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Looking in the Window: Love Much and The Little Things. Giveaway

 Love Much As weā€™ve grown more distanced from each other, many of us still strive to help others. Weā€™re doing it more and more through charities, online giving, and programs in our churches, but weā€™re all so busy surviving with almost no extra time, we often gloss over the little things, the simple gestures and kindnesses that bind human to human.  When weā€™re overburdened ourselves with lifeā€™s demands growing more difficult each day, weā€™re often mentally marking things off of our list, so it doesnā€™t occur to us to smile at each other.  Sometimes weā€™re having such a hard time keeping up with the dayā€™s demands, listening to another person whose heart is troubled doesnā€™t occur to us, but it can mean so much.  If weā€™re pre-occupied, we can overlook that spur of the moment need that jumps out at us from nowhere.  These are little things, but theyā€™re often important to the person who needs a bit of help. One day in a crowded restaurant where people place their orders ...

Looking out the Window: The American Christian Fiction Writers September New Releases

  More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website Contemporary Romance: A Louisiana Christmas to Remember by Morgan Tapley Smith , Betsy St. Amant , Lenora Worth -- Three heartwarming, interconnected stories of faith, love, and restoration, brought to you by three Louisiana-native authors. Will a rare snowy Louisiana Christmas bring restoration and hope to the hometown and hearts of three women from the townā€™s founding family? In A Louisiana Snow by Morgan Tarpley Smith, meet Mattie: A passionate visionary who learns to forgive and finds love in unexpected placesā€¦ In Restoring Christmas by Betsy St. Amant, meet Jolene: An artist and prodigal daughter who discovers love exists in the very place she once called homeā€¦ In A Christmas Reunion by Lenora Worth, meet Adale: A beautiful widow who finally dares to love againā€¦ (Contemporary Romance from Barbour Publishing ) Redeeming the Cowboy by Lisa Jordan -- Five years ago, bull ride...

Looking out the Window: Best-selling, Multi-award-winning Author Nancy Mehl Talks about her Newest Suspense Novel, Cold Pursuit. Giveaway.

  A Warm Welcome to Nancy Mehl Nancy will give away a print copy of Cold Pursuit (U.S. residents only) . To enter join the Rafflecopter contest and leave a comment below. Also leave an email address below or with Rafflecopter.  Nancy shares one of her favorite Bible verses and a yummy recipe. Psalm 27:13:   I would have lost heart, unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord In the land of the living . (NKJV) A Yummy Recipe   The following recipe is my own! I changed another very basic recipe into this. Itā€™s one of my husbandā€™s favorite dishes.  Smoked Turkey Taco Soup Ingredients: Turkey Smoked Sausage (12 ounces) 8 cups chicken broth 1 can black beans (washed and drained) 1 pinto beans (drained) 1 can dark red kidney beans (drained) 1 large can Southwestern/Fiesta corn (drained) 2 Tablespoons taco seasoning (see recipe below) Directions: Cut sausage into slices. Then add all ingredients to a large pot. Simmer for 30 minutes. Add s...

Looking out the Window: Susan Spess Talks about Jordan Valley Roundup, the Third Book in her Jordan Valley Series. Giveaway.

A Warm Welcome to Susan Spess Susan gives away an eBook of Jordan Valley Roundup . To enter to win join the Rafflecopter contest below and leave a comment and an email. Susan Tells Us the Story behind the Story Some of my oldest memories are of rodeos. Iā€™ve never participated in one, as much as I wanted to, but I love watching others. I was very young when I first watched my cousin ride barrels on my dadā€™s horse, Sparky, at the rodeo in the tiny town of Old Mannford. Dad must have enjoyed rodeos as much as I did, because we often attended different ones. When the International Professional Rodeo Association moved to Tulsa in 1971 for the 1970 rodeo season, my family was there. The next year, I was in college at Ozark Bible College in Joplin, Missouri, so I didnā€™t get to go. (A big snowstorm hit while they were there, so they didnā€™t get home until around 2:00 am.) One of the first dates with my hubby was to the finals in 1973. We went with my family to the first night, and we went again...