Posts by Gina Conroy
Mid-Week Motivation
Starting Your Day Out Right! Scripture, Short Devotion “Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD.” ~ Psalm 27:14 Have you been guilty (like I have) of pushing to get your way? Making things happen? Forcing that square peg into a round hole? As I wait to join my…
Read MoreIt Works for Me
As I wait for the impending release of Ruby Among Us (Jan 2008), I work furiously on my second novel. One thing I have learned about the second one is that I am pretty much writing it using the same process I used for the first one. At first, I tried to be very organized.…
Read MoreIn Due Time
I received this devotional in my inbox from the daily Tozer devotionals from Literature Ministries International. It came at just the right time for me. Maybe it’s also a good time for you! Trials and Pain: Not Yet “Due Time” But He knows the way that I take; when He has tested me, I shall…
Read MoreBringing Up Boys
My mom is in town so I don’t have time for a thoughtful post on this Sunday. But check out this link, especially if you have boys! http://chrysaliscom.blogspot.com/2007/01/family-life-bringing-up-boys.html
Read MoreRisk In the Real World
And when He had finished speaking, He said to Simon, “Put out into the deep water and let down your nets for a catch.” And Simon Peter answered, “Master, we worked hard all night and caught nothing, but at Your bidding I will let down the nets.” And when they had done this, they enclosed…
Read MoreOur Second TALK
A couple months back we had The Talk with son number two. I’d been preping Joey for months about this talk, planting seeds of information and preparing him so he would know it’s something not to be shared among his friends. We checked the book Before I was Born Book Two out of the library…
Read MoreReclaiming Nick by Susan May Warren
Susan May Warren is the award-winning author of seventeen novels and novellas with Tyndale, Steeple Hill and Barbour Publishing. Her first book, Happily Ever After won the American Fiction Christian Writers Book of the Year in 2003, and was a 2003 Christy Award finalist. In Sheep’s Clothing, a thriller set in Russia , was a…
Read MoreTHE TALK
Reposted from May 2004 Disclaimer: This post bares it all. Well, at least all of what went on and what was said when we had THE TALK with our oldest several years ago. There’s two things I’ve dreaded as a parent so far. One is potty training (three down , one to go) and the…
Read MorePlaying House
Grace got a new Belle and baby Belle doll today and while playing I heard this: Grace as the Prince: Okay, Ariel and Belle. I will choose who I will marry, and then I’ll get to see you butt naked. I choose you, Belle. Grace as Belle: Oh, I knew you would choose me. And…
Read MoreWhat I’ve Learned While NOT Writing
Ten months ago I placed my writing on the altar, realizing that publication had consumed my life and my writing had become an idol. Giving up writing was one of the most painful things I’ve had to do, but I embarked on this not writing journey, without knowing the path God would lead me down.…
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