Peering Through Life's Window

  Tracy will give away a digital OR PDF (non-U.S. resident) copy of Overflowing Hearts. To enter to win leave a comment and an email address below. Hi Tracy, first, tell us a little about yourself. I’ve been writing for twenty years, which is not quite half my life. I never expected to become an author, as I was naturally a math girl in school. However, God often has different plans than we imagine. And greater than we can dream. When I got the bug to write, I started with a love for stories and a desire to share the lessons God taught me, scribbling words in between nursing babies, homeschooling, and volunteering at my church. Now, it’s quite amazing to say that I have over twenty books published and 6 more scheduled in the next 8 months. Were you an avid reader as a child? If so, what did you read? As a very young child, I wasn’t an avid reader. I say I began reading by default because everyone else in my house would spend quiet winter afternoons (when there wasn’t a football ga...

 More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the  ACFW Fiction Finder website Children’s Middle Grade: Jack and the Red Giant  by  Amanda Cleary Eastep  -- Snowball wars are being waged against the Tree Street Kids, and Jack Finch is building his greatest invention yet--the Abominable Snowman-ator. But his biggest battle will be against his distrust of Buzz Rublatz, the neighborhood bully. (Children’s Middle Grade from Moody Publishers)     Children’s Picture Book: Otto and Ollie  by  Penny Frost McGinnis  and Hannah L Wickline -- Otto and Ollie are best buddies. They live next door to each other and spend their days playing and pretending what they’ll be someday. When they have a disagreement, they discover it’s not what they’ll be, but who they’ll be that counts. (Children’s Picture Book from Mt. Zion Ridge Press)   Contemporary: What the River Keeps  by  Cheryl Grey Bostrom  -- In the beautiful Pacifi...

A Warm Welcome to Tracy Wainwright  Tracy will give away a digital copy of Hearing Whispers, book 1 in her Fruit of the Spirit Series  to a U.S. citizen. It's a series focused on faith, friendship, and family. To enter to win leave a comment and an email address below. Tracy shares what Phillipians  1:6, means to her and what it can mean for others.  “And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.” Philippians 1:6 This verse has been my favorite for too many years to count. While many verses have had great meaning to me in my 35-year walk with Jesus, this one sticks out the most because it reminds me of several important truths I’m prone to forget. First of all, I can be confident in every single promise the Lord has made in His Word. “I am sure of this...” The confidence Paul exudes in this and many other passages comes from a knowing to the core of his being that the Lord is who He says He is an...

                                                                    More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website Amish Romance: Caleb’s Choice by Z Peabody -- Caleb Jacobson, rancher, farmer, and a first-generation veterinarian, has always loved to care for animals. When he was given his choice to either stay in the small community and become a full-time farmer or have his “way about,” Caleb chooses the university, and in doing so, experiences a whole other world outside of his small community. Wanting to start his own practice in his hometown, he returns to the very small community that now shuns him and to the father who hates him. It’s true—sometimes you should never return home. When a college friend asks a favor, that he hire a new head cook, Caleb immediately a...

  A Warm Welcome to Keon Lindsey Keon shares his Biblically based reasons for believing in Jesus. Why I believe in Jesus I’m not a blind faith type of person. Thankfully, God does not require that and has provided lots of evidence and reasons to believe. These things got my attention and led me to decide to believe in Jesus. What were they? Exposure to God’s Word – My mother took me to church and listened to Christian radio where I heard Bible teaching. As a boy, sometimes I paid attention and sometimes not. However, I distinctly remember becoming interested in the Bible after hearing about fulfilled prophecy that was documented in history. I liked history and realized God was involved with it. Creation – I’ve always been interested in science and the world around us. In high school I learned about evolution and wondered how it could have happened if the Bible said “God created”? Thankfully, the Lord had prepared a series of radio talks from scientists and Bible teachers to answer ...

  A Warm Welcome to Tracy Wainwright Hi, Tracy, thanks for sharing your post about love with us.  Love Is the Greatest Thing.  When thinking about the question why did Jesus tell us to love one another, the answer seems obvious, yet complex. Few of us take the time to pause and consider the fact that God made us in His image. That each one of us is a Lord image-bearer. How astounding. When we survey creation, we observe God’s endless creativity and variety, even in humans. Yet, we recognize we are made different. Unique. Not just from one another, but from all the rest of creation. The greatest aspect of being human is our capacity to love. Since God is love, this makes sense. The triune Lord is love and emanates love. This easily explains our need for and ability to love others. However, ever since the fall, we’ve tended to give into selfishness, envy, and manipulation instead of selfless love. God knows that love is the best thing for us. To give and receive love fills ...