by Valerie Murray | Dec 16, 2023 | Blog, Book Reviews, Facing Fear, Faith, Health and Fitness |
“Have you seen my keys, mom?” My normally chill 18-year-old son fumbled through my bathroom cabinets. I folded the corner page of the new book I was reading, Healing Rain, to help him mentally retrace his steps. My car was the last place he had them. The...
by Valerie Murray | Jul 23, 2023 | Blog, Book Reviews |
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...
by Valerie Murray | Jun 10, 2023 | Blog, Book Reviews |
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...
by Valerie Murray | Jun 4, 2023 | Blog, Book Reviews |
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...
by Valerie Murray | May 8, 2023 | Blog, Book Reviews |
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...
by Valerie Murray | Apr 18, 2023 | Blog, Book Reviews, Facing Fear, Faith |
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...
by Valerie Murray | Mar 24, 2023 | Blog, Book Reviews, Faith |
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...
by Valerie Murray | Mar 14, 2023 | Blog, Book Reviews |
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...
by Valerie Murray | Dec 10, 2022 | Blog, Book Reviews, Faith, Family, Parenting |
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...
by Valerie Murray | Nov 9, 2022 | Blog, Book Reviews, Facing Fear, Faith |
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...
Hello there! I'm Valerie, a mom of four and wife of 27 years. My writing inspires others to cultivate courageous faith and find solace in trusting God, especially in moments of fear and uncertainty. Join me on this adventure as we explore the beauty of trusting God when we are afraid. 
