Posts by Gina Conroy
Pen Names
I’ve been toying with the idea of a pen name for years and want your input. I’ve noticed that most published writers in the CBA use their real names and seem to give out sensitive information about their kids and where they live right on the book jacket. I’m just curious as to why? Maybe…
Read MoreExploring God’s Glory
God’s glory. His holy presence. It’s something so many people desire. But are they really ready for it? In the Old Testament many prophets experienced God’s glory, and it wasn’t how many Christians today imagine it to be. Most often when God entered a place, the ground shook, the Temple filled with smoke and people…
Read MoreLast Call for Carnival of Christian Writers
There’s less than a week to get your entries in for the FIRST Carnival of Christian Writers which will debut HERE on Monday, October 30th. The deadline for submission is Saturday, the 28th at noon CST. For a submission form and guidelines please click the link in the red box on the sidebar! Can’t wait…
Read MoreOne Reason I LOVE Homeschooling
We’re working our way through the states, learning the basic facts like the capital cities and each state’s nickname. Where also reading lots of fun books on the each state.This week we’re in Maine and our focus has been on lighthouses. We’ve learned about the true story of a young girl named Abbie who kept…
Read MoreTime to Make the Salad?
Remember that old Dunkin Donuts commercial where the chubby man would shuffle into the store, eyelids heavy, and then he’d drone “Time to make the donuts?” Well, substitute salad for donuts and put my face on his, and you got the enthusiasm I feel about making the pre-dinner greenery.Growing up it was my job to…
Read MoreFive Foot Tall Marigolds
I planted these wild flowers in the yard and my husband wasn’t thrilled. Now he’s so excited about his five foot+ Marigold he’s taken a photo of it and was even on the local news!
Read MoreIntroducing: Camy Tang
Camy Tang is a loud Asian chick who writes loud Asian chick-lit. Next year in September, Zondervan will release her first novel about the Sakai cousins, Japanese American Christian women who fight the stigma of the infamous family title, “Oldest Single Female Cousin” and the machinations of their diabolical, match-making Grandma. In a previous life…
Read MoreReview of Calm, Cool & Adjusted by Kristin Billerbeck
Calm, Cool & Adjusted by Kristin Billerbeck Product Details # ISBN: 1591453305 # Format: Paperback, 320pp # Publisher: Integrity Publishers # Series: Spa Girls Collection Series, #3 From the Publisher: Best friends since Johnny Depp wore scissors for hands, “The Spa Girls” live very separate lives, but stay in touch with routine visits to California’s…
Read MoreMy Flabby Flesh
No, I’m not taking about the extra baby fat I can’t seem to get rid of. I’m talking about the lazy, selfish part of me that gets tired of doing the right thing. Well, I’m glad I didn’t listen to my flesh yesterday because my obedience really blessed someone in need. Let us not become…
Read MoreNo Looking Back
It doesn’t matter what is behind you as much as it matters who is beside you.” ~ Ellen ~“Laced with Grace“ As I stepped onto the ORU campus for the first time as a freshman, I felt a renewed hope for my life. Though my childhood wasn’t awful, it wasn’t something I looked back on…
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