Peering Through Life's Window

  My friend, Deborah Malone, compiled a book of devotionals, Bloom in Your Winter Season . To Celebrate Deborah’s New Book, I’ll give away a Kindle copy of Hair Calamities and Hot Cash to a U.S. resident. To enter leave a comment and your email address and enter the Rafflecopter contest . The book features twenty-three contributing authors, including yours truly. Deborah says, “Ladies there is good news for you! God did not stamp an expiration date on our foreheads. Just ask the “seasoned” women from the Bible if God used them – Sarah, Miriam, and Naomi are just a few he used in mighty ways. Bloom in Your Winter Season will introduce you to many more women who were still active in ministry during their mature years. After discovering these women’s journeys during their winter seasons, you will find that He can and will use you too, and learn to become a Winter Warrior for God. What Others Are Saying Debbie Macomber, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author says, “With insight ...

             A Warm Welcome to D.M. Webb D.M. will give away an e-book of either 30 Days: A Devotional Memoir OR Mississippi Nights. To enter to win leave a comment and an e-mail address below. Yeats and Christ By D.M. Webb (Daphne Self) One of the most beautiful poems I have ever read was "Cloths of Heaven" by W.B. Yeats. A portion of it reads: “But, I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.” In my devotional 30 Days: A Devotional Memoir , I talked about how we all have dreams and sometimes it was only our dreams that kept us company. Every once in a while we offer dreams to someone and we lay them down at their feet. Our wish is for them to tread carefully on these dreams we offer. Have you ever offered a piece of yourself, lain it at the feet of someone, and wondered if it would be accepted? Have you ever looked into a person’s eyes, wished...

K. Dawn on the Screamin' Eagle V-Rod   A couple of years ago, the idea of writing a devotional about the lessons I learned while riding a motorcycle came to me. I had no idea what I was getting into and how much writing devotionals would minister to me as an author. I jotted down notes for weeks, hoping to come up with enough lessons to take the reader through a month . Lessons from the Open Road ended with 33 lessons, each followed by Scripture and prayer. Sometimes life is hard. Sometimes learning new things is hard. Just when I thought I'd mastered the parking lot where I was learning to ride my little Yamaha Virago starter bike, I pulled out, forgot to hit the brake, did an Evel Knievel, and jumped a short concrete wall, landing in some trees. My poor little bike limped home with a hole in the crankcase the size of a quarter. J-B Weld to the rescue! I'm stubborn, too stubborn to quit. After I recovered from the sore neck that resulted from my stunt, I climbed back...

OPENING TODAY - LIVING BY GRACE When Facebook first launched, articles saturated the web warning us of the dangers of internet relationships. Would society become more isolated? More selfish? Shallower? Would having a computer to hide behind teach us to create barriers or could the safe and constant access to others actually have a positive effect? Like most tools, the values of social networking depends on the user, but for me, a writer who spends countless hours each day shut inside my office, Facebook has provided a much needed window to the outside world. It’s allowed me to stay in contact with distant friends and has deepened many relationships I hold dear. Facebook has become a wonderful, vibrant, interactive community. What better place to launch a Christ-centered devo-group? Follow the link below: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Living-by-Grace/208718449189065   ABOUT LIVING BY GRACE Living by Grace is a Facebook faith community where believers, seekers, and inquiri...

STARTING IN FEBRUARY Stop by often Read a series of devotionals written by different authors. From time to time look for author interviews and giveaways. I'm excited to have so many good writers coming to my blog to share their devotionals. From time to time there will be author interviews and giveaways too. I hope you'll come by to read these wonderful, inspirational posts. See you soon!