Christa Allan

“You can’t stay where you are and go with God.”
from Experiencing God by Henry Blackaby and Claude King

Thanks, Christa, for having me as a guest on your blog! Be sure to check out the other stops (two weeks’ worth) at
http://www.shelleybates.com/news.html.
I’m so excited about my new release from FaithWords, Over Her Head, which came out last week. It’s the story of Laurie Hale, a small-town mom and community leader whose life is perfect–until [...]

The Music of Our Lives by  Madison Richards
“Scientists have discovered some fascinating things in recent years. Did you know that our DNA, if decoded and played through a keyboard, has an actual melody? That means that each and every one of the 6 billion + people on this planet really does “dance [...]

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This is four-year-old Madeleine. She was snatched from her parents’ home in Portugal on May 4. Pray.

“What if Prince Charming had never shown up? Would Snow White have laid in that glass box forever? Or would she have gotten up, spit out the apple, gotten a job and a health care plan,  and moved on with her life? “
sent to me by my daughter Shannon…a quote from Sex & the City

can only imagine
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Sometimes a story simply screams for attention, like a two-year-old having a floor-squirming tantrum in the supermarket candy aisle (not that any of my little darlings ever mopped the floor of a candy aisle with their writhing bodies…).
Here I am, minding my own techno-schizophrenic business, clicking between exam typing and checking the latest emails, when [...]

It’s the new punctuation.
Thanks to Away with Words for the link.

Missy Tippens’ charm seeps through her e-mails so easily that, even without having met her in person, I feel like we’re chatting over coffee and peach pie. With ice cream. I doubt, though, that she’s a woman who is often found sitting–unless, of course, it’s at the keyboard. She’s a wife, mother, teacher, business-owner, and [...]

AUTHOR INTERVIEW LINE-UP
 
June: Debbie Giusti, Dena Dyer, and Lauren Baratz-Logstead
July: Virginia Smith and Tanya Lee Stone
August: Laura Christianson and Bev Rosenbaum
As soon as I return from school, I’ll post info on some upcoming author interviews. Stay tuned…several Young Adult authors will be appearing here. (Yes, I’ve flattened them, scanned them, and plan to [...]

The article states Planned Parenthood could lose $280 MILLION in government funding.
Planned Parenthood Caught on Tape Covering Up Statutory Rape – Threatens Lawsuit to Hide Evidence
By Peter J. Smith
LOS ANGELES, May 15, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An intrepid student reporter faces the legal hammer of Planned Parenthood of Los Angeles (PPLA) after she recorded [...]

Thanks to Fun with Words for reminding me of this  Little Red Riding Hood. This version was written by H.L. Chace in 1940 using homophones. Chace, a professor, wanted to show his students that intonation is an integral part of the meaning of language. Try reading it out loud .
Wants pawn term, dare worsted ladle gull hoe [...]

American history in less than five minutes!

Sarah and I are leaving this afternoon for a boomerang Houston trip.
Emma-memma is being baptized on Saturday, and we will follow the blessed event with a celebration of her second birthday. Her mom, Lesley, is expecting Emma’s litttle sis Hannah Grace to be delivered on June 26. 
Grammy’s summer is burgeoning with babies!