Audra Jennings

Part 2 of an Interview with Erica Vetsch, Author of The Gentleman Spy Erica Vetsch’s The Gentleman Spy provides readers with plenty of romance and history, a good dose of humor, and even some action and adventure mixed in. It is sure to be a favorite of the readers who followed Vetsch on her new venture into Regency fiction as well as the new readership of those faithful to the Regency genre that she gained with The Lost Lieutenant . While Marcus thinks he can juggle the various aspects of his life without one part spilling into the other, his bride, Charlotte, has other ideas. Unlike the other women of society, she reads anything she can get her hands on (even the newspaper!) and has ideas of her own. “ Chivalry and the protection of women were a large part of proper English society during the Regency, and it was feared that too much academic work or exposure to the more, shall we say, gritty elements of life were both improper and could be dangerous to the ‘weaker female m...

Part 2 of an Interview with Terry Brennan, Author of Persian Betrayal   (Read part 1 here.) In this second half of his interview about Persian Betrayal, Terry Brennan talks about both the historical and spiritual inspiration behind his new Empires of Armageddon series. Q: The prologue shares a fictional retelling of Moses and the battle against the Amalekites from Joshua’s perspective. Is the inclusion of this story tied to the prophecies central to the story line of the series?   I don’t think it gives anything away too soon, but one portion of the second prophecy is deciphered to read “. . . when the sons of Amalek are invited to the king’s banquet . . .” In the Bible, following the battle of Rephidim—where Moses’s arms are kept raised by Aaron and Hur while the Israelite army routs a much larger army of Amalekites—Moses tells Joshua that God spoke, “I will completely blot out the name of Amalek from under heaven.” Historically, it is a wi...

For review copy and interview information, contact: Audra Jennings - audra@newgrowthpress.com - 903-874-8363   Click here to request a review copy.   Knowing how to approach children and teens in counseling can be a challenge. Learning to enter into their world and draw them out can sometimes feel impossible. But with Julie Lowe’s  Building Bridges —a practical workbook of expressive activities to do with kids and teens in counseling—you will find the biblical tools you’re looking for.  Anyone who has e...

Soon and very soon (not the song), I hope to be able to post new videos instead of recycling old ones. We're going to start back to having class soon. I'll have this group of kids again because I'm moving up to 4th grade from 2nd grade.    Good Old Noah Built an Ark To the tune of “Old MacDonald” Change animals and sounds each time through Good old Noah built an ark, Like God told him to! And on that ark he took two lions Like God told him to! With a roar, roar here and a roar, roar there. Here a roar! There a roar! Everywhere a roar, roar! Good old Noah built an ark Like God told him to!

This week I made what has been one of my favorite recipes, but there are still some cooking mishaps you can laugh at... because otherwise it would be boring to read these blog posts, right? I've been avoiding rice recipes for multiple reasons. 1) I don't really like rice, 2) why eat carbs unless you love them, 3) the last time I got rice and cooked it, it turned out crunchy. This time, I put extra water, cooked it a while, but in more water, cooked it some more, and added more water. Seriously. I know that's not the right way to cook rice, but it at least turned out so much better this time. I also upgraded to add ground meat to this recipe. They turned out so good.  That's with the fresh salsa and sour cream added. The leftovers were even better because I forgot the salsa and sour cream. Two words: lime juice. I keep saying I'm going to cut it out, but I thought I needed it for the salsa. I don't think I needed it for the salsa. I rarely don't order ...

For review copy and interview information, contact: Audra Jennings -  audra@newgrowthpress.com  - 903-874-8363 Click here to request a digital review copy. Your children may know of the Psalms, but with  WonderFull  by best-selling author Marty Machowski, young readers learn to use the whole book of the Psalms to pray, worship, and find help through the challenges life is certain to bring. Oliver and his grandfather spend days sitting in front of an old oak tree, reading through the book of Psalms together. As Oliver’s curiosity about God evolves into a deep and abiding faith, his grandfather continues to read to him and pray with him, discovering together the beauty of the Psalms. Even when Oliver’s grandpa is no longer able to read with him, Oliver continues to cherish the Psalms—especially in times of trial—and he imagines what it will be like to see God face to face and his grandfather again in heaven. Ancient psalms are made ev...

You Aren’t Required to Like Your Story Heather M. Dixon helps women find hope and God’s sovereignty in life’s disappointments and difficult circumstances There are f ew things that can make us feel as helpless as living with a story we don’t like. Life is rarely fair, and things happen beyond our control that impact our lives in negative ways. Maybe our story involves the loss of a loved one, an unwanted transition, a difficult diagnosis, or a dream that fell through. At one time or another, we all deal with disappointments and feel that we are being punished. For women searching for a glimmer of hope, Heather M. Dixon has written Renewed: Finding Hope When You Don’t Like Your Story , a four-week study diving into the life of Naomi from the Book of Ruth. While most studies on the book of Ruth focus on the book’s namesake, Dixon focuses in on Ruth’s widowed mother-in-law instead. “ I’ve always read and taught Ruth from Naomi’s perspective because ultimately, I think i...