Author Beth Vogt is one of those folks who generously gives time and talent to help others achieve success. She writes an encouraging blog, shares glimpses of her life on Facebook, and helps us hone our writing technique at My Book Therapy. When she offered me the opportunity to review her latest novel, I jumped at the chance and am really glad I did! I highly recommend Catch a Falling Star. I know you’ll love it, too.

Why? Here are some things you’re sure to appreciate about this heartwarming story:

The unique, multi-talented heroine: Kendall Haynes is a smart, feisty family practice physician, who can tirelessly treat kids all day and rebuild a jeep in her spare time. She’s the type who interrupts her dinner when she notices that a nearby teen appears ill, saves his life, and then casually returns to chat with her friends. Kendall knows what to prescribe for other people’s lives, but she doesn’t quite know how to fix what’s missing in her own. I was rooting for her after that first phone call from her selfish sister.

The trying-to-do-the-right-thing hero: My heart went out to Griffin Walker, an Air Force pilot who suffers from Vertigo—a fitting metaphor for a man whose life has been turned upside down. After the loss of his parents, Griffin gets thrown into the role of guardian to the hurting teenage brother he hardly knows. His first marriage failed, and now even his career is on hold. The storms of life have swamped poor Griffin. At first, he doesn’t know which way is up. Watching him find his way was sweet and satisfying.

The Love-Is-Lovelier-the-Second-Time-Around aspect: Kendall and Griffin are nearing forty with failed relationships behind them when God brings them together. And that beautiful second chance, as the song says, “Makes you think perhaps that love like youth is wasted on the young.”

The story behind the story: Beth dedicated the book to a teen named Ian Lyons, a friend’s son who suffered through cancer and died in 2009. This story is a fitting tribute to a young person who faced life’s toughest challenges with faith and courage.

The Spiritual Takeaway: Catch a Falling Star is more than a simple romance novel with the expected HEA.* It’s a story that takes a look at some difficult truths.

• Truth: Loving others can be painful.
• Truth: We can’t go back in time and relive wasted years.
• Truth: Some decisions cannot be undone.

But the characters live out how Jesus enables us to view the reality of our lives and see this transcendent Truth—that God can redeem our bad decisions and foolish mistakes and offer in their place Hope, Peace, and Second Chances.

Don’t you love when that happens in a story? Yeah. Me, too!

You can order your copy of Catch a Falling Star at this link. (Even though the protagonists are older, I plan to bring my copy to my students. They’ll enjoy the romance and the teenage boy’s story—plus pick up some ideas about God’s grace and forgiveness. I bet the teen girls in your life would enjoy it also.) ***Thanks to Beth Vogt and Howard Books for providing a copy for me to review.

About the Author: Beth Vogt is a non-fiction author and editor who said she’d never write fiction. She’s the wife of an Air Force family physician (now in solo practice), though she said she’d never marry a doctor—or anyone in the military. She’s a mom of four, though she said she’d never have kids. She’s discovered that God’s best often waits behind the doors marked “Never.” An established magazine writer and former editor of Connections, the leadership magazine for MOPS International, Beth is also the Skills Coach for My Book Therapy, the writing community founded by best-selling author Susan May Warren. You can connect with Beth on her Facebook page, on Twitter, or at her website.

*HEA = Happily Ever After (A definition for you non-romance buffs out there!)

GIVEAWAY: Follow this link to enter Beth’s $200 Visa Gift Card Giveaway and to sign up for her June 4th Facebook Party!

This week I’m linking up with Miscellany Monday, Monday Musings, Hear It on Sunday, Soli Deo Gloria, Unite @Rich Faith Rising, The Better Mom, Covered in Grace, Modest Mondays, GraceLaced Mondays, Raising Arrows, A Mama’s Story, Teach Me Tuesdays, Gratituesdays, Just Write, Titus 2 Tuesdays, Teaching What Is Good, Mom’s Library, Tuesday Tips, What I Learned This Week, Heart and Home, God-Sized Dreams, Domestically Divine Tuesday, Raising Homemakers, Deep Roots at Home, Wise Woman Builds Her House, Tell His Story, Wholehearted Home Wednesdays, Thursday Favorite Things, Thriving Thursday, Hearts for Home, Legacy Leaver, Thoughtful Thursday, Raising Mighty Arrows, Share the Joy Thursday, Loves on a Thursday, Time Travel Thursday, Thumping Thursday Blog Hop, Favorite Things, Faith-filled Friday, Bloglovin Bog Hop, Fellowship Friday, Friendship Friday, Freedom Friday, Aloha Friday Blog Hop, and Weekend Whatever.

