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