Please join us in today’s prayer for ACFW’s conference. Topic: The praise band as they practice and lead worship. Scripture: Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord! ~ Psalm 150:6 Dear Father – You are El Shaddai – the God who sees! I pray You see our hearts when we praise You together this month. I …
ACFW Conference Prayer – Day 36
Please join us in today’s prayer for ACFW’s conference. Topic: Those teaching continuing education tracks at conference Scripture: The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped. ~ Psalm 28:7a For those teachers who are speaking but not in good health or who are just plain exhausted, give them strength, Lord. For …
40 Days of Conference Prayer: Day 38
Please join us in today’s prayer for ACFW’s conference. Topic: For our keynote speaker, Charles Martin Scripture: Then the Lord stretched out His hand and touched my mouth, and the Lord said to me, Behold, I have put My words in your mouth. ~ Jeremiah 1:9 Father God, thank You that Charles Martin is able to be our keynote speaker …
40 Days of Conference Prayer: Day 39
Please join us in today’s prayer for ACFW’s conference. Topic: For the audio/visual team Scripture: How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of the messenger who brings good news. ~Isaiah 52:7 (NLT) Lord, please be with those serving on the audio/visual team, so setup and connections go smoothly. Let each session from Early Bird to the post-conference and everything in …
ACFW New Releases: July 2023
July 2023 New Releases More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website Contemporary Romance: Dial S for Second Chances by Linda Shenton Matchett — Jade Williams agrees to be on the high school reunion committee because the-one-that-got-away is out of the country and won’t be home in time to attend the festivities. Now, …
The Poetry in our Fiction
by Susan Lyttek @SusanLyttek On the day I’m writing this, I just wrote a personal blog post about our poetic God and how God uses poetry to communicate with us and through us. But the day this will be posting, I will be boarding a cruise ship with my husband to celebrate our fortieth anniversary and unable to see this …
Travel Inspiration
by Marguerite Martin Gray As a reader I can travel to the ends of the earth in nay era through the pages of a good book. Imagine how many countries and cultures I have traversed since I am of a certain age. I crave learning about countries, real or imaginary with facts that answer my questions. Through the words that …
ACFW Storyfest (Takeover Blitz and GIVEAWAY!)
Welcome to the Takeover Blitz for ACFW Storyfest, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours! You are Invited ACFW Storyfest August 24-26, 2023 Hyatt Regency at the Arch, St. Louis When hundreds of authors gather for their annual ACFW conference in August, readers are invited to participate in their own event on the same premises. Storyfest will present a full program of …
ACFW New Releases: June 2023
June 2023 New Releases More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website Contemporary Romance: Operation Find a Guy by Amy R. Anguish — Skye Jones has one goal for the summer—keep her father from taking away her convertible. That’s the only reason she agrees to work at her sister’s bridal shop in Boulder, …
Step Outside You Comfort Zone and Write
by Terry Overton Listening to my Bible Study leader speak in our recent study of Rahab, the point was made very clear to me. God asked Rahab to step out of her comfort zone and do something she probably never thought she would do. He had selected Rahab to take in two spies and to lie to the authorities when …