On a mission to create and inspire peace, love, trust, and harmony among believers of all faiths…
Sit down with a cup of coffee or a nice wine and visit with Sam as she shares a lifetime of memories in this new Christian-themed fictional memoir. My Name Is Sam … and Heaven Is Still Shining Through is a follow-up to the break out novella, Heaven Shining Through. It introduces Sam (Samantha), her…
Read more First Chapter Fridays! My Name is Sam by Joe Siccardi
How do you dream? Are your dreams in color or black ‘n white? Do they feel surreal or all too real?Well, I’d like to introduce you to my little slice of bittersweet. These subconscious woods hold every fear and my anxieties masked are as wolves. Nightmares that play on a loop for weeks, even months…
Read more First Chapter Fridays! Slumberland by Derra Nicole Sabo
Have you experienced a series of bad relationships? Does it seem like you are always a victim of the old bait-and-switch when it comes to dating? Have you grown past the available pool of bachelors? If it seems like you can’t find the right guy, take heart! God has plans for you and they may…
Read more First Chapter Fridays! Single, Sober, & Serious by Rebecca Benston
With an honest, unbiased and oftentimes self-mocking manner, the author shares the highlights of his personal and professional life in Poland and the USA, spanning over nearly seventy years, in the form of purposefully laconic stories in a culturally and socio-politically rich context, emphasizing the uplifting, hilarious, ironic, paradoxical and absurd situations. Filled with personal…
Shine was a four-year high school Varsity cheerleader, involved in theater performances and dance classes. She graduated with a B.A. in Mass Communications from a four-year college. While in college, she stayed active with theater productions, dance classes, and her Liberal Arts curriculum. So, how did she end up in a Florida jail for seven…
Read more First Chapter Fridays! Through the Sliver of a Frosted Window by Robin Lynne Melet
Since I’ve added a few hundred friends on Facebook during the past week, I feel like I should re-introduce myself here as well. I’m Rebecca Benston, and I’m an author and publisher. I own Higher Ground Books & Media, an independent publishing company located in Springfield, OH. We have over 50 authors and about 125…
Read more Today’s Pondering~Making friends and Influencing People
As an author, I often wonder how long we will be able to share our thoughts freely and at what point the powers-that-be will decide that free speech is simply not something they want to allow. Lately, I’m noticing that we seem to have reached a point where that freedom has been slowly and somewhat…
The devil rules this world. That’s not the superstitious ranting of a Bible-thumping weirdo; that’s the harsh realization of woman who doesn’t even recognize the world she’s living in. I grew up poor, for the most part. My family went through periods of extreme poverty even though my parents always worked very hard to provide…
I’m a big fan of parables. Jesus used these to help emphasize the points He was trying to make with His followers and I believe there is probably no better way to get a point across than to present it as a story. Big surprise there, right? In any case, I’ve been thinking for a…
God bless the poor salesperson who ends up with me on the other end of the line when they are making their sales calls. I’m probably one of the most obnoxiously practical people in the world when it comes to deflecting the “hard sell” and that’s not just when I’m running low on resources. This…
Leading the Follower 