I’m thrilled to let you know that my new book, God Strong: A Military Wife’s Spiritual Survival Guide, releases this month. If there ever was a book that defined what Wives of Faith is about, this is it. I wrote it to be a reminder to myself and to other wives so we can remember

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My new book, GOD Strong: Nine Spiritual Truths Every Military Wife Should Know, is going to release in early 2010 from Zondervan and I am looking for brief stories from military wives on how you have found strength through God in overcoming fear, loneliness, the dread of the unknown, your hurts and struggles. We know

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We had to keep it under wraps until the contract was signed, but I’m happy to finally be able to announce that I have signed a new book deal with Zondervan, a division of HarperCollins! I’m so excited! GOD STRONG: Nine Spiritual Truths Every Military Wife Should Know is my heart’s cry for military wives

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Well, it’s official! I was asked to be a featured blogger for Military Spouse Magazine’s web site and my first post posted today. In talking and trading emails with the editor and one of their ad reps who actually lives in the same town I do, it sounds like they really want to do more

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The Tennessean called me two days ago and asked if I would participate in their editorial page topic today and I agreed. Here is a link for those wishing to read it. My original title – Cost of War Doesn’t Outweigh Cost of Failure Since I started this blog, it’s been my policy NOT to

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Since I was a student in high school, I’ve wanted to make a difference. If I saw a need, I was never one of those people who said “someone should do something.” I always tried to find a way to help. That’s probably one of the reasons my extracurricular activities in school far outweighed my

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Well, the Tennessean asked me to write a first-person essay for their Faith and Values page which will run tomorrow, but I thought I’d give my Faith at the Front readers a first look. This is a topic I’ve talked a bit on this blog, but I’ve been thinking and processing it a lot more

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I got some sad news last month about a family I wrote about last year for Special Education Today. Daniel Phillips was born with a severe form of cerebral palsy, unable to walk or talk, but he had a huge impact on his family and the people he came in contact with. One of his

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For the last year or more, I’ve refrained from the political fray. With my husband gearing up to go to war as a reservist, I decided it was more important to stay inside, focusing on issues of military family support and how to help my own family, rather than stepping out into the political storm.

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