Peering Through Life's Window

 Hats... Horns... Celebrate... The winner of Calli... Congratulations, Larry! Donna plans several more visits to Peering Through Life'sWindow! The winner of Angel of the L Train Congratulations, Agy Smitha!

  A Warm Welcome to Penelope Marzec Penelope will give away a PDF copy of Angel of the L Train . To enter to win leave a comment and an email address below and join the Rafflcopter contest. Prayer and Jesus I believe in Jesus. I know He is listening to my prayers. Obviously, I cannot prove it. While there have been a few times I received some specific nudges in the right direction, one particular event remains so crystal clear I can only assume it was divine intervention. It all started because I was worried about my middle sister. She had been dating a man for a long, long time. He didn’t have any ambition and appeared to be rather lackadaisical about everything. He assumed they would marry, but he didn’t date her every weekend. I had strong doubts about the fellow. Finally, I decided to do something about it. I asked my sister if she had questioned this man about important issues related to marriage. For instance, what would he do if she had a baby? Would she be able to stay home wit

A Warm Welcome to Donna Schlachter Donna will give away a print copy (U.S. only) or an eBook of Calli . Leave a comment below and join the Rafflecopter contest to enter to win. Hi Donna, first, tell us a little about yourself. I am a Canadian by birth, an American by choice. I moved to the US in 1999, married, and just celebrated 23 years. I am the oldest of five children, hold a business degree in Accounting, and love numbers.  Congratulations on your recent anniversary! Were you an avid reader as a child? If so, what did you read? I read whatever I could get my hands on. Always ahead of my grade level in reading and comprehension, I once missed my bus stop because my nose was buried in a book. When I lifted my eyes, I was in the middle of nowhere – or so it seemed to my seven-year-old self – at the bus depot. I was in Montreal, Quebec that year, and couldn’t string together two words of French. The bus driver was as surprised as I was. I had to call my mother and she got my dad to le

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  A Warm Welcome to Stacey Weeks Stacey will give away a print copy (U.S. and Canadian Residents) of To Sweet Beginnings in Sycamore Hill ,  an introduction to her Sycamore Hill Series . To enter to win leave a comment and email address in the Rafflecopter contest.  Everyone who signs up for Stacey's newsletter receives a short story, "A Sycamore in the City." Snag the newsletter link and sign up below.  The Opposite of Fear is not Always Courage. It can also be Peace. In general, the Western world—and many in the church—do not know what to do when confronted with fearsome circumstances or unexpected suffering. We need only to observe the world as it navigates out of a global catastrophe that has torn through churches and communities to see that God’s people haven’t always suffered well amidst the fearsome unknown. Yet our responses have the power to either draw others to the Lord or drive them away. How we represent Christ while we face our fear matters. This is part of

More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website Action/Adventure/Biblical: The Wanderer Scorned by Natasha Woodcraft -- The Wanderer is a man shrouded in legend. Moving from place to place in the land of Nod, he is known primarily for the curse that hangs over his life. When that curse is invoked during the celebration of a murderous rampage, The Wanderer is summoned to tell his story. Few know the truth of the tale encompassing life, death, love, hate, faith and doubt, for it has been obscured by centuries of rumour. Now, it will be told by the one who lived it—the man who became The Wanderer. (Action/Adventure, Independently Published) Contemporary Romance: The Cowgirl’s Redemption by Mindy Obenhaus -- She came home to make things right. Will she be given a second chance? Gloriana Prescott has returned to her Texas hometown to make amends—even if the townsfolk she left behind aren’t ready to forgive. But when her mother’s ra