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Three Books, One Plan

On April 10, 2015, Posted by , In 30/30 Prayer,author spotlight,encouragement,God's overwhelming love,GRACE,Intercessory prayer,Loving as Christ loves,marketing,Praying for Revival,Redemption,reviews,Serving Christ,Sex as God Intended,Sexual Self-Control,spiritual refreshing,Surrender to God,The Rapha Chronicles Book 1 THE FALL,the story behind THE FALL,Two Minute Devo,unconditional love,Virginity,What Would Jesus do?,writing as therapy,Writing Projects, With 2 Comments

This morning, God gave a very sweet gift of insight that left me blubbering.

For the past ten years of praying and writing, I’ve gone with God’s leading. I’ve laughed off the fact I’m an author genre-jumper, thus a publisher’s nightmare. This morning God gave a little glimpse of the blueprint He’s had in mind the whole time—

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3 Tips for Powerful Prayers

On November 28, 2014, Posted by , In 30/30 Prayer,despair,encouragement,Forgiveness,Grief,hopelessness,Intercessory prayer,Redemption,Surrender to God,Two Minute Devo,writing as therapy, With No Comments

About ten years ago our family was wading through some of the most trying, exhausting circumstances of our lives. One of our kids was going through a very painful era and, to help him in the only way possible at the time, we began homeschooling. Now I felt like I was trapped with a lion in a cage every day without even the break of packing him off to school for a few hours. The accusing voice in my head was relentless. “Chana, you have TWO important jobs, that of wife and mom. You’re failing at both.“

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New Release! Hotline Girl by K. Dawn Byrd

On June 25, 2013, Posted by , In acfw,author groups,author spotlight,kickstart,marketing,writing as therapy,Writing Projects, With 1 Comment

Abby is surprised to find out that the guy she’s been counseling through the hotline at school is her forever crush. Can she give good advice when she really wants to tell him to dump his girlfriend?

Excerpt:

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Novel Prompted By a Dream

On February 21, 2013, Posted by , In acfw,author groups,encouragement,kickstart,Sex as God Intended,sexual responsibility,spiritual refreshing,Virginity,writing as therapy,Writing Projects, With 2 Comments

“One Night With A Rock Star” will always hold a special place in my heart since it represents those heady days when I fell passionately in love with writing. 

In the summer of 2005, I woke from a dream involving a favorite singing star and a much younger me.

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The Untamed Lion

On April 2, 2012, Posted by , In choose your habits wisely,despair,God,God's overwhelming love,hopelessness,the celebration of spiritual disciplines,the story behind THE FALL,writing as therapy,your daily habits guide your life, With 2 Comments

I remember my first 24/7 Prayer experience.  I had signed up for a crazy hour, like 2 a.m, and I took my then-8-yr-old son with me.  When we stepped into the black light-bathed room with fluorescent expressions of people’s heart’s cry to God splashed all over the papered walls, my son exclaimed, “This is the coolest thing I’ve ever seen!”

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Interview/Giveaway/Feature on Simply Kayla!

On January 31, 2012, Posted by , In God's overwhelming love,publicity,the story behind THE FALL,writing as therapy, With 5 Comments

She’s still in high school, usually enjoys and reviews erotica/romance (parent alert!)–but she reviewed THE FALL–even featured a lengthy interview.  Thank you SOO much, Kayla, for stepping out of your usual genre and showing tons of hospitality! Click Here to enter the giveaway and check out the interview. It’s so…

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