Peering Through Life's Window

MERRY CHRISTMAS!   Photo Courtesy of Google Remembering Why We Celebrate Christmas “You can’t put a square peg in a round hole.”  The old cliché seems odd for a Christmas blog, but just as we can’t put a square peg in a round hole, God can’t allow evil in His presence. About God, Psalm 5:4 says, “You’re not a God who takes pleasure in evil; with you the wicked cannot dwell.” The Bible tells us in Psalm 100: 5, “For the Lord is good…” Every good thing on this earth comes from God, and He is the origin of all love.  According to the Bible, after He formed the world, He created humans to fellowship with Him, but He gave us free will rather than force us to choose Him. It’s easy to see why when we remember we may compel others to do things they don’t want to, but it doesn’t change what’s in their hearts. God wanted us to love Him with all our hearts and souls. Unfortunately, the first humans made a different choice and let evil into the perfect paradise God had given us. Thus...

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 A Warm Welcome to Jodie Wolfe Jodie will give away an e-Book of Protecting Annie . To enter to win leave a comment and an email address below. Hi Jodie, Lots of writers were avid readers as children. What about you? If so, what did you read? Most definitely. I loved reading Peanuts books whenever a new one came out. I also read the Little House on the Prairie series, Trixie Beldon series, Nancy Drew, and so many more. Why do you write? I write because it’s something I feel God has called me to do. Tell us about your latest book. After twenty years of living along the trail as a deputy U.S. Marshal, Joshua Walker takes a job as sheriff in Burrton Springs, Kansas so he can be closer to his sister. Only problem, she no longer requires his protecting so he’s unsure of his next step. Annie McPherson needs a change after the death of her father. She accepts a position as schoolmarm, hoping her past won’t catch up with her. Life is good, except for the pesky sheriff who continues to qu...

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 A Warm Welcome to Carol Wilson James Carol will give away an e-Book of No Longer a Captive. To enter to win leave a comment and an email address below.  Hi Carol, first, tell us a little about yourself. Gail, thanks so much for letting me visit your blog. It's my pleasure to have you. I am a wife to one, a mother to two, a grandmother to five, and a doggie-mama to one (Zoe, a Jack Russell terrier––who sometimes seems like a dozen.) I love reading, writing, walking, M&M’s (plain), and soccer (both MLS and Premier League). I enjoy all kinds of music, but especially worship music and hymns. In fact, each of my novels is based upon a song as well as a Bible verse. I play worship music as I write. I find it brings me inspiration and encouragement. Recently, I allowed Zoe to establish Instagram and Facebook pages with two of her dog friends, Sandy and Brody. Follow them at 3 Dogs and Their Authors to discover the behind the scenes info about being a writer’s dog Why do you writ...

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A Warm Welcome to Denise Weimer Denise will give away an e-Book of A Harvest Heart . To enter to win leave an email address and a comment below. Hi Denise, tell us what inspired you to write A Harvest Heart.   A friend of my husband from college who also became a writer contacted me about joining The Georgia Peaches Series. This MAP (Multiple Author Project) features monthly contemporary Christian romance novellas set in Georgia. Since I’ve always been a Georgia peach and 95% of my stories are set in my home state, it seemed a perfect fit. I found that releasing independently published novellas between my traditional, full-length book releases is a good way to stay connected to my readers. Plus, I’m a sucker for seasonal romances. My first Georgia Peaches story, A Holiday Heart  is set in December, also in the North Georgia mountains.   What do you love about this book? And what do you hope readers will tell others about it?  I have a meme that sums it up. ...

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A Warm Welcome to Terri Gillespie Terri will give away a print copy of Sweet Rivalry (U.S. residents only). To enter to win leave a comment and an email address below. Hi Terri, first, tell us a little about yourself. Were you an avid reader as a child? As a child and through my teenage years, I struggled with learning disabilities, so you wouldn’t think I would love books. But I did. The smell, the feel of the cover and pages, seeing them on a bookshelf.  Going to the library was an adventure. I entered with hope that there would be that special book that I could completely read, fully understand. But when it was time to return them, none had been read, or finished. More than anything I wanted to read them through. Not just the first few pages over and over again, but all the way to the end. Having a vivid imagination, I wrote in my head what the story could be about. If I read enough of the story, I could figure it out, mostly. It wasn’t until my younger sisters were born that I...

More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website Contemporary Romance: An Awestruck Christmas Medley by Emily Conrad -- The members of the rock band Awestruck battle a snowstorm and relationship difficulties in hopes of spending a joyful Christmas with their loved ones in this novella, which continues the story begun in the first novel in the Rhythms of Redemption Romances, To Bring You Back. (Contemporary Romance from Hope Anchor LLC) A Small-Town Christmas Challenge by Susanne Dietze -- Will reviving an old tradition be the start of something new? When she inherits a beautiful historic house, nurse Leah Dean knows selling it could solve all her problems. But there’s just one catch—she and co-owner Pastor Benton Hunt must cohost the Gingerbread Gala in the home first. As Christmas approaches, Leah and Benton grow closer, and parting with the house—and each other—is not as easy as they thought… (Contemporary Romance from Love In...

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Hello, Gail. Zoe, Brody, and Sandy here from 3 Dogs and Their Authors. Every time we go to the park, friends always ask what it’s like to be an author’s dog. So, here’s the scoop on our lives as the inaugural members of PAW (Puppies Assigned to Writers). Want to know more? Follow us on  Instagram  And thanks for letting us visit your blog. SANDY: My author is Suzy Parish, and she smells of coconuts, which I think is exceptionally yummy and makes me hungry. She's fun to play with until she sits at her desk. BRODY:  My author is Kathleen Neely. What I like best about her is that she feeds me. Sometimes she slips me something that isn’t part of my regular diet, like the crust on her pizza. I love that she gives me the best part.  ZOE:  My author is Carol James. The thing she enjoys most (besides walking with me) are rectangles. She calls them computers, books, e-readers, or TV. She spends a lot of our at-home time staring at them. I often sit beside her becaus...