Audra Jennings

I wish I had kept a running list of some of the questions I was asked this week. On a regular basis, I tend to be the person people come to in order to get answers to their questions. I'm hoping it's because I'm knowledgeable rather than a smart aleck or a know it all. This week, so of the questions were more on the quirky side and were from people outside of my usual circle of inquisitors. One night, I answered my phone at home with a simple "hello". The question that followed was, "is this the dollar store?" "Uh, no, it's not." I'm pretty sure if my house indeed was the dollar store, I would have answered, "Dollar Store." OK, that story right there is probably just funnier if I told you out loud. My favorite question went something like this: "My name is Mary Doe at Holy Memorial Church and we collected socks at our VBS last month. Where should I send the socks that were collected?" Actually, I didn&#

Thanks to all who participated in today's blog tour! It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book toured. The reason it is called a FIRST Wild Card Tour is that you never know if the book will be fiction, non~fiction, for young, or for old...or for somewhere in between! Enjoy your free peek into the book! You never know when I might play a wild card on you! Today's Wild Card author is: Warren Wiersbe and the book: The Wiersbe Bible Study Series: John: Get to Know the Living Savior David C. Cook; New edition (July 1, 2010) ***Special thanks to Karen Davis, Assistant Media Specialist, for The B&B Media Group for sending me a review copy.*** ABOUT THE AUTHOR: A man who has given his life to a deep examination of the Word of God, Dr. Warren W. Wiers

...yeah, I really do think. It's like raaaaiiinnnnnn... Whoops! Sorry, you really don't want to hear me sing. Now, if everyone will behave themselves, I will tell a little story. I haven't told a little story like this in the past year since a certain relative started calling my cousins to find out what story I told. Stories like this got my blog going, so in other words, feel free to laugh, just don't go talking to my family! Since my mom's aunt, Eula Mae, is about to move to Frisco to be near her daughter, my grandmother decided all of her family needed to come to town and over to my parents' house on Sunday. That's really jumping ahead of the story other than to say that Grandmother was in town. Our preacher, Sam, starts the sermon off with a story as preachers tend to do. His story was about a the Christmas after he graduated from preaching school. His aunt always gave money for Christmas. That year, Sam and his wife really could have used the mo

Thanks to everyone who participated in today's tour! It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book toured. The reason it is called a FIRST Wild Card Tour is that you never know if the book will be fiction, non~fiction, for young, or for old...or for somewhere in between! Enjoy your free peek into the book! You never know when I might play a wild card on you! Today's Wild Card author is: Xan Hood and the book: Sweat, Blood, and Tears: What God Uses to Make a Man David C. Cook; New edition (July 1, 2010) ***Special thanks to Karen Davis, Assistant Media Specialist, for The B&B Media Group for sending me a review copy.*** ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Xan Hood is an author and speaker ministering to young men between the ages of 18 and 25. He is the co-founder a

Thanks to everyone who participated in today's tour! It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book toured. The reason it is called a FIRST Wild Card Tour is that you never know if the book will be fiction, non~fiction, for young, or for old...or for somewhere in between! Enjoy your free peek into the book! You never know when I might play a wild card on you! Today's Wild Card author is: Gregg Jantz and the book: Gotta Have It!: Freedom from Wanting Everything Right Here, Right Now David C. Cook; New edition (July 1, 2010) ***Special thanks to Karen Davis of The B&B Media Groupfor sending me a review copy.*** ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Dr. Gregg Jantz is the founder of The Center—A Place of Hope and the best-selling author (with Ann McMurray) of 25 books

My new furniture arrived two weeks ago. Last weekend I finally got it all in place. I never did tell you about the night it finally arrived. The delivery people that Jenny and I arranged to bring our furntiture were set to bring it on Tuesday - the first day the warehouse was open to get Jenny's furniture after we bought it on Saturday. Around noon, Jenny made the first call to see when they were coming. Between 3-6 they say. "We'll call when we're headed your way." OK. At 5, we could stand it no more. Jenny called again. "You have to udnerstand ma'am, there's traffic and..." I call the store to see if they can tell if either my order from the store hers from the warehouse have been picked up. NOPE! I call the guy, "ma'am, you have to understand there is traffic and... We're pulling into the store parking lot right now. We'll call you when we are headed your way." More time passes. We call again - still stuck in line

My nine year old niece, Paige, recently got her own email address. This adds to the comedic factor of my life because reading her emails is hilarious. Paige and Peyton have been in Wyoming with their mom and various family members this past week. While they have been away, Paige has been sending daily updates of their time away. It reminds me a lot of my own scrapbook entries or the stories I would tell while blogging. Becuase I havne't been up to much lately, I'll share Paige's tales with you. To update you on the cast of Paige's emails, their aunt Courtney was up there for a few days. Their other grandparents have been up there part of the time. Their step-father (Steve) and his daughter and husband are also mentioned in some of the entries.  (All entries are copied and pasted from the originals, complete with their original spelling. Paige's emails in blue, my commentary in red.) Monday of vacation Well yesterday went a little wild at the airport, well a

Thanks to all who participated in today's tour! It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book toured. The reason it is called a FIRST Wild Card Tour is that you never know if the book will be fiction, non~fiction, for young, or for old...or for somewhere in between! Enjoy your free peek into the book! You never know when I might play a wild card on you! Today's Wild Card author is: Beth Redman and the book: God Knows My Name: Never Forgotten, Forever Loved David C. Cook (July 1, 2010) ***Special thanks to Audra Jennings, Senior Media Specialist for The B&B Media Group for sending me a review copy.*** ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Beth Redman is an evangelist, songwriter, singer, and author of several books, including Soul Sister and Beautiful. She is also th