Audra Jennings

  Join the movement to inspire the next generation of godly women!  Meet God’s Called and Courageous Girls, Bible heroes who inspire your child’s faith in God. Harvest House's new series just launched with the release of the first book! To celebrate the release of  A Brave Big Sister , you're invited to join authors Rachel Spier Weaver and Anna Haggard for a live webcast on September 7 at 2 PM EDT (1 PM CDT/12 PM MDT/11 AM PDT). Join top Christian speakers and the creators of the Called and Courageous Girls series for this live one-hour event to equip and encourage parents how to teach their kids about the women of the Bible. Explore how God is calling women to serve him today in exciting ways. There will be plenty of prizes to win, too, so stop by on your lunch break and join in the conversation . Guest speakers and topics will include: Peter Greer on framing our biblical and faith narrative in a way that invites girls to join God’s story. Katelyn Beaty...

Part 1 of an interview with Hayley DiMarco, Author of A Woman Overwhelmed Women are often overwhelmed by the demands and circumstances of life, resulting in stress, fear, worry, impatience, fatigue, frustration and even depression. The emotional tolls are great but result in physical symptoms, such as weight gain, insomnia, headaches, and anxiety. In A Woman Overwhelmed: Finding God in the Messes of Life (Abingdon Press), best-selling author Hayley DiMarco shows readers what would happen if they could see the insanity in their pace and turn to embrace an overwhelming God. DiMarco shares biblical insights and personal stories to show we were created to be overwhelmed, not by life, but by God. She offers a glimpse at the comedy of an overwhelmed life while encouraging readers to discover the depths and heights of God’s love and power. Q: What are the things that overwhelm women most?  Women have a list of things to be overwhelmed with, but most women become...

Lori Benton's Many Sparrows reminds readers of God’s power and perfect timing Understanding why some things happen the way they do is impossible, but as Christians, we must remember God is in control and His timing is perfect. His purposes are deeper and broader than we can imagine. These are lessons Clare Inglesby must learn in award-winning author Lori Benton’s latest historical novel, Many Sparrows (WaterBrook/August 29, 2017). Set in 1774 and based on historical facts, Many Sparrows depicts the harrowing account of a young mother who will stop at nothing to find and reclaim her son after he is taken by a native tribe. Clare Inglesby, a settler of the Ohio-Kentucky frontier, finds herself in a perilous situation when an accident forces her husband to leave her alone on a remote mountain trail with their four-year-old son, Jacob. Her precarious circumstances only intensify when Jacob is taken by the Shawnee under the cover of darkness. Clare awakens the next mornin...

Instead of blogging about Bachelor in Paradise which is beyond stupid and pointless, especially this season, I spent time out in my studio working on one of my pineapple canvases. After a Monday that seemed less than productive -- at least less productive than I wanted it to be -- I needed to be creative.

The Crayon Box Song Written by  William V. Mason When I was just a little child No higher than your knee, My mother bought a box of crayons, Just for me. I picked them up and I opened them up And I looked way down inside, And the colors there reminded me Of Jesus when He died. O… Red is the color of the blood that He shed, Brown is for the crown of thorns they laid upon His head. Blue is for royalty! In Heaven He does dwell; And yellow is for the Christian who's afraid to tell. I colored and I colored 'Til the crayons were all gone, And though I am much older now, The mem'ry lingers on. And when I see a little child With crayon box in hand, I tell them what they mean to me And hope they'll understand. O… Red is the color of the blood that He shed, Brown is for the crown of thorns they laid upon His head. Blue is for royalty! In Heaven He does dwell; And yellow is for the Christian who's afraid to tell....

If you have followed me for long, you know I have a thing about pineapples. Today was pineapple day in the studio. I have two canvases to put quotes on, but for now this is the only one I have ready to show. I thought I had it rotated!

I told you it would be a busy fall! Last night, I posted where The Crafty Dad and Daughter  will be in September and October. Here's the November - December line-up. Click on the school name for more information on the event. Click on the address for Google Maps. November 4 ~ 9:30 AM - 4 PM Denton Ryan High School ( 5101 E McKinney St, Denton, TX 76208) November 11 ~ 9 AM - 4 PM Mansfield Summit High School ( 1071 Turner Warnell Rd, Arlington, TX 76001) December 2 ~ 9 AM - 3 PM IOOF Event Center ( 601 N 45th St, Corsicana, TX 75110) (2017 flyer coming soon) December 9 ~ 9 AM - 4 PM Byron Nelson High School ( 2775 Bobcat Blvd, Trophy Club, TX 76262)

I think we have our fall craft show schedule set. There are a couple of weekends we could add in, IF the opportunity were right. We're going to be busy regardless. Here is where we will be in September - October. I'll post our November - December schedule tomorrow. Click on the school name for more information on the event. Click on the address for Google Maps. September 30 ~ 9 AM - 5 PM Birdville High School ( 9100 Mid Cities Blvd, North Richland Hills, TX 76180) October 7 ~ 9 AM - 5 PM October 8 ~ 11 AM - 5 PM Arlington Martin High School (4501 W Pleasant Ridge Rd, Arlington, TX 76016) October 14 ~ 9 AM - 4 PM Northwest High School ( 2301 Texan Dr, Justin, TX 76247) October 21 ~ 9 AM - 4 PM Flower Mound Marcus High School ( 5707 Morriss Rd, Flower Mound, TX 75028)