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This week I’m linking up with Picture Perfect, WW Project Alicia, WW Catch My Words, WW That Suburban Mama, WW Ms Mystery Case, WW Heartbeat Magazine, Wisdom Wednesday, Wholehearted Home Wednesdays, Wordless Wednesday, Wordful Wednesday, Wordless Wednesday BlogShe, Rurality Blog Hop, Thursday Favorite Things, Thriving Thursday, Little Things Thursday, Hearts for Home, Legacy Leaver, Thoughtful Thursday, Raising Mighty Arrows, Share the Joy Thursday, Loves on a Thursday, Time Travel Thursday, Thumping Thursday Blog Hop, Create It Thursday, Favorite Things, Faith-filled Friday, Bloglovin Bog Hop, Photo Friday, Just for Fun Friday, Fellowship Friday, Friendship Friday, Freedom Friday, Jenny’s Friday Flash Blog, Weekend Whatever, Still Saturday, Sunday Snapshot, Heart Reflected, Fresh-brewed Sundays, and The Sunday Community.

You are not forgotten. God sees you—no matter how lost you feel. “Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast.” Psalm 139  (Click to Tweet)

Your life is infinitely valuable. “Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God. Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.” Luke 12:6-7  (Click to Tweet)

Your pain and your joys touch God’s heart. “Now that we know what we have—Jesus, this great High Priest with ready access to God—let’s not let it slip through our fingers. We don’t have a priest who is out of touch with our reality. He’s been through weakness and testing, experienced it all—all but the sin. So let’s walk right up to him and get what he is so ready to give. Take the mercy, accept the help.” Hebrews 4  (Click to Tweet)

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Your days have purpose. “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11  (Click to Tweet)

You will understand all the Why’s someday. “We can be sure that every detail in our lives of love for God is worked into something good.” Romans 8:28     (Click to Tweet)

Have a wonderful week, my sweet bloggy friends. Blessings!

This week I’m linking up with Miscellany Monday, Monday Musings, Hear It on Sunday, Soli Deo Gloria, Unite @Rich Faith Rising, The Better Mom, Covered in Grace, Modest Mondays, GraceLaced Mondays, Raising Arrows, A Mama’s Story, Teach Me Tuesdays, Gratituesdays, Just Write, Titus 2 Tuesdays, Teaching What Is Good, Mom’s Library, Tuesday Tips, What I Learned This Week, Heart and Home, God-Sized Dreams, Domestically Divine Tuesday, Raising Homemakers, Deep Roots at Home, Wise Woman Builds Her House, Tell His Story, Wholehearted Home Wednesdays, Thursday Favorite Things, Thriving Thursday, Hearts for Home, Legacy Leaver, Thoughtful Thursday, Raising Mighty Arrows, Share the Joy Thursday, Loves on a Thursday, Time Travel Thursday, Thumping Thursday Blog Hop, Favorite Things, Faith-filled Friday, Bloglovin Bog Hop, Fellowship Friday, Friendship Friday, Freedom Friday, and Weekend Whatever.

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Backstory: The first pic I captured this past weekend on Silver Mountain in Millerton, NY. The second is an antique clock left to me by my grandmother. I used PicMonkey to posterize it!

