Peering Through Life's Window

  A Warm Welcome to Tracy Wainwright Hi, Tracy, thanks for sharing your post about love with us.  Love Is the Greatest Thing.  When thinking about the question why did Jesus tell us to love one another, the answer seems obvious, yet complex. Few of us take the time to pause and consider the fact that God made us in His image. That each one of us is a Lord image-bearer. How astounding. When we survey creation, we observe God’s endless creativity and variety, even in humans. Yet, we recognize we are made different. Unique. Not just from one another, but from all the rest of creation. The greatest aspect of being human is our capacity to love. Since God is love, this makes sense. The triune Lord is love and emanates love. This easily explains our need for and ability to love others. However, ever since the fall, we’ve tended to give into selfishness, envy, and manipulation instead of selfless love. God knows that love is the best thing for us. To give and receive love fills ...

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A Warm Welcome to Erin Stevenson Quint To receive a free story email Erin a Erin@ESQwrites.com for the free story. Hi Erin, first tell us a little about yourself. I’m Erin, and I’ve been writing faith-based fiction for about a decade. I indie published my first three-book series in 2018 and am up to 11 books now (I pulled two of them that were never edited properly and am preparing them for re-release). I am dedicated to writing stories of love and faith that support God’s ideal plan for marriage and family.  Tell us about your latest book. I first wrote this as a short story and intended to use it as a reader magnet. Then I expanded it and added a much heavier faith element. It’s about a Arizona police officer who is on leave while healing from a serious on-the-job injury. He accepts an invitation from an old Army buddy, now a sheriff, to come to Tennessee and help out on a case involving multiple unsolved burglaries. While there, he meets his buddy’s cousin, a beautiful, int...

 See below to enter the Giveaway. Years ago, I brought a bit of Western North Carolina to my house as a small bush. I never trimmed it into a city shrub, but let it grow wild and free like in the mountains. My mountain laurel blooming season has ended, but it's still in season in Northern Western North Carolina. Recently I set two books in a Discipleship Series in Western North Carolina. The characters in Hidden Danger and Dangerous Detour tell their stories in the winter when cold air whips around the hills. About Hidden Danger, Christian Romatic Suspense, Discipleship Series Book 1   After Emily Hanover’s left standing at the altar in Blue Mountain, North Carolina, she visits Sky High  Campground to put her life back together. Because it’s February and few people visit this time of year,   she’s alone on the premises. When noises in the middle of the night frighten her, she gathers her  courage and peeks outside. A man carrying a body over his shoulde...

  A Warm Welcome to Carol Wilson James About Carol's New Book,  Always and Only  Caleb Daniels returns home to Texas after his wife has an affair and asks him for a divorce. When he temporarily goes to work for an ex-fraternity brother, he’s assigned to share an office with Aurora Prentiss. There’s only one problem: Rory and Caleb were high school sweethearts, but to please her father, Rory ended her relationship with Caleb soon after graduation. Aurora Prentiss never stopped loving Caleb, but has always felt a filial respect to her father that makes her bend to his will. When Caleb returns, Rory thinks this may be her chance to make things right with him. The only problem? She's engaged to a man chosen by her father. Will Caleb be able to forgive the woman who broke his heart years ago? And if he does, will Rory be willing to risk her relationship with her father, cancel the wedding to the fiancé she doesn't love, and finally make a life with the only man she’s always lo...

More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website Contemporary Romance: Earning the Veteran’s Trust by Lisa Jordan -- After leaving the navy, Mallory Stone plans to buy her best friend’s fruit farm, a safe place to raise her son and adopt senior dogs like her dear Rosie. Until her ex-husband, Jonah Hayes, drops a bombshell: he wants the same farm…and they’re still legally married. A trial partnership running the farm means the former marine can get to know the son he just met—and prove to Mallory he’s changed. As old feelings resurface, can Mallory open her heart for a chance at the future she’s always wanted? (Contemporary Romance from Love Inspired [Harlequin])    First Love, Second Draft by Becca Kinzer -- She’s a romance writer burned out on love. He’s her famous baseball star ex-husband. The last man she wants to be forced to work with is the one who broke her heart. (Contemporary Romance from Tyndale House)   ...

Photo Ai Generated My wish for you comes from my favorite Irish blessing. “May the road rise to meet you, May the wind be always at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face, The rains fall soft upon your fields. And until we meet again, May God hold you in the palm of his hand.” Who was Saint Patrick? Find out here and get the recipe for Irish Cream Brownies I’m excited to announce my new release, Dangerous Detour, Discipleship Series Book Two . Even though it’s in a series, it can stand alone.  Meet Moose and Ruthie, the hero and heroine in Dangerous Detour. Photos AI Generated Four people face a winter storm in the wilderness. Two have lost their way. One has lost his purpose and one has lost his soul.   Headed home for Christmas vacation, Ruthie, a quiet professor, crosses paths with Moose, a football coach, on an icy blocked road in Western North Carolina. Amid a winter storm, they unknowingly take shelter in a killer’s hideout. Escaping under fire, they flee ...

  Curl up with a cup of coffee or tea and a good book. Enter below to win twenty good books supplied by the Love to Read a Good Book contest.  One winner will win all twenty books by twenty different authors.  The prize value is $104.60. Enter between now and February 28th. Click here:   https://kingsumo.com/g/1x9rzp1/love-to-read-a-good-book-giveaway

  What fun! Something to keep us company. On those cold winter nights cozy up with a good book. Escape with Christian romance, mystery or suspense. Book value is $65.88. The contest ends on February 3rd. To enter click below. https://kingsumo.com/g/1v98z7m/cozy-up-to-a-good-book-giveaway

A Warm Welcome to Barbara Britton Barbara shares a Bible verse that helped her during a difficult time. She also gives us her recipe for Butter Pecan Turtle Bars. She will give away a print edition of Christmas at Whispering Creek  and a $10 Amazon gift card to a U.S. resident. To enter to win leave a comment and enter the Rafflecopter Contest below. Hi Babara, tell us about your Bible verse. I am a nine-year breast cancer survivor. Praise the Lord! My favorite Bible verses helped me through one of the scariest times in my life. I never dreamed I would be diagnosed with breast cancer, and when I received the news, I was stunned. Especially when my best-case scenario turned into one of the worst-case scenarios. During my two surgeries and radiation treatment, I recited and prayed Philippians 4:4-7. God gave me comfort through His Word. I have these verses memorized and I recite them until this day. Rejoice in the Lord always. "I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be ev...

A Warm Welcome to June Foster  and  Kelly Cordova What fun to have a Mother / daugther team on Peering Through Life's Window I'm excited to hear about  The Other Side of the Fairy House June shares one of the stories behind the story - Jason Last spring, my daughter Kelly and I went to Gatlinburg, Tennessee, to do research for our new book, The Other Side of the Fairy House . Besides absorbing the vibes of the Great Smoky Mountains, we explored the real-life location where our story takes place—the former Voorheis property and estate. But in our story, you’ll find Mr. Voorheis’ name is Robert Vanderheim. Louis Voorheis was a wealthy Yale graduate from Cincinnati in the early 1900s. He wanted a private location where he and his wife could escape the modern world. Thus, he built a rustic style mansion on a 38-acre site. We patterned our story around his life. The site also featured a stone spring house about which many told stories of fairies and fireflies that paid visits ...