By the time I had gotten through with work on Tuesday, it had already been a long week. Heck, I took a long lunch with Angie two hours after I started work on Tuesday. I had gotten started to work late because Outlook wasn't functioning right on one computer, and I couldn't even get new batteries to make the keyboard on my other to work. Because I have had boxes of computers stacked on my kitchen table for what seems like an eternity, but actually only 2 1/2 weeks, I sat in the floor and started working on going through the latest batch. I'd had enough though. Tuesday night and Wednesday morning posts on Facebook begged for someone local who wanted to buy a bunch and work on them. I'm just over it. Forget trying to get more together for a classroom to use for someone else to tweak later. It was only a matter of time before Mom started complaining about the stacks in the garage that needed to go. About 3:45 PM,  I posted on Facebook in the marketplace and cross-...

Thanks to a friend, I did have glasses so I got to see Monday's eclipse. If I hadn't stopped by Angie's house on Sunday night, I would have been out of luck. We just got a partial down here in Texas though. In April 2024 though, we're right close to the center line! Isn't it amazing that they can figure that out in advance? Actually, if you go to GreatAmericanEclipse.com , You can see the paths of eclipses for the rest of the 21st century. It seems odd for all this talk about the last time it happened over the US, then so many seem to be happening in the coming years. I know there had to be one when I was in elementary school because I remember no one could go outside except the one kid with his box projector. I guess it was just a partial. I went out and looked a few times, and every time I just knew I was going blind. Mom said she wished I had told her that before she took her turn with the glasses. Anyone else get a headache? I had one that lasted most ...

Does your church or ministry need help developing a policy to keep children safe? The GRACE team with multi-disciplinary knowledge, headed by Boz Tchividjian, a lawyer and former child abuse prosecutor, want to help you create a plan with their new book and resource,  The Child Safeguarding Policy for Churches and Ministries .  Creating a policy can seem too overwhelming, and it feels like an impossible task to plan for every contingency. This handbook is designed for use by a group that will be formulating policies and procedures to protect children and deal with possible child abuse in their ministry, school, and/or church. Working through this book will assist churches and ministries to assess their current child abuse polices and then guide them through each step they need to take to address the safety of children under their care. {MORE ABOUT  THE CHILD SAFEGUARDING POLICY FOR CHURCHES AND MINISTRIES } (New Growth Press, August 2017) Churches have ...

I got two videos on one Wednesday night! Finally!   Thank You, Lord By Gary L. Mabry Thank you, Lord for loving me and Thank you, Lord for blessing me. Thank you, Lord for making me whole and saving my soul. Chorus: (I want to) thank you, Lord, for loving me. Thank you, Lord, for saving my soul. Let us all with one accord, Sing praises to Christ the Lord. Let us all unite and in song to praise Him all day long. Chorus Please reveal your will for me, So I can serve you for eternity. Use my life in every way, Take hold of it today. Chorus

I got another box of glasses to try out. I hate all of these. For now, I am stuck with the same old ones which is what everyone liked best anyway.

Cindy Woodsmall releases the powerful conclusion  to the Amish of Summer Grove series How different would your belief system be if you grew up in a different culture? Would your faith in God be the same if you were raised in a different family? New York Times best-selling author Cindy Woodsmall poses these questions in the powerful conclusion to the CBA and ECPA bestselling Amish of Summer Grove series in Gathering the Threads (WaterBrook/August 15, 2017) . Woodsmall’s latest series introduces readers to two young women, one Englisch and one Amish, who were switched at birth and follows them as they discover what their lives would have been like had the switch never taken place. In Gathering the Threads , Woodsmall deftly weaves complex issues of identity into the story. What makes us who we are? Are we simply a result of our genetic ancestry? Does our family determine our future . . . or is there something more to identity? The book also deals with the prejudice m...

Choose Wisely, Live Fully points to Proverbs 1–9 for wisdom and truth Fortune, fame and power mean nothing without Godly wisdom. King Solomon learned this in his day, and it is a truth that stands today. Author Donna Gaines ’ new book, Choose Wisely, Live Fully: Lessons from Wisdom & Folly, the Two Women of Proverbs (Abingdon Press/August 15, 2017), draws from the timeless wisdom of Proverbs 1–9 to help women apply the same principles in practical ways to the issues they face today. Gaines harnesses her two passions, discipleship and literacy, to challenge women of all ages to become biblically literate. “God has not changed,” Gaines writes. “So why do we keep repeating the same behaviors even though we can see no one has been able to sidestep God’s laws or the consequences of breaking them? I am convinced the answer to that question is this: Most of us honestly don’t know what God has said in the first place. . . . Biblical illiteracy is rampant.” The statistics...