Fruitbearers

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: Robin Marsh and Lauren Nelson and the book: God, Girls, and Getting Connected Harvest House Publishers (February 1, 2012) ***Special thanks to Karri James of Harvest House Publishers for sending me a review copy.*** ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Robin Marsh is an Emmy nominated and national award-winning journalist. She anchors the weekday morning newscast at KWTV-News9, the

About Three Hearts : A passionate team of people work to save the lives of three Mongolian children with life-threatening heart defects. Graduating college senior, Cissie Graham Lynch, granddaughter of evangelist Billy Graham, takes on an internship at Samaritan’s Purse working with the Children’s Heart Project . This project is dedicated to saving the lives of children by providing medical procedures that aren’t available in many countries. Cissie is charged with supervising the arrival and surgeries of three Mongolian children suffering from fatal congenital heart defects.  But the task is not easy and filled with unexpected challenges. Cissie balances responsibilities as a newly married wife to a professional football player and her tasks with the internship. Meanwhile the Children’s Heart team turns to a Texas family who travels to Mongolia for the adventure of a lifetime to help bring the children to San Antonio for their surgeries.  In Texas, two host families make

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: Jay Payleitner and the book: 52 Things Wives Need from Their Husbands: What Husbands Can Do to Build a Stronger Marriage Harvest House Publishers (February 1, 2012) ***Special thanks to Karri | Marketing Assistant | Harvest House Publishers for sending me a review copy.*** ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Jay Payleitner is one of the top freelance Christian radio producers in the United St

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: Cheryl Moeller and the book: Creative Slow-Cooker Meals: Use Two Slow Cookers for Tasty and Easy Dinners [Spiral-Bound] Harvest House Publishers; Spi edition (February 1, 2012) ***Special thanks to Karri James, Marketing Assistant, Harvest House Publishers for sending me a review copy.*** ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Cheryl Moeller is a seasoned mother and a standup comic. She i

(DVD releases 2/21/12) Based on a true story, The Mighty Macs (rated G) is a movie about Cathy Rush who in 1971 became a basketball coach at Immaculata College, a small all-women's Catholic college in Philadelphia run by nuns. She was ambitious and determined to give her team the best chance at competition, even though the team/the school had little prospects. She encouraged the girls (players in her team) to be team players and to pursue their dreams. She coached them in somewhat unconventional ways but it worked. Cathy Rush led the team to win the Women's College Basketball National Championship 3 years in a row (1972, 1973, and 1974). She had been married for about 3 years when she decided by herself (against her husband's approval) that she wanted to become a basketball coach. Her husband, Ed Rush, who was an NBA referee, wanted to start a family, instead. Obviously, this caused friction in their marriage. I understand that she had unfulfilled dreams but she should

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: Dannah Gresh and the book: Six Ways to Keep the "Good" in Your Boy: Guiding Your Son from His Tweens to His Teens Harvest House Publishers (February 1, 2012) ***Special thanks to Karri James, Marketing Assistant, Harvest House Publishers for sending me a review copy.*** ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Dannah Gresh is a bestselling author, a speaker, and the crea

It's time for another weekly photo hunt, hosted by Sandi at The Saturday PhotoHunt . This week's theme is Point.  

1. " Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children and live a life of love ♥, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. " Ephesians 5:1-2 2. " This is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another ♥ ." 1 John 3:11 3. " Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love ♥ ... Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him ." 1 John 4:7-8, 16b 4. " But I trust in Your unfailing love ♥; my heart rejoices in Your salvation. I will sing to the Lord for He has been good to me. " Psalm 13:5-6 " The Lord loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of His unfailing love ♥. " Psalm 33:5 " How priceless is Your unfailing love ♥! Both high and low among men find refuge in the shadow of Your wings ." Psa

1. " Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love . ♥ " ~Albert Einstein 2. " ♥ Love doesn't make the world go round,     Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.♥ "   ~Elizabeth Barrett Browning 3. "♥ Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit. " ~Peter Ustinov 4. "♥ Love at first sight is easy to understand; it's when two people have been looking at each other for a lifetime that it becomes a miracle :)." ~Sam Levenson 5. " In family life, love ♥ is the oil that eases friction, the cement that binds closer together, and the music that brings harmony. " ~Eva Burrows 6. " The essence of love ♥ is kindness ." ~Robert Louis Stevenson 7. "♥ Love is the thing that enables a woman to sing while she mops up the floor after her husband has walked across it in his barn boots. :)" ~A Hoosier farmer (p. 253, Everything Romance) 8. "♥ Since