New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury has been delighting readers for nearly 35 years. With more than 25 million copies of her award-winning books in print, Kingsbury has approached each paragraph, sentence, and word with tremendous care by highlighting redemptive themes of family reconciliation, sacrifice, and beauty from tragedy.Based...
Image generated via A.I. He’s learned it all from God-of-the-Angel-Armies, who knows everything about when and how and where.Isa. 28:29 (MSG) This also comes from the Lord of hosts, Who is wonderfu…
Have you ever held a grudge? That’s a silly question. I think we all have. I remember when Nancy Davis asked the boy I had my eye on to the high school dance. Can we all say G-r-u-d-g-e with an extra grrrr? Esau, now that’s a biblical character who held a grudge…and rightly so. His brother Jacob and his momma grabbed the pen right out of God’s hand, Read more...
Yesterday, people all over the world went to their local church and observe a tradition known as Ash Wednesday. Ash Wednesday marks the start of Lent, a 40-day period of fasting, prayer, and reflection leading up to the celebration of Jesus’ death and resurrection on Easter Sunday. It is widely observed by Catholics and many Protestants also partake in this tradition. But where did Ash Wednesday come from and why do we practice it? The Origins of Ash Wednesday Before we talk about the origins o
Born a mountain girl in the hills of western Pennsylvania, Laura left the comfort of home and support of family to follow a fantastic career opportunity in North Carolina. Having retired twice, once from the federal government and a second time from the practice of real estate, Laura now lives at the Crystal Coast of beautiful North Carolina, enjoying life as Wife, Mom of three adult children, Grammy to two perfect grandchildren, Prayer Warrior, Princess of A Lot, and Plant Mom. Expanding her faith journey, Laura has embraced a third career as a creative, writing blog posts, a little fiction, devotionals, and all things based on prayer, praise, and the Word. When she is not writing, Laura can be found cultivating her bevvy of house plants....and planning for her next mission trip to Zambia or wherever Abba Father leads.