Today is the first Sunday in Advent, the beginning of the season of penitence and preparation for the arrival of Christ. As Father Chip Harper of All Saints Anglican Church explains in his liturgy lesson, we are really observing three Advents: … the Advent of Christ’s physical birth in Bethlehem, the Advent of Christ coming … Read more
Joanna Young’s theme this month at Confident Writing is Experimenting, and she is sponsoring a group writing project: The Results of My Writing Experiment. My first reaction was that I had nothing to contribute to this project because I wasn’t doing any experimenting in my writing. Then I realized that I have recently started doing … Read more
Books We Love is a wonderful place to discover new authors and keep up with new releases from your favorite authors. From now until December 23rd, you can enter the Golden Treasures contest to win weekly prizes of autographed books and the grand prize of Golden Treasures. You might even find some great books to give for Christmas.
TO our prayers, O Lord, we join our unfeigned thanks for all thy mercies; for our being, our reason, and all other endowments and faculties of soul and body; for our health, friends, food, and raiment, and all the other comforts and conveniences of life. Above all, we adore thy mercy in sending thy only … Read more
Luke Gedeon is sponsoring a group writing project for Thanksgiving: Seven Things I’m Thankful For. Luke will link to all the posts, and his post will be excellent reading for Thanksgiving Day (or the day after Thanksgiving or any time). In his sermon last Sunday, our priest said, “I’m so tired of people calling it Turkey … Read more
Let’s Say Thanks is a troop support program sponsored by Xerox. You can choose a card design created by a child, select a message or compose your own, and create the card online. Xerox distributes the cards to our troops through the military support organization Give2TheTroops®. If you want to send a card to a … Read more
Dream or Destiny has been reviewed through Nothing Binding’s book review program. You can read the complete review at Nothing Binding, but here is a snippet: Lillie Ammann has written a fantastic book that really reaches out to you and pulls you in. I felt like the main characters were great friends of mine, and … Read more
Today is Bible Sunday, the first day of National Bible Week, November 23-30. The goal of National Bible Week is to encourage people to read and study the Bible, God’s Word. A well-worn Bible like the one in the photo indicates a well-versed Christian. If you would like to start studying the Bible but … Read more
In spite of the delay in expressing my thanks, I appreciate each of the 123 commenters in October and each reader, whether or not you comment. Top Contributor (32 comments) Jeanne Dininni, Writers’ Notes Major Contributor (13 comments) Wilson. Will You Mind Outstanding Contributors (3-6 comments) Karen Swim, Words for Hire Bonnie, Data Plus Renae, Morning Coffee … Read more
Welcome to Mayra Calvani and Anne K. Edwards, who are on a blog book tour for The Slippery Art of Book Reviewing. Hosting my first blog book tour guests is a treat coming just after the end of my own tour. Mayra will check in during the day to answer questions, so ask away. What would like … Read more