This week I’m linking up with Picture Perfect, WW Project Alicia, WW Catch My Words, WW That Suburban Mama, WW Ms Mystery Case, WW Heartbeat Magazine, Wisdom Wednesday, Wholehearted Home Wednesdays, Wordless Wednesday, Wordful Wednesday, Wordless Wednesday BlogShe, Rurality Blog Hop, Thursday Favorite Things, Thriving Thursday, Little Things Thursday, Hearts for Home, Legacy Leaver, Thoughtful Thursday, Raising Mighty Arrows, Share the Joy Thursday, Loves on a Thursday, Time Travel Thursday, Thumping Thursday Blog Hop, Favorite Things, Faith-filled Friday, Bloglovin Bog Hop, Photo Friday, Just for Fun Friday, Fellowship Friday, Friendship Friday, Freedom Friday, Jenny’s Friday Flash Blog, Weekend Whatever, Still Saturday, Sunday Snapshot, Heart Reflected, Fresh-brewed Sundays, and The Sunday Community.

These shelves are pretty popular. And what I especially appreciate about the authors represented here is that I can trust them with my girls. These Christian authors have penned stories that focus on characters coming to grips with their Savior. The wise guides in these stories share advice from a biblical world view.

So as my students satisfy their cravings for adventure, drama, and romance, they also receive great messages like—God delights to give second chances or that He helps us forgive when we find it impossible or (one of my favorites) that a woman’s true beauty is her inner character and the men worth loving value her for that.

Author Susan May Warren is an expert at presenting truth through what she calls the main character’s “Lie Journey.” When she writes, she focuses on the lie from Satan that her main character believes. As the story develops, God slowly disproves that lie and shows the hero or heroine how His Truth can free them.

I believe that each time a novel explores the Lie Journey and depicts a hero or heroine finding freedom in Christ, God is lifted up. We see that He is real and relevant and reaching out to anyone who seeks Him.

And whether they understand all that or not, my students always love those books the best!

One young lady working her way through my books is 10th grader Sonja-Liisa. She’s one of those kids who can keep an A average (while taking tough classes) and yet still be involved in church, youth group, 4-H, and a national leadership group. Her most recent read was Love’s Reckoning by Laura Frantz—which she pronounced “AMAZING!”

What she loved: The heroine and hero: Eden’s gentle, quiet spirit and Silas’s integrity and kindness. The scenes where Silas shares Scripture with Eden, who is hungry for God and His Word. The beauty of the writing. The dramatic—almost like an Old Testament story—plot twists. She was so drawn into this novel that she pushed herself to finish assignments so she could get back to reading. Now she can’t wait for book two.

Spiritual Takeaway from the story: What impressed her most was how one righteous man can change the lives around him. And how God can bring that person along at the perfect time—the heroine just has to keep her eyes open for him. Sonja-Liisa’s description reminded me that God finds a way to shine His light into every dark corner of the world, revealing each man’s heart.

Here are the rest of Sonja-Liisa’s Top Picks. Each of these novels also rated an enthusiastic: “AMAZING!” These make great gifts for the young ladies in your life!

Take a Chance on Me by Susan May Warren (Another story where we can’t wait for book 2! My review.)

The Wedding Dress by Rachel Hauck (On sale right now. My review.)

There You’ll Fine Me by Jenny B. Jones  (Our review.)

The Bailey Flanigan Series by Karen Kingsbury

GIVEAWAY: And speaking of Susan May Warren, she’s holding a contest right now on her blog. Since her most recent novel, Take a Chance on Me, is all about forgiveness and second chances, all you have to do is share a time when someone took a chance on you, and you can win a Mystery Book Pack, Ice Cream Maker, and Ice Cream Maker Cook Book. Don’t miss this chance to win some wonderful novels! Follow this link to enter!

This week I’m linking up with Miscellany Monday, Monday Musings, Hear It on Sunday, Soli Deo Gloria, Unite @Rich Faith Rising, The Better Mom, Covered in Grace, Modest Mondays, GraceLaced Mondays, Raising Arrows, A Mama’s Story, Teach Me Tuesdays, Gratituesdays, Just Write, Titus 2 Tuesdays, Teaching What Is Good, Mom’s Library, Tuesday Tips, What I Learned This Week, Heart and Home, God-Sized Dreams, Domestically Divine Tuesday, Raising Homemakers, Deep Roots at Home, Wise Woman Builds Her House, Tell His Story, Wholehearted Home Wednesdays, Thursday Favorite Things, Thriving Thursday, Hearts for Home, Legacy Leaver, Thoughtful Thursday, Raising Mighty Arrows, Share the Joy Thursday, Loves on a Thursday, Time Travel Thursday, Thumping Thursday Blog Hop, Favorite Things, Faith-filled Friday, Bloglovin Bog Hop, Fellowship Friday, Friendship Friday, Freedom Friday, and Weekend Whatever.

