What Does Kindness Mean to You?

What Does Kindness Mean to You?

This month’s Year of Charity focus is on kindness. Have you learned anything about kindness this month? Do you have any insights you would be willing to share in the comments? Have you ever seen Facebook explode? Someone posts something controversial and then...
The Amish Quiltmaker Is Almost Here!

The Amish Quiltmaker Is Almost Here!

The Amish Quiltmaker’s Unexpected Baby is the first book in my new Amish Quiltmaker series! And it will be here in 15 days! I am so excited for you to read the story of Esther Zook, whose plans for a quiet existence of quilting and growing apricots are turned...
Charity Is Kind

Charity Is Kind

This month in my “Year of Charity,” I am focusing on “Charity is kind.” A friend of mine once said, “Being kind is different than being nice. I’d rather be kind.” I’ve thought a lot about that. Here are the definitions...
Charity Suffers Long

Charity Suffers Long

Every month on this blog, we are discussing an attribute of charity. In January, I have been working on “Charity suffers long.” I would love to know what insights you have gained from studying this topic. Charity is the pure love of Christ and the basis of...
Esther Zook Is Very Mad

Esther Zook Is Very Mad

Here’s an excerpt from Chapter 1 of The Amish Quiltmaker’s Unexpected Baby in which Esther gets quite a shock. Esther Zook had four hundred and thirty-five reasons to run screaming from the house and never come back. But she wasn’t really a screamer, and...