Peering Through Life's Window

It was hard to choose a winner. This time I solicited help from my husband, and he came up with... Drum roll... Congratulations! Linda Weaver Clarke! Thanks to all for stopping by!

Sharon shares an excerpt, gives us her mother's recipe for pumpkin bread, and tells us her favorite Bible verse. She'll give away a print copy of Terri. To enter to win leave a comment and an email address. Sharon's Mom Nourish the Body -- Pumpkin Bread 2 & 2/3 Cups flour 3 Cups sugar 1 & 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons baking soda 2 teaspoons cinnamon 2 teaspoons nutmeg 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves 4 Eggs 1 Cup oil 2/3 Cup water 2 Cups pumpkin 1 Cup chopped nuts (pecans or walnuts) Preheat oven to 325. Spray your bunt pan with Pam Baking spray, set aside. Mix all ingredients in a large bowl to completely combined. Pour into pan and bake for 1 hour. Since oven temps vary, after an hour touch the top of the cake, if it doesn't feel done to you give it 5-10 more minutes. Insert a toothpick, if it comes out with moist crumbs attached, you're done. Loosen the cake from the pan and invert onto a serving dish. For the frosting, mi...

Drum Roll..... The Winner Is..... Congratulations Larry Hammersley

K. Dawn's Amazing Love is a modern-day version of the Bible story about Hosea and Gomer dealing with unconditional love. What a worthwhile subject to delve into. K. Dawn will give away a free download, and she shares a yummy recipe. To enter to win a copy of Amazing Love leave a comment and an email address. About Amazing Love Amazing Love is a contemporary version of the Hosea and Gomer story from the Bible. Gabe Knight, a pastor in a small coastal town, finds his life is turned upside down when Dee Dillow arrives and hires him to remodel an estate she's inherited from her aunt. Dee dashes his plans for wedded bliss when on a drunken binge, she divulges that she's the highest paid call girl in Nevada and part-owner of the ritziest brothel in the state. Gabe falls in love with her, but can't believe he's hearing the voice of God when a still, small voice tells him to marry her. After much questioning, they marry and he is deliriously happy. Until, ...

During Jesus' time on earth he preached a Gospel of love. When asked by the Sadducees and the Pharisees what was the greatest commandment, "Jesus replied: Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself..." (Matthew 22: 37 -39) God sent Jesus into the world to die for our sins, so that we could have eternal life! “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” (John 3:16) photo courtesy of Photobucket “‘We are going up to Jerusalem,’ he said, ‘and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and teachers of the law, They will condemn him to death and will hand him over to the Gentiles, who will mock him and spit on him, flog him and kill him. Three days later he will rise.’” (Mark 10: 33 – 34) photo courtesy of Photobucket ...

Oh my, it was too hard to choose. I couldn't, so I mixed up the names and drew one. Congratulations.... Drum roll.... Rhonda's Doings

  Nancy talks about her latest book, Unbreakable , Book Two in her Road to Kingdom Series , shares a recipe for Ruby's Redbird Burgers, featured in her Ivy Towers's series , and talks about her favorite Bible verse. To enter to win the copy of Unbreakable , leave a comment and an email address.   About Unbreakable : Book Two in The Road to Kingdom Series Gentle and unassuming Hope Kauffman has never been one to question or try to make changes. She quietly helps her father run Kingdom Quilts and has agreed to the betrothal her father arranged for her with the devout but shy Ebbie Miller. Despite Hope's and other Kingdom residents' attempts to maintain the status quo, changes have already begun to stir in the small Mennonite town. The handsome and charismatic Jonathon Wiese is the leader of the move to reform, and when one of Kingdom's own is threatened by a mysterious outsider, Jonathon is one of the first to push for the town to arm itself. Hope...