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The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart and the heavenly Father. ~Samuel Taylor Coleridge~ (Click to Tweet)

A mother’s arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them. ~Victor Hugo~ (Click to Tweet)

The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness. ~Honore de Balzac~ (Click to Tweet)

A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie.  ~Tenneva Jordan~               (Click to Tweet)

A suburban mother’s role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after. ~Peter De Vries~ (Click to Tweet)

A mom’s hug lasts long after she lets go.  ~Author Unknown~ (Click to Tweet)

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I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life. ~Abraham Lincoln~ (Click to Tweet)

A mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled.  ~Emily Dickinson~ (Click to Tweet)

Any mother could perform the jobs of several air traffic controllers with ease.  ~Lisa Alther~ (Click to Tweet)

What is a mom but the sunshine of our days and the north star of our nights.  ~Robert Braul~ (Click to Tweet)

Mother—that was the bank where we deposited all our hurts and worries.           ~T. DeWitt Talmage~ (Click to Tweet)

Sweater, n: Garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly. ~Ambrose Bierce~ (Click to Tweet)

A mom forgives us all our faults, not to mention one or two we don’t even have.  ~Robert Brault~ (Click to Tweet)

Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible.  ~Marion C. Garretty~ (Click to Tweet)

This week I’m linking up with Miscellany Monday, Monday Musings, Hear It on Sunday, Soli Deo Gloria, Unite @Rich Faith Rising, The Better Mom, Covered in Grace, Modest Mondays, GraceLaced Mondays, Raising Arrows, A Mama’s Story, Teach Me Tuesdays, Gratituesdays, Just Write, Titus 2 Tuesdays, Teaching What Is Good, Mom’s Library, Tuesday Tips, What I Learned This Week, Heart and Home, God-Sized Dreams, Domestically Divine Tuesday, Click & Submit, Raising Homemakers, Deep Roots at Home, Wise Woman Builds Her House, Tell His Story, Wednesday Walkabout, Wisdom Wednesday, Wholehearted Home Wednesdays, Wordless Wednesday, Wordful Wednesday, Wordless Wednesday BlogShe, Rurality Blog Hop, Thursday Favorite Things, Thriving Thursday, Little Things Thursday, Hearts for Home, Legacy Leaver, Create It Thursday, Thoughtful Thursday, Raising Mighty Arrows, Share the Joy Thursday, Loves on a Thursday, Time Travel Thursday, Thumping Thursday Blog Hop, Favorite Things, Faith-filled Friday, Bloglovin Bog Hop, Photo Friday, Just for Fun Friday, Fellowship Friday, Friendship Friday, Freedom Friday, Jenny’s Friday Flash Blog, Weekend Whatever, Still Saturday, Serenity Saturday, Sunday Snapshot, Heart Reflected, Fresh-brewed Sundays, Weekend Collective Linky, and The Sunday Community.

When you sit around the dinner table, you tell your kids they are important.

When you sit around the dinner table, it’s not easy to hide one’s worries and pain . . . making it easier to share your hearts.

When you sit around the dinner table, you also share your day, your values, and your hopes.

When you sit around the dinner table, you have “face time” to pass on what you believe the most <click to tweet>. As you scoop mashed potatoes, you have your family’s undivided attention to share your faith.

As we say in Whit’s End Mealtime Devotions:

“Even God used mealtimes to teach His people—from Moses teaching his people about the Passover to Jesus teaching His disciples at the Last Supper. In both the Passover and the Last Supper, we can see how conversation, and even the food itself, was used to grab everyone’s attention and give the items around the table a deeper eternal meaning.”

