It is 1704 and Genevieve Gaillain, fleeing horrors in France, steps out of the frigate Pelican at the new Louisiana colony and straight into the arms of Tristan Lanier. Actually, she steps into water over her head and Tristan, a widower, rescues her from drowning by carrying her to shore like a sack of potatoes. […]
Reviews
Review: Pure Love by George van Popta
One of the world’s greatest love poems, Solomon’s Song of Songs, celebrates the love between a man and a woman in moving, intimate terms. It pictures longing, love, and absolute fascination with each other. In Pure Love: Solomon’s Song of Songs, George van Popta has captured both the story and its emotions in sonnet form. […]
Review: Say Good Bye to Survival Mode by Crystal Paine
Having been a mom for over two decades, I have experienced survival mode intimately several times. Everyone is susceptible to becoming overwhelmed—too busy and too tired to have any hope that things can ever improve—but there’s something about being a mom that seems to invite this condition. One mom who has overcome survival mode is […]
Review: Guiltless Living by Ginger Hubbard
Ginger Hubbard is a sinner. She is also a saint. In fact, she is a sinning saint, just like all Christians are—redeemed by God, giving in to temptation over and over, and finding forgiveness and grace over and over, too. Because of who Jesus is and what he has done, she and we are guiltless—forgiven—before God. […]