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JoJo’s Transformation: A Free Prequel to Under the August Sky

Before John Johanssen ever set foot in Emerald Valley as the man readers meet in Under the August Sky, he was a shy, insecure young adult everyone had once called "Fat JoJo," and who was carrying four years of high school humiliation onto a college campus three...

Faith, Scars, and the Road Home: An Author Interview

What do you do when the people who were supposed to show you God were the ones who hurt you most? That's the question that beats at the heart of Heather Tekavec's debut historical fiction novel, Good Road to Follow, and that hearbeat is the reason readers will...

Bayou, Boots & Belief: Inside the Heart of Blue Jean Bayou

On the surface, Blue Jean Bayou by Janis Jakes is a slow-burn contemporary romance, but it doesn't take long to notice the richness behind the genre. It's a story about the wounds we carry from early loss, the identities we build to survive them, and the grace that...

Jesus, Meek and Humble of Heart, Part 9

In this final day of our journey towards a greater humility, we ask Jesus to give us the grace to desire that others are considered more than we. As John the Baptist, we must seek the Lord first and allow Him to increase while we decrease.

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Jesus, Meek and Humble of Heart, Part 8

The increasing popularity of social media has put focus on just how deep our “I trouble” goes. We’re constantly photographing ourselves and then checking to see how many people approve of the post—aka approve/like us.

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Jesus, Meek and Humble of Heart, Part 7

The fear of being forgotten can leave us emotionally—sometimes physically—frozen. For many, the very thought of being left behind, being alone, is enough to drive them to the opposite extreme—clamouring to be consulted, to have our opinion matter so much to others that they seek our advice for minute details.

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Jesus, Meek and Humble of Heart, Part 6

Fear of being humiliated is often easy to admit. After all, we all can relate to not wanting to be made the fool. But admitting we desire to be preferred to others is more difficult. The very feeling itself is an admission that we also desire for someone else to be “less preferred”

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