The new hardback edition in large print of Love’s Reckoning has just released. Here’s the link on Amazon. If you know of a reader who needs large print books these make great gifts as the hardback version is more durable than paperback. Also, please check your local library or ask them to order the large print edition. Waving at Dutch readers …

Leave outcomes up to me. Follow me wherever I lead, without worrying about how it will all turn out. Think of your life as an adventure, with Me as your Guide and Companion. Live in the now, concentrating on staying in step with Me. When our paths lead to a cliff, be willing to climb it with My help. When …

Did you attend our online Mountain Hearth Christmas event last week? We have a parting gift for you! Two more free printables for your scripture garlands: one contains reader verses, shared by some of you in the comments last week, and one contains blank links and wreaths, for you to inscribe your own additions on in your home. Click here …

So thankful for our veterans. past and present, today and every day… Revolutionary War Badge of Military Merit preceding the Purple Heart ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Have a blessed Veterans’ Day

Imagine a fireside scene… Logs crackle, Sparks dance, Conversation stirs… The air is tinged with the warm scents of fresh-baked cookies. That’s where we invite you this week… To a place of sweet fellowship, sharing not just the recipes of a traditional cookie exchange, but also the corners of our hearts where we hold cherished scriptures. Our hope through this …

Please join us here this Monday, November 4th, as we host a special Mountain Hearth celebration!

Where There’s A Will Edmund Blair Leighton, 1892

Felicity: felicity (n.) late 14c., from Old French felicite (14c.) “happy, fortunate, fruitful, fertile.” If you missed my previous post on my recent discovery of American Girl dolls please go here if you want to catch up. Now I’ll tell you the rest of the story… I never dreamed of having my own Felicity especially since she’s been retired for a few …

A friend told me about this charming period drama set in a department store in Victorian England. I’m on episode 4 and find myself looking forward to it in the evenings like dessert! I wanted to pass it along to you, too. So far it’s clean, unique, and chock full of great acting and emotional moments – just like a …

One of the recurring themes in my novels is home. That longing for a place, a safe haven, some refuge not quite attainable in this world. Here are some poignant words on home worth repeating… You want to go home. The instinct for heaven is just that: homesickness, ancient as night, urgent as daybreak. All your longings—for the place you grew up, for …