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Mom and kids special!

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Especially for moms and their kids, order a copy of Rediscovering Your Happily Ever After and get a copy of Dimensions – all for $15.00. A $24.00 value, this combo delivers encouragement for moms and an inspiring adventure for kids. For memorable family fun, read Dimensions aloud.

Written by accomplished teen writer Estee Wells, award-winning Dimensions is the exciting adventure of two high school friends who are whisked into another dimension where they face an impending danger whose next target is the destruction of Earth. Previously someone had been summoned to protect the planet but when he saw the power of the enemy, had given up. Time is running out as the two boys face their own trepidation and move forward despite the odds. 

For moms, Rediscovering Your Happily Ever After is an extra large scoop of hope. Packed with tangible helps, and practical tips, this book reminds us that whatever is over our heads is under God’s feet. Whatever appears to be impossible is actually HIMpossible. With these simple steps, you can create a nurturing environment for you and your children.

Order a set for yourself and one for a friend. Made possible through a collaboration of the authors, the special package is available only until December 31. Grab this opportunity quickly!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Teen author Estee Wells has crafted a story that catches your interest from the beginning and keeps you guessing to the end. Clear your afternoon before you start this book because you won’t be able to set it down!

Best friends Austin and Daniel are at first introduced as ordinary boys living in small-town Indiana where nothing interesting ever happens. But their lives are turned around at the start of the book when an angel transports them into another dimension where they discover a sinister evil that inches closer and closer to earth. The future of all dimensions is left to these average teenagers, whether they like it or not.

Fast-pace action scenes, fantastic adventures through several different dimensions, and a powerful theme of good vs. evil make this a perfect read, and not just for pre-teens. This book would make an excellent gift for the reader in your family, young or old.

Review by Hannah Stalhut

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This book is described as being written for tweeners, but please don’t let that mislead the reader! Adults can get a lot of spiritual wisdom from this book too. It is beautifully written as an allegory with deep insight that is suprising for an author of this age.

Austin and Daniel are two boys who play video games and face real life pressures that young people face today, which makes the book relevant to the target age group that it was written for. However, the thought provoking symbolism this young author weaves into the book is for all ages.

There is Samala, the visitor who shows them that there are other Dimensions to the universe, an ancient book that helps them along the way, Evil One who tries to deceive them, and many other beautifully written treasures for the reader to discover. I think it can be read again and again and appreciated more each time. I really hope Estee keeps writing because she is a gifted author!

Review by  M. Columbini

 

 

All Good Things Come to Those Who Pray and Go To Garage Sales

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I was midway through my eighth pregnancy when 9-year-old Josiah’s prayer life changed
Every night the family gathered to pray before bed. On this particular night, Josiah began his request. “Lord, could I please have a black lab puppy?”
The last item on my prayer list was a black Labrador puppy. Over the next four months, I inched toward my due date and my only son faithfully prayed every night for a puppy.
In March, ten-and-a-half pound Lilyanna Faith was welcomed into the family. Over the next weeks I felt like life was galloping way out in front of me. On Saturday the older children went out to run errands while the baby and I took a nap.
Twenty minutes after the happy band hit the road, the phone rang. It was Josiah. “Mama, can I keep this black lab puppy I’m holding? I promise to eat all my vegetables, clean my room, and do my chores.”
Driving past a farm, the children spotted a sign that read “Free Lab Puppies.” It was the answer to Josiah’s prayer.
“I don’t need another project, Josiah. If you bring home this pup, you must train and care for it.”
“I will,” Josiah promised.
“And clean up the flops?”
“I’ll clean up after the dog,” Josiah assured.
“Okay son. I can’t wait to see him.”
Josiah named the pup Old Dan after the puppy in the book, Where the Red Fern Grows. Under Josiah’s training, Old Dan became the 4-H grand champion in obedience. I grew fond of the free answer to prayer. Old Dan played with the children, minded his manners, barked when someone came to the house, and talked. It’s nice to have a male around the house that talks. Dan had a sing-song way of whining.
Recently, Josiah came home on leave from the military. I saw the man in uniform but Old Dan recognized his boy.

Welcome to 2010, the new year and the new decade!

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“Cheshire Puss,” asked Alice, “Would you tell me, please,

which way I ought to go from here?”

“That depends a good deal on where you want to go,” said the Cat.

“I don’t much care where,” said Alice.

“Then it doesn’t matter which way you go,” said the Cat.

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

Lewis Carroll

Our lives are to be spent. Not to be saved. Each of us decides how we will invest our days. Today is an opportune moment to invest our life in pursuits that will outlive us.

If you could do anything, regardless of money, time, abilities, or any other hindrances, what would that be? No matter how crazy, what desire burns deep in your heart? What do you yearn to be?

Obstacles are those frightful things you see

when you take your eyes off your goal.

Henry Ford


Christmas is Not Just Once a Year

“What do you think my house looks like?” asked my mentor the first time she invited me to her home.

“Uniquely beautiful like you,” I responded.

“But what does it look like?”

“Probably classic antiques,” I guessed.

What I saw when I came through the front door still takes my breath away. Her country abode was a Christmas wonderland. The sparkling ceiling high Christmas tree was catalog perfect skirted by a pile of brightly wrapped packages.

It was summer.

“Pick a gift,” she invited.

My children and I starred at her dumbly.

She urged us closer. Gathered around the holiday tree, she distributed presents tagged with our name. Then we selected another from the unnamed beribboned gifts. Of course each item was just right.

“This is wonderful,” I said. “But I don’t understand.”

“Christmas,” she said, “is not just one time a year. Giving is not seasonal.”

For over a decade, it is always Christmas at her home. My children call her home the Christmas House. Every visitor who enters Saundra’s home chooses a gift from under the decorated tree. It is Christmas in her heart, too. She is famous for sowing what she calls seed money. Monetary gifts tucked into pockets and envelopes that she gives and encourages the recipient to pass on.

Years ago, as a single mom raising five children in a tiny Midwest town, Saundra barely kept food on the table. “In His Word, God gave keys for living,” she said. “One of those keys is give and it shall be given unto you. When I started I didn’t have the money to give. The gas and electric bills needed paid. The year I began giving, my business grew from $3,000 yearly to provide for my family and pay off my home.”

When he personally paid for a teenager’s college, Walt Disney was instrumental in launching the career of writer/producer Ken Wales, Likewise, Ken mortgaged his house multiple times to bring the story of Christy to television. Following his passion, Ken realized his dream when Christy became the most watched television show on the Easter Sunday when it debuted. Ken realized another dream when the story of William Wilberforce became a feature film titled Amazing Grace.

You got to be careful if you don’t know where you’re going,

because you might not get there.

Yogi Berra

Have a knowing where you want to go kind of year!

Think of standing next to a quiet pool of water.

Did I hear someone say, ‘Cannonball!’??