With Every Memory: Book Review
The novel With Every Memory by Janine Rosche follows Lori Mendenhall after she returns home from the hospital, recovering from a traumatic brain injury from a car accident that also took the life of her teenage son, Austin. The brain injury wiped away her memory of...
Stuff I’d Only Tell God: Book Review
Stuff I'd Only Tell God by Jennifer Dukes Lee is a guided journal designed to help you be ruthlessly honest so you can see the real you hiding behind layers of self-protection. This book guides readers with questions, lists, charts, and illustrations to discover who...
Seven Secrets of the Spirit-Filled Life: Book Review
In Seven Secrets of the Spirit-Filled Life, author and theologian Jack Levison shares how to have a deeper, more powerful relationship with the Spirit. These seven secrets are outlined as sections in the book, with seven chapters in each part. Discover the Holy Spirit...
The Words We Lost: Book Review
The Words We Lost by Nicole Deese draws you into the life of Ingrid Erikson, an editor mourning the loss of her best friend and famous client, Cece. Ingrid struggles to move forward in life, also still grieving her father's death and grappling with resentment towards...
Take Every Thought Captive: Book Review and Giveaway!
Take Every Thought Captive by Kelly Balarie helps readers exchange lies of the enemy for the mind of Christ. This book gives hands-on suggestions for changing self-defeating thoughts in order to transform the way you think. The writing is heartfelt and honest and...
How Do You Think Straight When People Treat You Wrong?
I'm excited to share a guest post from an author whose love for the Lord truly inspires me. I've been blessed to have been on her launch teams for Fear Fighting and Battle Ready. Today she's sharing about a topic I'm sure we can all relate to. How do you think...
Was Jesus Ever Afraid?
The Bible says Jesus was tempted in every way we are. Does this mean he was also tempted to fear? “For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin”...
Five Reasons Why Every Christian is an Influencer for Christ
Have you ever thought of yourself as an influencer? The dictionary defines an influencer as “a person who can influence potential buyers of a product or service by promoting or recommending the items on social media.” A quick google search says, “Influencers have...
Faith, Doubt, and God’s Mysterious Timing: Book Review
In Faith, Doubt, and God's Mysterious Timing, Laurie Polich Short shares 30 biblical insights about how God works. Her reflections on each passage are refreshing and helped me better understand timeless Bible stories I've heard since childhood. Each chapter explores...
The Gift of the Unexpected: Book Review
What do we do in those "bathroom floor moments" when life shatters and breaks us open? In the Gift of the Unexpected, Jillian Benfield shares how her son Down's Syndrome diagnosis transformed her thinking and faith. Her book helps others find hope in the unwanted...
Five Inspiring Truths I’ve Learned About Biblical Lament
Did you know one-third of the Psalms are laments, and they all end in praise? Until recently, I didn’t understand how lament impacted my faith. It surprised me that my perceived disrespectful outpouring of doubt and confusion toward God turned into praise. Not only...
Welcome to My Amazon Storefront!
Welcome to my Amazon storefront! I'm so excited to share with you that Amazon invited me to have a storefront. That means I’m now an Amazon influencer, and I can advertise my favorite Amazon items through affiliate links on my storefront and website. I even have the...
Girl to Girl: Book Review
Girl to Girl is a 60-day mother-daughter devotional to help draw your relationship closer and deepen your faith. My friend, Stacey Pardoe, wrote this book with her daughter Bekah. I was eager to get started, but honestly, I didn't think my daughters would be...
Free Prayer Journal!
What does faith mean to you? I used to think strong faith was optimistic, only believing in the most favorable outcomes. But over the years, I have learned that strong faith is growing faith. Strong faith seeks to believe the truth about God even when the outcome...
Great Amazon Gifts You’ll Want to Keep For Yourself
When the holidays come around, it's hard not to succumb to a "buy one free, get one for me mentality." Do you relate? I tend to see things I like the most whenever I'm shopping for somebody else. I've been finding a lot of great gifts on Amazon this year. I would like...
How Biblical Lament Leads to a Grateful Heart
I’m used to defining strong faith as anticipating positive outcomes and joyfully trusting the promises of God. Whenever my faith feels numb, it’s usually because I haven’t talked to the Lord about my struggles. I’m learning how biblical lament leads to a grateful...
The Loudest Roar: Book Review
The Loudest Roar by Judy Dunagan helps readers stand in the unshakeable victory God has already won for them. "Even though we know deep down that our God reigns and His victory is ours, we often live defeated–consumed with fear, temptation, doubt, resentment, or...
God Is Our Safe Place When Pain Is Overwhelming
Have you ever buried difficult emotions only to find them bubbling to the surface later? When life is overwhelming, sometimes I feel guilty for not responding to trials with faith that anticipates positive outcomes and trusts the promises of God. I tend to stuff...
Soul Care for the Battle: Journal Review
Soul Care for the Battle is a guided journal designed to help you care for your soul. It can be used alongside Strong in Battle by Susie Larson or by itself. I can't say enough positive things about this journal! After finishing the book, I discovered there was a...
How to Pray for an Undivided Heart
If you have been following my blog, you know I’m passionate about sharing how fearing the Lord helps us learn to trust in God when we are afraid. The theme of fearing the Lord is prevalent throughout the Bible. To learn how to fear the Lord, the Bible says our hearts...
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Hello! I’m Valerie, a busy mother
of four energetic children and
a wife to my husband of 26
years. I write to help others have courageous faith and discover how to trust in God when they are afraid. 
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