More Free E-Books
March 9, 2010
I have added the following short how-to e-books to Smashwords. The books are free through March 13, 2010 with the coupon code RFREE. Visit my Smashwords page to order any of my e-books. I’m also including the novels Dream or Destiny, Stroke of Luck, and Fern’s Fancies in the Read an E-Book Week promotion.
Learn how to find the information you need — whether it’s knowledge critical for your family’s health, intelligence important for the success of your business, facts useful in making buying decisions, or simply lore you want to know. Discover how to evaluate the reliability of the data you gather as well. Links to almost 100 sites useful for research.
Families often lose their histories through the generations, which may explain why genealogy — the process of trying to trace and recapture that history — is hugely popular. Learn how to preserve your precious family memories for future generations, whether you simply want to print a few copies on your computer or publish a hardcover book to sell to the general public.
You can learn to care for your houseplants even if you weren’t born with a green thumb. All you need to have beautiful indoor plants is to know a few secrets and to give your plants a little love and attention. Turn your brown thumb green and take pleasure and pride in your houseplants.
If you’re confused about e-book formats, you’ll find a handy matrix at Wordsupply showing what programs/devices read various e-book formats.
Don’t forget to visit Read an E-Book Week and Smashwords for more free e-books this week … after you’ve checked out all my free e-books.
Scripture for the Third Tuesday in Lent
March 9, 2010
Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?” 22 Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy times seven. ~ Matthew 18:21-22
Lord, it’s often hard to forgive someone who hurts me. But if I forgive and that person hurts me again, it’s harder to forgive the second time. Forgiving seven times seems impossible, but You tell us to forgive seventy times seven. I need to be forgiven again and again and again, Lord. Help me to forgive others as You forgive me. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
Scripture for the Third Monday in Lent
March 8, 2010
And he said, “Truly, I say to you, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown. But in truth, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heavens were shut up three years and six months, and a great famine came over all the land, and Elijah was sent to none of them but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, and none of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian.” When they heard these things, all in the synagogue were filled with wrath. And they rose up and drove him out of the town and brought him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, so that they could throw him down the cliff. But passing through their midst, he went away. ~ Luke 4:24-30 (ESV)
Lord God, even Jesus was not honored in his hometown. Yet He was able to pass through the midst of the angry crowd and walk away. Give me the strength to walk way when I am vilified. In the name of Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior. Amen.
Free E-Books for Read an E-Book Week
March 7, 2010
One of my favorite weeks of the year is here. During Read an E-Book Week, many publishers and authors offer free e-books to introduce readers to e-books in general and to their stories in particular. Of course, I’m already a big fan of e-books—and a big fan of free. So this week, I’ll be stocking up on great reading material for my Kindle.
I’m giving away several e-books, both fiction and nonfiction. You can download the books from my Smashwords page—simply place your order and enter discount code RFREE at checkout to receive a 100% discount. (Note: not all titles will be available at the beginning of the week but all will be added very soon. If you see a title on the list of books I’m offering that you don’t see at Smashwords, just return in a day or two and you will be able to download it.)
Be sure to check out all the other free books at Smashwords and Read an E-Book Week.
And don’t forget that Read an E-Book Week runs March 7-13, 2010.
Scripture for the Third Sunday in Lent
March 7, 2010
And he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none. And he said to the vinedresser, ‘Look, for three years now I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and I find none. Cut it down. Why should it use up the ground?’ And he answered him, ‘Sir, let it alone this year also, until I dig around it and put on manure. Then if it should bear fruit next year, well and good; but if not, you can cut it down.’” ~ Luke 13:6-9 (ESV)
Heavenly Father, it is so easy to give up on people, churches, ministries when we see no apparent results for years. However, Your Word tells us to cultivate and fertilze the ground and maybe the tree will bear fruit in the future. Give me the strength and courage and faith to continue to cultivate and fertilize to see fruit in the future. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
