As we approach the time of year when kids and adults will swarm our neighborhood streets with colorful costumes, candy, and cries of ‘trick-or-treat,’ I feel it important to stress an important point for those of us who are believers. Christians should not, in any manner, participate in Halloween.   There are some different perspectives which Christians take when it comes to Halloween. Many see it as okay. ‘It’s harmless.’ ‘We did it when we were kids.’ ‘Everyone does it.’ We

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Is she just a heroine of American history, or is that really what she was about? This is Women's History Month and on this day, in 1808,...

Hey there. Well, as most of you know, this is Women's History Month and today is International Women's Day. This month everyone's talking...

Well, even though I didn't write the book Wherever You Go until just a few years ago, the The Farrell Family series has been around for quite a while, in the archives of my writing. As I mentioned before, in my post "The Story Behind the Story: To Live is Christ, To Die is Gain," I wrote my first real "book" for creative writing class when I was in 9th grade. Well, that book was actually the first book in my original version of the The Farrell Family series. The main characte

My lifelong dream was to be an author (as well as a million other things- at the top of the list, a homeschool mom). Never did I imagine...

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