your city. Either way, lead with
how you can help them and they in turn will want to return the favor.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span></li>
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Most importantly, relax and be friendly. Be conscious of your expressions and the energy
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In 2012, Terri was recognized as one of the top 50 emerging authors in Georgia. Her story, The Crooked Path, was published in Trillium Literary Journal. As the owner of Fun Creative Writing, Whitmire facilitates innovative after-school and national online enrichment programs for young writers. Terri's premiere online writing program was launched in 2016, bringing invaluable tools to students across the country. Additionally, she consults fellow aspiring and seasoned authors on the Road to Publication. Terri and her wonderful husband, Will, have three beautiful children and live in Marietta, Georgia.<br />
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Book Title: <i>Breathe for Me</i></div>
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Genre: Christian Romance</div>
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Book Release Date: October 1, 2016</div>
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Abandoned by her father and neglected by her mother, will Tara ever find someone to love? What she desires most is what her heart chases away. Breathe for Me, an inspirational novel that shares one young girl's path to love.</div>
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D.S. Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04044779501609588118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13403204.post-33753641720521625932016-09-27T00:00:00.003-04:002021-09-10T19:39:46.305-04:00Book Blast: Secret Places Revealed by Paulette Harper<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large; text-align: justify;">Please join author </span><a href="http://www.pauletteharper.com/" style="font-size: x-large; text-align: justify;">Paulette Harper</a><span style="font-size: x-large; text-align: justify;"> as she tours the blogosphere with </span><a href="http://www.wnlbooktours.com/" style="font-size: x-large; text-align: justify;">Write Now Literary Book Tours </a><span style="font-size: x-large; text-align: justify;">and her new release Secret Places Revealed, on September 27, 2016. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;">
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D.S. Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04044779501609588118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13403204.post-50818484108935465972016-09-22T00:00:00.001-04:002024-02-09T22:08:29.896-05:00#TBT Review: Emma Jean Reborn by Dr. Cupid Poe and Kathi Macias<a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blog/6377629/?claim=2jj8hf9wcy4">Follow my blog with Bloglovin</a><br />
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In the spirit of #TBT this book review was originally posted 9/22/2006. Reading this book and writing this review was no cakewalk but after I was done, I felt like I had come through a fire--singed but not burnt. I hope the reposting of this review introduces the book to someone who will have a similar experience. </div>
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"She paused again, then plunged ahead. "I guess what I'm trying to say is that, no matter what's happened in our lives, there's nothing so bad that God can't carry us through to the other side. The Bible says that weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning. Sooner or later, God's good plan for our lives will become clear to us, Emma Jean, if we'll just let it.</div>
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Emma Jean was fighting tears now, wishing on the one hand that she'd declined Millie's invitation and gone on back to her apartment where she'd be safe from such emotional revelations, while wishing on the other that she had the courage to open her mouth and tell this dear woman everything that was on her heart. In the end she said nothing, except a silent thank you to God, as the unspoken question echoed in her heart: How many people would He send to her to give her the same message before she finally got it?" - Pg 74.</div>
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I approach the writing of this review with unwanted credentials: that of a survivor of abuse. However, it is those very credentials that give me the authority to wholeheartedly recommend this book for those who’d like to: </div>
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It goes without saying; it was not an easy read for me, not because of poor workmanship, irrelevant content or shoddy grammar. No, it was excellent in all those aspects. Being a bit of an ostrich I delayed and stalled reading the book because I was simply unwilling to “go there” again. <br />
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I can now say that it’s the best book I never-wanted-to-read because at the end of the day I applauded Emma Jean’s courage and unfailing spirit, even as I cried when she cried and triumphed when she did and was encouraged to give moving forward a chance, as she also did.<br />
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She overcame so much to reach a state of peace: that of her family’s financial situation, their bigoted beliefs, their dysfunction, their rejection of who she was as a person, her life threatening situations… </div>
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Even though the book encompasses subject matter that is uncomfortable reading for most, the authors pull it off with a mix of sensitivity, spirituality and practicality that:</div>
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<strong>My Rating: </strong>5 out of 5 stars <br />
<strong>My Recommendation:</strong> I recommend this title for:<br />
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<li>those wrapped so tightly in their anger they’re blinded by it to all the goodness around them,</li>
<li>those so mired in memory of the hurt, they can’t live in the here and now,</li>
<li>those so walled into a pattern of behavior that they’re afraid to come out of their comfort zone because although painful, it’s all they know,</li>
<li>those who blame God for allowing their situation; and</li>
<li>those who desire the encouragement needed to transition from victim to victor</li>
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Signed,<br />
D.S. White Reborn</div>
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