In an earlier post, I suggested ways to pair daily entries from Finding Faithfulness: A Year of Reading and Reflecting on God's Word with specific dates to make holiday reading more meaningful in 2024. As the end of this year approaches, a couple of reminders may be timely and helpful. If you've reached Week 47, … Continue reading Finding Faithfulness reminders
Blending with Balance
Blending with Balance, the fourth and final book in the Blender Adventures series launches on November 9! Emily Hanford and Ethan Stewart face new challenges as their combined family crowds into smaller spaces during months of house reconstruction. Even the long-anticipated return to school disappoints the two seventh graders due to scrutiny and scorn from … Continue reading Blending with Balance
Mixing with Madness
Mixing with Madness, Book 2 in my Blender Adventure series, has launched! The series includes four novels about a blended family (for readers ages 8-12 and above). Spring break promises 12-year-old Emily Hanford a long-awaited vacation, basking in the sun on Cancun’s white beaches. But a global pandemic sweeps away her holiday dream and surges … Continue reading Mixing with Madness
Using Finding Faithfulness in 2024
Have you enjoyed daily devotions this year, using Finding Faithfulness: A Year of Reading and Reflecting on God's Word? This may sound strange, coming from the author, but I have loved going through this guideline and seeing new truths in the Bible every day. Many other people have expressed their joy in using the book, … Continue reading Using Finding Faithfulness in 2024
Blender Adventures series launched!
Exciting news! Dicing with Disaster, Book 1 in my new Blender Adventures series has launched. The series includes four novels about a blended family for readers ages 8-12 (and above). What girl wants a blender for her twelfth birthday? Not Emily Hanford. But Dad’s poor gift choice fades in light of her suspicions that he’s … Continue reading Blender Adventures series launched!
Who Really Set Brian Banks Free
Movie/book review by Glenda Faye Mathes Brian Banks; Rated PG-13 Production companies: ShivHans Pictures, Gidden Media; Distributors: Bleecker Street, Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions, Stage 6 Films; Director: Tom Shadyac; Writer: Doug Atchison What Set Me Free: A True Story of Wrongful Conviction, a Dream Deferred, and a Man Redeemed by Brian Banks with Mark Dagostina; … Continue reading Who Really Set Brian Banks Free
Renewed Strength
This morning, two of my favorite Scripture texts became real to me as never before. You probably love these passages as well. The first is Isaiah 40:28–31. Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding … Continue reading Renewed Strength
Watering Image
Art. Faith. Mystery. IMAGE explores the intersection of those fundamental concepts in ways that stretch imagination, foster creativity, and promote community. Each issue of the IMAGE journal contains poetry, fiction, visual art, and interviews with artists. Publisher and editor Gregory Wolfe and the rest of the IMAGE folks host the popular Glen Workshop each year in East and West locations. In … Continue reading Watering Image
Glenda Faye Mathes 