by Jennifer Beckstrand | Mar 22, 2021 | Quilting Bee, Romance, Writing
I love quilts. It’s one of the reasons I made my heroine in my latest series an Amish quiltmaker. I had so much fun writing about Esther Zook’s quilts. Esther always has a quilt on her frames in her front room so that she can take a few stitches whenever...
by Jennifer Beckstrand | Mar 15, 2021 | Cooking
I love pie, and I LOVE math, so of course, one of my favorite days of the year is Pi Day, which is March 14 because it’s 3.14. In honor of Pi Day and my son-in-law’s birthday, we had an all-pie dinner at my house. Here is what our table looked like: I...
by Jennifer Beckstrand | Mar 8, 2021 | Amish, Author's Corner, Inspirational, Romance
The Amish Quiltmaker’s Unexpected Baby is now available! Do you have your copy yet? You can buy The Amish Quiltmaker’s Unexpected Baby at Walmart, or online at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or Walmart. Esther Zook is looking to start a new life in Byler, a...
by Jennifer Beckstrand | Mar 1, 2021 | Faith, Inspirational
This month in our “Year of Charity,” we are going to explore, ponder, and live “Charity envieth not.” Envy means jealousy, specifically being jealous and prideful about what someone else has that you do not. I looked in the dictionary of...
by Jennifer Beckstrand | Feb 23, 2021 | Amish, Romance
Esther Zook’s peaceful and, frankly, boring life is turned upside-down with the arrival of an unexpected baby. Soon, all her dresses are covered with spit-up, all her floors are sticky, and all her future plans have flown out the window. Handsome Levi King...
by Jennifer Beckstrand | Feb 15, 2021 | Faith, Inspirational
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...
by Jennifer Beckstrand | Feb 8, 2021 | Amish, Romance
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...
by Jennifer Beckstrand | Feb 1, 2021 | Faith, Inspirational
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...
by Jennifer Beckstrand | Jan 25, 2021 | Faith, Inspirational
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...
by Jennifer Beckstrand | Jan 18, 2021 | Amish, Romance
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...