“All great change begins at the dinner table,” said President Ronald Reagan. And what is the most important change we want to make in this world? To raise our children to love and serve God.

Some nights as you gather it’ll be the perfect time to share a Bible devotion together and to have fun reflecting on the Bible story. Other times it’ll be more important just to listen to your kids’ day and hear their hearts.

Or, sometimes your kids may want to hear from you. Just a few weeks ago at dinner, my daughter Leslie asked my husband, John, to share his testimony. Since he never really strayed from God Leslie wondered how her dad was able to make a “good story” out of it. John was able to speak from his heart and share how even though he was raised in church and had never strayed far from God, he, too, was a sinner in need of grace.

Don’t feel you need to make dinner devotions an item to add to your to-do list. Instead, simply gather, open your heart, and prepare for God to work! Check out the sample of Whit’s End Mealtime Devotions below:

Thanks to Guest Post-er Tricia Goyer for these great ideas!

 This week I’m linking up with Miscellany Monday, Monday Musings, Hear It on Sunday, Soli Deo Gloria, Unite @Rich Faith Rising, The Better Mom, Covered in Grace, Modest Mondays, GraceLaced Mondays, Raising Arrows, A Mama’s Story, Teach Me Tuesdays, Gratituesdays, Just Write, Titus 2 Tuesdays, Teaching What Is Good, Mom’s Library, Tuesday Tips, What I Learned This Week, Heart and Home, God-Sized Dreams, Domestically Divine Tuesday, Click & Submit, Raising Homemakers, Deep Roots at Home, Wise Woman Builds Her House, Tell His Story, Wednesday Walkabout, Wisdom Wednesday, Wholehearted Home Wednesdays, Wordless Wednesday, Wordful Wednesday, Wordless Wednesday BlogShe, Rurality Blog Hop, Thursday Favorite Things, Thriving Thursday, Little Things Thursday, Hearts for Home, Legacy Leaver, Thoughtful Thursday, Raising Mighty Arrows, Share the Joy Thursday, Loves on a Thursday, Time Travel Thursday, Thumping Thursday Blog Hop, Favorite Things, Faith-filled Friday, Bloglovin Bog Hop, Photo Friday, Just for Fun Friday, Fellowship Friday, Friendship Friday, Freedom Friday, Jenny’s Friday Flash Blog, Weekend Whatever, Still Saturday, Sunday Snapshot, Heart Reflected, Fresh-brewed Sundays, and The Sunday Community.

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Backstory: I love these beautiful quotes from two women poets. Amy Carmichael was a missionary to India, founded the Dohnavur Fellowship (which sheltered over 1,000 children), and published 35 books. Christina Rossetti wrote the Christmas carol In the Bleak Midwinter and is considered second only to Elizabeth Barrett Browning as greatest female poet of the Victorian Era. ***And the photo is an iPhone pic I snapped of our Catskills on my way home from school this past fall.

Tweetables: It is a safe thing to trust Him to fulfill the desires which He creates. Amy Carmichael (Click to Tweet)

Were there no God, we would be in this glorious world with grateful hearts and no one to thank. Christina Rossetti (Click to Tweet)

This week I’m linking up with Miscellany Monday, Monday Musings, Hear It on Sunday, Soli Deo Gloria, Unite @Rich Faith Rising, The Better Mom, Covered in Grace, Modest Mondays, GraceLaced Mondays, Raising Arrows, A Mama’s Story, Teach Me Tuesdays, Gratituesdays, Just Write, Titus 2 Tuesdays, Teaching What Is Good, Mom’s Library, Tuesday Tips, What I Learned This Week, Heart and Home, God-Sized Dreams, Domestically Divine Tuesday, Click & Submit, Raising Homemakers, Deep Roots at Home, Wise Woman Builds Her House, Tell His Story, Wednesday Walkabout, Wisdom Wednesday, Wholehearted Home Wednesdays, Wordless Wednesday, Wordful Wednesday, Wordless Wednesday BlogShe, Rurality Blog Hop, Thursday Favorite Things, Thriving Thursday, Little Things Thursday, Hearts for Home, Legacy Leaver, Thoughtful Thursday, Raising Mighty Arrows, Share the Joy Thursday, Loves on a Thursday, Time Travel Thursday, Thumping Thursday Blog Hop, Favorite Things, Faith-filled Friday, Bloglovin Bog Hop, Photo Friday, Just for Fun Friday, Fellowship Friday, Friendship Friday, Freedom Friday, Jenny’s Friday Flash Blog, Weekend Whatever, Still Saturday, Sunday Snapshot, Heart Reflected, Fresh-brewed Sundays, and The Sunday Community.

