Saving Scotland

While doing research for Emma’s Quest on St. Andrews and Dundee, Scotland, I stumbled upon the history of the Recording Scotland Collection. Since my father was an artist from Dundee, I loved learning about the heroic efforts of British artists during World War II to...

Trouble Aboard

“When a gentle southerly breeze came up, they weighed anchor, thinking it would be smooth sailing. But they were no sooner out to sea than a gale-force wind, the infamous nor’ easter, struck. They lost all control of the ship. It was a cork in the storm.” —Acts...

The House God Builds

I read a story of a carpenter who told his boss he was ready to retire and spend time with his wife and family. His boss was saddened because this man had been a good, reliable employee for many years. He asked the carpenter if he would do him a favor and build one...

Mirror Mirror on the Wall

A few weeks ago, a female cardinal began attacking her reflection in the glass of one of our porch doors. She would come several times daily, sit on our table umbrella, and throw herself repeatedly against the window. Next, she’d hop onto the door handle and peck the...

The Good Part

“Clocks were created to make us the stewards of our time but sometimes end up making us nervous.” –Calvin Miller An Irish proverb asserts, “When God made time, he made plenty of it.” Still, the incessant ticking of the clock as I write my first 2023 Hub devotion...

Simply as I see it

Let’s Say Grace

“The rabble with them began to crave other food, and again the Israelites started wailing and said, ‘If only we had meat to eat! We remember the fish we ate in Egypt at no cost—also the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic. But now we have lost our appetite;...

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Master Edits

Master Edits

"And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.” —Ezekiel 36:26 ◊◊◊◊◊ You are welcome to share memes from my website on social media as long as they retain my...

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Janet Thompson

Janet Thompson

Janet Thompson is an award-winning Christian speaker and author. Born in Taft, California, she now lives with her husband in the rural mountains of Idaho. Most mornings, she enjoys a three-mile walk and is known to delight in Keto. “People ask me if I always...

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The Ornament Keeper Review

The Ornament Keeper Review

Can one holiday tradition hold the power to heal two broken hearts? Grab a cup of your favorite brew, a few tissues, and cozy up for an evening or two of sheer delight. Eva Marie Everson’s beautiful Christmas novella will tug at your heartstrings. After twenty years...

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Chris Manion

Chris Manion

Florida non-fiction author, Chris Manion is a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania native. While there, she learned how to “sled, play tennis, and turn car wheels toward the curb when parking on a hill”—a slice of driver’s ed instruction unnecessary on Florida’s flat...

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A Grand Finale

A Grand Finale

“Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you.” —Isaiah 46:6, NIV ◊◊◊◊◊ You are welcome to share memes from my website on social media as long as they retain...

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The Joy Box Journal Review

The Joy Box Journal Review

Bet you can’t buy just one!    It’s a unique idea that everyone on your Christmas list will love!   Don’t let the title of Adria Wilkins’ new journal fool you—no boxing in this joy. The Joy Box Journal is bursting at the seams with inspiring...

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Jeanette-Marie Mirich

Jeanette-Marie Mirich

Cascade award-winning poet and author, Jeanette-Marie Mirich was born in a small college town in Oregon called Corvallis—French, for heart of the valley. Oregon State, now a university, is in the midst of this vast, lushly green Willamette Valley. Jeanette spends...

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Color My World

"Whoever walks in the dark does not know where they are going. Believe in the light while you have the light, so that you may become children of light.” ―John 12:35-36, NIV Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color premiered on television in 1961. Founder and creative...

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Angela Ruth Strong

Angela Ruth Strong

Whether seated on Disneyland ’s Millennium Falcon (co-designed and built by her uncle), on bleachers at a Boise State football game, or on the back of a Harley cruising the Idaho hills, this transplanted California girl is going to have fun. In the process, she will...

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Ramona Richards

Ramona Richards

Lynyrd Skynyrd’s ”Sweet Home Alabama” must have run on an endless loop in the background of award-winning author Ramona Richards’s mind. In 2017, after living in Nashville, Tennessee for...

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Paper Chains

  O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy endureth forever." —Psalm 118:1 KJV As the holidays approach, our homes and activities reflect past family traditions. We spread tables with old family recipes, decorate trees with heirloom...

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