The redemptive spiritual arc might be my favorite. It takes so many forms, from dramatic to vapor-thin, that I find myself constantly searching it out. And redemption can mean different things to each person. For me and the sake of this post, I’m speaking about redemption in a character’s life that brings them from a […]
More Than a Feeling
“All the feels.” That’s what we all want from a good Christian romance, right? We want to feel the tension of two characters who seem to face insurmountable obstacles on the way to their happily ever after. I want to feel their joys and their fears and even their sorrows right along with them. And […]
“The” Christmas Gift
I remember one particular Christmas when I was a kid. I was probably about eleven, and I was obsessed with a book called My Side of the Mountain. It was about a city kid who got disillusioned by the crowds and noise and he ran away to the wilderness. And he survived by learning how […]
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year #giveaway
I’m no theologian, but the greatest story ever written is the best selling book of all time. The Bible. As we study this book, we discover how tightly woven the story is from the beginning to the end. The details and plot points are so intricate, that no human could have orchestrated them. During this […]
What do you think about beautiful characters in Christian romance?
Guest Post by Brynn Stewart This is a serious question. Here at Inspy Romance, the blog is all about Christian romance, so this seems like the perfect place to discuss this topic. I recently read a post online where someone was complaining because the Christian romance they were reading described the heroine as beautiful from […]
The Call of Adventure!
“The mountains are calling & I must go & I will work on while I can, studying incessantly.” – John Muir Often, I hear this quote as “Adventure is calling and I must go”. Which is a fair rendition of the original quote. Though I do prefer the original. I live in the mountains, and […]
Random Acts of Kindness
Be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another as God has forgiven you in Christ. (Ephesians 4:32) Today is World Kindness Day. As an inspirational romance author, kindness is a theme I often address in my books, but even more so in my life. I’ve discovered a little kindness goes a long way, whether with […]
The Wind Ceased
How big is your faith? Is it wave-sized or is it God-sized? Last week, I had a good cry. I’ve been walking with Jesus through the ups and downs of life since 1988, when He saved my soul. Fast forward thirty three years later: suddenly COVID. If you’ve gone through this dreaded virus, you know what […]
A New Day
This photo was taken as a new day dawned over the prairie somewhere around the Texas-New Mexico border as we traveled home from Lubbock, Texas, where my husband and I had attended the funeral of my sister-in-law. We had made that same trip a couple of months earlier to see my brother and her. She […]
faith, hope, and love-part 3-#giveaway
Hi all! Happy Friday! And June has begun. The wedding month. Or it used to be. Summertime is fun time, right? And it’s the perfect month to talk about LOVE. Part three of my Faith, Hope, and Love Series. If you need to know anything about me it’s that I love love. I’ve always been […]