I probably shouldn’t have started reading Take a Chance on Me right before bedtime on a school night. Then the next day the book distracted me from grading papers. This became slightly dangerous when my students realized I had a new book by a favorite author. But it was worth the risk. Yes, Take a Chance on Me was that good.

This romantic story is the first in Susan May Warren’s new series about The Christiansens: six adult siblings and their parents. Here’s Susan May Warren’s intro to this fictional family: “They’re a family like you might find next door. Or in your church. Or maybe they’re like your family. Parents trying to figure out the delicate steps of guiding adult children into responsibility, hoping to leave a legacy. When I crafted the Christiansen family, I Iooked close to home, at our family, and the families of our friends. At their challenges, and joys, and their hopes to raise children who embody the values they were raised with. Then I created a family I’d like to get to know and hang out with. To fall in love with. I hope you do too.”

What’s this book about? Best friends, Jensen Atwood and Darek Christiansen, become estranged after a tragic accident—when Darek’s wife is killed and Jensen ends up sentenced to community service for her death. Now years later both men must decide if they can take a chance on God’s forgiveness and the second chance at life He seems to be offering through two smart & savvy ladies named Ivy Madison and Claire Gibson. (I had fun imagining Jensen as a younger Jack Shepherd from Lost vs. Darek as a younger John Reese from Person of Interest!)

I experienced a strong emotional response to Take a Chance on Me. How can you tell if you’ll feel the same?

• If you’ve ever had that sick feeling in the pit of your stomach when you fear you’ve ruined your chance at happiness,
• Or felt a hole in your heart because you’ve hurt someone you love. And it can never be undone.
• If life has made you bargain and beg and weep before God
• Then, after all that, a moment arrived that stole your breath away—when God offered you a second chance
• And you took it. You grabbed it with both hands
• And God’s grace and forgiveness filled you until you felt like you could soar,

Then you will love this story.

Two characters quickly worked their way into my heart: Jensen Atwood, a handsome, under-appreciated, intent-on-beating-himself-up secondary hero. Fortunately, Jensen has Gibs. Jack Marshall Gibson, Grandpop or Gibs to his family and friends, Vietnam vet and man of God. Gibs gives Jens exactly what he needs: love, godly counsel, a good checkers game, and a wake up call. Here are some of Gibs’ best lines:

You can read about the individual members of the Christiansen Family—each to be the subject of an upcoming novel—here.

Tweetables: “You can’t make yourself & your life whole again. God can.” (Click to Tweet)

“So plan A is a bust. God can make a plan B better than plan A ever would have been.” (Click to Tweet)

“He’d settle for Peace.The kind that let you sleep thru’ the night & look at yourself in the morning.” (Click to Tweet)

Need more details? Here’s the back-cover copy: Darek Christiansen is almost a dream bachelor—oldest son in the large Christiansen clan, heir to their historic Evergreen Lake Resort, and doting father. But he’s also wounded and angry since the tragic death of his wife, Felicity. No woman in Deep Haven dares come near.

New assistant county attorney Ivy Madison simply doesn’t know any better when she bids on Darek at the charity auction. Nor does she know that when she crafted a plea bargain three years ago to keep Jensen Atwood out of jail, she was releasing the man responsible for Felicity’s death. All Ivy knows is that the Christiansens feel like the family she’s always longed for. And once she gets past Darek’s tough exterior, she finds a man she could spend the rest of her life with. Which scares her almost as much as Darek learning of her involvement in his wife’s case.

