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Glad Tidings-by Jennifer Flanders

This is an unusual book in that it is so personal and yet for everyone. It’s a collection of the Flanders family Christmas letters over twenty five years. Becuase of that there are several family pictures and we basically get to watch the family grow up.The book also includes christmas hints, baking ideas and wisdom bits throughout. I would describe it as a cosy book, one full of family and love but mostly full of Christ and how his love transforms and changes us. I reviewed this book courtesy of a free copy from the writer, Jennifer Flanders.

Brenda J Wood,

author of Meeting Myself, Snippets from a Binging and Bulging Mind.

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The Lost Boys

My friend Susan Starrett wrote this slam poetry about sexual abuse of young hockey players. Read it, be healed, pass it on….

Let a child know they are not alone. Someone listens and cares…

http://youtu.be/2LmYnGoPYp4

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My Writing Voice

I travelled to my first writer’s conference through fear and trepidation into expectation. What is my niche? Why would anyone want to read any of my stuff? Why would I even want to write it? The writers gathered there loved the conference but I came away more fearful than ever.

Fears that I wouldn’t be able to follow through on my personal commitments, that maybe after all, I’m only a mediocre writer; fears that I’d never measure up to my own standards, let alone those of others.

I  dared myself to take bigger bites out of life; spent more time  hanging out at the computer keys, started a novel, tried a short story or two.

I persevered, moved forward, started a blog,  and even opened a twitter account. To my great delight, in no time at all, I sold my first piece via the internet. I started to describe myself as Writer.

Now, I dare to enter this contest,  http://youareawriter.com/contest/

because I found a voice and it is mine.

Brenda J Wood

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No Postage on Books

If you order any of my books from this site..I will cover the postage costs…but only till May 25! Don’t miss out.

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Following Me?

Since I am # 48 on the Blog Hop you are free to start there and follow bloggers….just saying….

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For your Convenience during Blog Hop!!

Anyone can get the wonderful prizes offered by the fifty plus authors in the Blog Hop. For your convenience, I added the information and all the addresses on  the top panel under Blog Hop free stuff for you… Don’t miss a chance to win and anyway there’s lots of free stuff, like my book,  The Big Red Chair.

Even if you don’t have a reader gadget you can download and read books like mine onyour computer….

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You won’t know me!!!

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Momaholic Book Review

MOMAHOLIC: Confessions of a Helicopter Parent (Paperback) Momaholic, Crazy Confessions of a Helicopter Parent, by Dena Higley is a funny, sad, touching review of her family and parenting life. Who hasn’t been there? I too was a hovering parent but my kids grew up well in spite of it. Thank God! As a side note, you will find lots about day time soaps because that is where Dena worked as a writer for many years.As you know I am big on common sense – Heartfelt Devotionals, 366 devotions for common sense living and this book is full of just that. This is a book I really enjoyed and will surely offer to others. While Dena says it is not meant as a self help book, it does have lots of things to do and not to do in the parenting range.

Note- I reviewed this free copy of the book, courtesy of Thomas Nelson and booksneeze.com

Brenda J Wood-author of Meeting Myself: Snippets from a Binging and Bulging Mind

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Committees

Committee work is like a soft rocking chair

Give a body lots of personal flair

So easy to get into. So hard to leave

WIthout wearing your heart big on your sleeve.

Therefore select out from among yourselves, brethren, seven men of good and attested character and repute, full of the [Holy] Spirit and wisdom, whom we may assign to look after this business and duty.

Acts 6:3 (read 1-6 for context)

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Be Thankful for Facebook

If gas prices keep going up, we may never see each other face to face ever again.

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