Monthly Archives: April 2014
Monthly Archives: April 2014
There is no greater feeling than to know that you took a chance and performed an act that changed the life of someone else. I’m not where I want to be right now but as I look over my life, I realize that I chose a path that caused me to step into unchartered waters. I didn’t do it because I am courageous. I did it because I believed that it was the right thing to do. That belief gave me the courage to do it.
“Can I give you a hug?” were the words I heard from a sweet, young girl at school, this week, right after our chapel service. Little did she know the difference her words and caring gesture would make! We hugged. I cried. We prayed. She listened and gave me words of truth and encouragement. And all this, because she turned and offered me a hug! I was unaware of it myself, i.e., how much I was in need of a hug that day. It was only while we were in prayer together, that I realized that I just had not slowed down enough or gotton still, to realize all the things that were going on inside of me. And as
As we celebrate the Easter season and the new life that is offered in Jesus, I got to celebrate new life in a different way today, as well. I became a great aunt today! My grand nephew was born this very morning. I am blessed by the fact that I live just 25 miles away from the hospital where he was born, so I was able to go and see him when he was only 6 hours old! There is something very special about a newborn baby. Everything with the world just seems to be right, when you look into the face of a newborn. All the cares of the world seem to just fade away, when you hold a little miracle in your arms. There was nothing but joy and lots of love in that hospital room this morning, as family gathered together to celebrate his birth!
I went for a walk this week, which is something I try to do at least four to five times a week, but this day it was different. I was walking the same “route” that I usually take to get my 30 minute walk in, when all of a sudden my ankle twisted and I was down on the ground, on the black top, on the side of the road! I hit the ground hard and was stunned.
In Jackson, the state capitol of Mississippi, the bill moving through the legislature to impose a restrictive regulation on the state’s only abortion clinic is causing controversy. But the temperature in this debate is turned up one early morning when the Reverend Jimmy Aldridge is shot to death while preparing to protest at that same clinic.
Chapter One Six years, it had taken six years to get to this moment. Kersten tried not to look too smug and accomplished as she extended her arm out in front of the Registrar. The man was tall and emotionless and towered over her like a dark tree as he pressed the cold metal of a RR gun against the inside of her arm. With a little unnecessary pressure, and a click of the trigger, he inserted Kersten’s newly updated registration card at the crook of her elbow and motioned her forward. Except for a slight twitch in her left eye, she didn’t flinch when the rush of fire ran down her arm and into her fingertips, making her hand numb for a good thirty seconds before the feeling returned.
Juania Books is happy to introduce our next creative writer to host the Women’s Fiction Club’s Help Write a Novella series. M.A. Kear will be writing a Sci-Fi/Fantasy starting April 5th. Now time out for a quick reminder: Even though it’s called Women’s Fiction Club, it’s not a reference to the gender of the author or reader or genre. The only rules for the WFC are that stories are fiction and the main character is female. Outside of that, WFC readers just want to know if the book is good!
Juania Books is happy to introduce our next creative writer to host the Women’s Fiction Club’s Help Write a Novella series. M.A. Kear will be writing a Sci-Fi/Fantasy entitled Bound. Now time out for a quick reminder: Even though it’s called Women’s Fiction Club, it’s not a reference to the gender of the author or reader or genre. The only rules for the WFC are that stories are fiction and the main character is female. Outside of that, WFC readers just want to know if the book is good!
Latest Book Release
God Doesn't Love Us All The Same, by Nina Guilbeau
Janine Harris never really thought about homeless people. She barely even notices them as she passes them by on her way to work in downtown Washington D.C. All Janine can focus on is the shambles of her own young life, afraid that she will never be able to get past the painful mistakes she has made. However, all of that changes on a snowy evening in December when Janine unexpectedly finds herself alone with Vera, an old, homeless woman who seems to need her help. Now Janie wants to know what could have possibly happened to Vera to leave her so broken and alone.
As Vera shares her life story with Janine, the two women form an unusual bond and begin a journey that changes both of their lives forever. Reluctantly, they each confront their own past and, in the process, discover the true meaning of sacrifice, family and love. Although to truly move forward in their lives, they must fast the most difficult challenge of all – forgiving themselves.
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