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Welcome to the Christian Fiction Scavenger Hunt! If you’ve just discovered the hunt, be sure to start at Stop #1, and collect the clues through all the stops, in order, so you can enter to win one of our top 5 grand prizes! The hunt BEGINS on 6/15 at noon MST with Stop #1 at LisaTawnBergren.com. Hunt through our loop …
Someone came up to me the other day and said, “I didn’t know you were an author!” I smiled and said, “Yes, I am.” Whenever someone says something like this to me, I pause and remember I’m living my dream. This crazy, challenging, some-days-I’m-not-sure-I can-do-it career? It’s my childhood dream come true. And sometimes, I forget it all started because …
Ah, the complicated bonds between sisters … The shared history of family memories can pull sisters closer … and at other times, the same events can push sisters apart. As sisters grow up and become independent, comparison and competition may flare, straining once comfortable familial closeness. Add a secret to the mix — like I do with the Thatcher …
I’ve mulled over Thomas Merton’s words for several days now. “Every moment and every event of every man’s life on earth plants something in his soul.” I usually stay away from generalizations like that — careful not to use words like “every” and “all” in statements. But I don’t believe Merton is overstating the truth here. I think we overlook …
For a long time, I thought 50-50 relationships were the way to go. I do my part to meet the other person halfway and the other person does their part. Equal investments into a relationship should make it work, right? Not necessarily. And then I believed the 100% “go all in” attitude about relationships. It’s not 50-50. It’s 100% plus …
A common theme among Christmas quotes is the idea that the spirit of Christmas shouldn’t be confined to a single day. Of course, different people mean different things when they talk about the spirit of Christmas. Love. Joy. Goodwill. Kindness. Giving … and receiving. Truly, all of these attitudes are part of Christmas. And yes, it would be wonderful if we …
It’s safe to say we’ve all hoped for different things at different times in our lives. Little hopes like passing a test or finding a parking space in a crowded parking lot or maybe even finding those perfect pair of shoes in our size … and on sale. (Okay, I realize I may have lost any guys reading this post …
Sometimes in the midst of all the busyness, we just have to stop and do the math. To be honest, I’m tripping up over a couple of things I haven’t gotten done … yet. Or still. I’m trying … but things just aren’t coming together like I see them in my head. It’s frustrating. At the end of the day, …
Welcome to the Christian Fiction Scavenger Hunt! If you’ve just discovered the hunt, be sure to go back and start at Stop #1 and collect the clues through all 33 stops in order so you can enter to win one of our top 3 Grand Prizes! The hunt BEGINS with Stop #1 at Lisa Bergren’s site. The hunt is …
… and I’m very thankful I’m here. With my husband. Visiting our good friends, Cathy and Stephen. And I’ll be back blogging after a little vacation time in Bermuda. Until then, I hope you’re having a great summer!
