I had the pleasure of being part of the five-author anthology Amish Christmas at North Star released by WaterBrook Multnomah. This collection begins with the birth of four Amish children all delivered by the same Amish midwife twenty-five years ago. Each novella tells the story of where that child is in the present day. Spoiler… […]
A Promise of Grace – A Satisfying Read ~ When I received Lynette Sowell’s most recent release, A Promise of Grace (third in her Seasons of Pinecraft series), I wasn’t sure what to think. While I found her first in the series (A Season of Change) to be quite different from anything I had read […]
When Grace Sings – Melodious! – review by Susan Scott Ferrell Kim Vogel Sawyer is quickly making her mark in the Christian Romance genre. When I read When Mercy Rains (first in The Zimmerman Restoration Trilogy), I was thoroughly ensconced in her writings and knew that I would have to read Book Two in the […]
The story behind The Bishop’s Son goes back to the days when I first decided to write Amish fiction. Some of my writer friends were very surprised. They had questions. Had I examined the Amish faith? Was I sure they were “true” Christians? What about the fact that they don’t evangelize? Aren’t we called to […]
For many Christian groups, especially those that came out of the revivalist or evangelical traditions, conversion points to a moment in time when an individual experiences a change of heart and chooses to follow Jesus. Someone giving a testimony might call this a “salvation experience.” The Amish have always believed that Christians experience salvation in […]
The first time I had dinner in an Amish home, my Amish friend Susie Riehl served us an absolutely delectable meal of baked chicken, noodles, green salad, homemade bread, and buttered corn. Susie also made a layered Jell-O dessert in fluted glasses, one for each of us. The whole meal reminded me of my growing […]
Sometimes I feel like I’m a little hamster running on a wheel. No matter how hard I try to catch up, I’m just in the same place…running and running but getting no where. Between the kids and the house and my husband and writing…well, I imagine that I am no different from anyone else. We […]
“Of all the books you’ve written, what was different about the writing of this novella?” When I was invited to guest blog here at Destination Amish, this is the question that I threw out to my fellow authors of The Heirloom Brides Collection. I thought it might be fun to share their answers, and give […]
Q&A with Cindy Woodsmall author of Ties That Bind On sale date: 09/08/2015 Tradepaper ISBN: 9781601426994 e-Book ISBN: 9781601427007 WaterBrook Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC Q1. Ties that Bind is the first book in the Amish of Summer Grove series and it takes us into the world of an Old Order Amish […]
Fall means two things to me: Pumpkin Spice Lattes and Book Fair Season. Yes, I am one of the hordes who goes absolutely gaga over Starbucks’ PSL. When September strikes, I begin asking my local barista if the PSL has arrived. It officially launched on September 8th, but I got one a few days earlier […]