Diet Pills
Posted by Vicki on Apr 7, 2009
She had tried many ways of coping with her situation during her teen years. Everything from diet pills, to drugs. Nothing had eased the ache in her heart. The traveling over the years had dulled the pain she felt, but it was still there, buried beneath, though she didn’t dwell on it often.
The thought had crossed her mind to return home, and always she had pushed away that thought and traveled on, and yet the thought kept returning.
New York City Hotel
Posted by Vicki on Apr 7, 2009
The New York City hotel was spacious and comfortable. She called it home for the moment, because that’s where she was. She had a restless heart, and feet to match..She never stayed in one place more than a few months at a time. A product of her growing up she guessed, but never thought much about it.
She had grown up with a drunk father, and a mother that bent her likings to whatever her husband wanted. She had felt stuck her entire life, so when the chance came to leave, she was gone before the screen door shut behind her. She had wanted to see the world, and so she had. But now she wondered if that was enough.
My Son, John
Posted by Vicki on Apr 7, 2009
Wow, this book was interesting to say the least! It’s a very tragic story, that gripped my heart from the first few moments, clear to the end. I couldn’t imagine this happening my family, and yet I know that it could really happen in any family these days.
The author did a wonderful job with this story. With the lives of these charactors. It’s not a book that you want to read over and over, but it is one that I think should be read.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Kathi Macias is an award-winning author of more than twenty fiction and nonfiction books. She has also ghostwritten and collaborated on books for a number of well-known individuals. She is a staff member for The Christian Communicator Manuscript Critique Service and a member of The Christian Proofreaders and Editors Network, Christian Authors Network, American Christian Fiction Writers, Christian Writers Fellowship International, Advanced Writers/Speakers Association, for who she serves as membership chair, and orange County Christian Writers Fellowship. She is the 2008 winner of AWSA’s Golden Scroll Award.
A Former newspaper columnist and string reporter, Macias is a credentialed minister and served as an associate pastor at a large church in Southern California, where she did biblical counseling, trained small group leaders, and oversaw support/recovery ministries. She is a popular speaker at churches, women’s clubs and retreats, and writers’ conferences, and has appeared on several radio and TV programs.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Murder.
Could there be a more chilling word?
Could it be any more horrible than to have a loved one killed, brutally and heartlessly, without obvious reason or motive?
When Liz Peterson’s elderly mother is found viciously beaten to death in her home, Liz and her husband, Charles, along with their grown son, John, and teenage daughter, Sarah, are horrified beyond words. Their previously predictable, respectable lives seem to have vanished without a trace, as they struggle to make sense of a senseless act.
And then a second blow-more devastating, if possible, than the first-rocks them to their core. John is arrested for his grandmother’s murder. As what’s left of the Peterson family begins to crumble under the weight of loss and accusation, the Petersons’ longstanding Christian faith is put to the test in a way they could never have imagined, and unconditional love is stretched to its limits. Will family ties and relationships withstand such a crushing blow, or will evil succeed in dividing and conquering this once close and inseparable family?
Watch the chilling trailer!!
If you would like to read the first chapter of My Son, John, go HERE
TV Stands
Posted by Vicki on Apr 4, 2009
The tv stands lined the walls, the couches and beds were placed in the center of the room, along with coffee tables, lamps and other furniture. It was just has it had always been, how she had always remembered it.
The smell of this place had always been a unique combination of different woods, and leather. It was a smell she dreamed of. A smell that had always comforted her.
Angel of Wrath
Posted by Vicki on Apr 1, 2009
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Well, one thing led to another and even though I got C’s in my one writing class in college (and told God I could do anything for him but write) I got my first writing job for a TV series. And then another and then some directing jobs and finally some books. (I think I’ve written and/or directed a few dozen films and about 60 books). The projects have won about 40 awards, I get to travel all over the world, and I’m having the time of my life. I often think that none of this would have happened if I lived my life my way. I would have never chosen writing and directing for a living. Instead, I might be in somebody’s mouth this very minute drilling away as a dentist. Don’t get me wrong, there’s nothing wrong with being a dentist, it’s just not what I was designed for. So, everywhere I go, I encourage people to say yes to God, no matter how foolish it may feel, because by doing that, they’ll be in the center of His will and living a cooler life than they’d ever dreamed possible. It’s not always easy and it can be a little scary…but it’s anything but boring!
Today I live in California, not too far from Hollyweird (where I’m still trying to make a difference) with two cats, two kids, one dog and one wife.
Another Faithword book by Bill Myers is The Voice.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Thirteen-year-old Jazmin, her ex-Special Ops uncle Charlie, and former FBI agent Lisa are reunited in the second of the Voice of God series to stop a an assassin driven to murder members of a megachurch led by Lisa’s brother. This assassin has drawn in a coven of teens toying with satanic practices to support his efforts. The naive youth engage in ceremonies that appear to usher in the death of each of his victims. When their rituals open a portal into the spiritual realm, a terrifying and mysterious entity crosses over to our world.
The battle culminates with the capture of Lisa’s father as the next target and a Black Mass requiring both their deaths as a sacrifice. The team will, once again, have to rely on all their wits, strength, and faith to survive in this action-packed, unearthly warfare.
If you would like to read an excerpt from Angel Of Wrath, go HERE