Caught between new love and old grudges, Darek must decide if he can set aside the past for a future with Ivy—a future more and more at risk as an approaching wildfire threatens to wipe out the Christiansen resort and Deep Haven itself.

***Thanks to Susan May Warren, Litfuse, and Tyndale House for providing a copy for me to review. You can purchase Take a Chance on Me at this link. (And remember, the teens in your life will enjoy this book, too!)

About the Author: Susan May Warren is the RITA award-winning novelist of over thirty novels. A five-time Christy award finalist, a two-time RITA Finalist, she’s also a multi-winner of the Inspirational Readers Choice award, and the ACFW Carol Award. A seasoned women’s events speaker, she’s a popular writing teacher at conferences around the nation. She is also the founder of MyBookTherapy.com, a story-crafting service that helps authors discover their voice. You can find her online at www.susanmaywarren.com.

This week I’m linking up with Miscellany Monday, Monday Musings, Hear It on Sunday, Soli Deo Gloria, Unite @Rich Faith Rising, The Better Mom, Covered in Grace, Modest Mondays, GraceLaced Mondays, Raising Arrows, A Mama’s Story, Teach Me Tuesdays, Gratituesdays, Just Write, Titus 2 Tuesdays, Teaching What Is Good, Mom’s Library, Tuesday Tips, What I Learned This Week, Heart and Home, God-Sized Dreams, Domestically Divine Tuesday, Click & Submit, Raising Homemakers, Deep Roots at Home, Wise Woman Builds Her House, Tell His Story, Wednesday Walkabout, Wisdom Wednesday, Wholehearted Home Wednesdays, Wordless Wednesday, Wordful Wednesday, Wordless Wednesday BlogShe, Rurality Blog Hop, Thursday Favorite Things, Thriving Thursday, Little Things Thursday, Hearts for Home, Legacy Leaver, Thoughtful Thursday, Raising Mighty Arrows, Share the Joy Thursday, Loves on a Thursday, Time Travel Thursday, Favorite Things, Faith-filled Friday, Bloglovin Bog Hop, Photo Friday, Just for Fun Friday, Fellowship Friday, Friendship Friday, Freedom Friday, Jenny’s Friday Flash Blog, Weekend Whatever, Still Saturday, Sunday Snapshot, Heart Reflected, Fresh-brewed Sundays, and The Sunday Community.

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Backstory: I tried the Spurgeon quote a few different ways. The first graphic is a pond near my house, which I posterized through PicMonkey. Love that site!

Recent posts which include Free Graphics:

Fear & Faith

Gratitude

Shadowed by the Cross

Madeleine L’Engle quote

For Easter: Precious Spikenard

This week I’m linking up with Miscellany Monday, Monday Musings, Hear It on Sunday, Soli Deo Gloria, Unite @Rich Faith Rising, The Better Mom, Covered in Grace, Modest Mondays, GraceLaced Mondays, Raising Arrows, A Mama’s Story, Teach Me Tuesdays, Gratituesdays, Just Write, Titus 2 Tuesdays, Teaching What Is Good, Mom’s Library, Tuesday Tips, What I Learned This Week, Heart and Home, God-Sized Dreams, Domestically Divine Tuesday, Click & Submit, Raising Homemakers, Deep Roots at Home, Wise Woman Builds Her House, Tell His Story, Wednesday Walkabout, Wisdom Wednesday, Wholehearted Home Wednesdays, Wordless Wednesday, Wordful Wednesday, Wordless Wednesday BlogShe, Rurality Blog Hop, Thursday Favorite Things, Thriving Thursday, Little Things Thursday, Hearts for Home, Legacy Leaver, Thoughtful Thursday, Raising Mighty Arrows, Share the Joy Thursday, Loves on a Thursday, Time Travel Thursday, Favorite Things, Faith-filled Friday, Bloglovin Bog Hop, Photo Friday, Just for Fun Friday, Fellowship Friday, Friendship Friday, Freedom Friday, Jenny’s Friday Flash Blog, Weekend Whatever, Still Saturday, Sunday Snapshot, Heart Reflected, Fresh-brewed Sundays, and The Sunday Community.