When December rolls around, the Christmas books come out—at least around here they do! I’m always on the lookout for a new Christmas read and I’m looking forward to checking some of these out. 12 Days by Heidi Glick Another Outer Banks Christmas by Christine Sinisi Cathy’s Christmas Confession by Pattie Shene Gonzales A cute …
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Hope for Christmas Book Club Resources
Enjoy Hope For Christmas Book Club Resources with your book club. Thank you for choosing Hope for Christmas!
Writing Hope For Christmas
I always enjoy a fun Christmas movie and often get sucked into watching the cheesy ones too. Christmas is one of my favorite holidays and I love everything about it. When I saw my cover designer post this cover for sale, I snapped it up. I didn’t know what book I’d write but I didn’t …
Me & My Manger Scene
I wanted the Willow Tree Nativity set for ages but never spent the money. One year, I bought the Holy Family for myself with birthday money from my mom. Each year after that, I’d use mom’s birthday money to buy another set to add to my Nativity. I found two Wisemen at the thrift store …
Christmas Gift Ideas for Book Lovers
An Anne of Green Gables Mug and My favorite coffee Door County Christmas or My favorite tea Good Earth Sweet & Spicy A fun book tee-shirt And another one Book lover socks A cozy blanket for snuggling under while reading A Merry Bookmas ornament A library card journal for tracking books read, reviews, or …
True Confessions –Writing Hope For Christmas
When I saw this cover for sale on my cover designer’s page, I fell in love with the colors, the style, and the feeling. I didn’t have a Christmas story in the works, so I kept looking at it when I went to her site. Then I started to worry. “What if someone else buys it?” Aack! …
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Hope For Christmas A Novella for Christmas In July
My fun Christmas novella is on pre-order, just in time for Christmas in July. I started writing it last December and in my notes wrote, “Let’s make it a little Hallmarky”. Merry Noel is a busy woman with no time or patience to celebrate holidays. But when she’s fired after going berserk at the office …
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Wishing You A Very Merry Christmas
Wishing you and yours a very merry Christmas. Here’s our 2021 Christmas card. I found the sketch in my mom’s sermon notebook after she passed away and I added the watercolor and vintage hymn. I pray you’ll have time to thank Jesus for His greatest gift this Christmas season. Merry Christmas.
How many miles of ribbons does it take to make the donkeys festive?
What if Bethlehem celebrated the first Christmas like we celebrate Christmas today?
How many pounds of glitter to decorate the inns and stables?
How many miles of ribbons does it take to make the donkeys festive? What candle scent covers the “essence of shepherd”? How many pounds of sugar would the Judean women need to fill everyone’s tummies with too many sweets?
What’s the best part of Christmas?
What’s the best part of Christmas? Well, for me, the answer is everything! I enjoy the lights, the music, the family time, the traditions, the treats–all of it. Last week, Jennifer Elwood invited me to share my new devotional Unwrapping 5 Names of God For Christmas on her Facebook page— you can still watch it. …