My heart ached. My closest friend⸺ the man I had grown up with, played with, caused trouble with⸺ lay on a mat unable to move. Neriah had been this way for months now. His betrothed had left him for another. His aged father had returned to fishing in order to feed the family. Any coins the family had managed to …
An Unlikely Witness: Joanna’s Story
Now for book #4! ALL JOANNA WANTED was a peaceful life at the palace. She wanted to bear children for her husband, Chuza, the steward of Herod Antipas, and bring honor to her family. Instead, Joanna became an eyewitness to the most transformative, shocking events in human history…events that would force her to choose between the life she once imagined, …
The Ark Builders Wife: Zarah’s Story
Time for book #3! Bestselling, Christy Award-finalist author Tracy Higley shares the story of Noah’s wife, whom she has named Zarah. Zarah’s husband Noah has been preaching about the coming destruction of the world for years, as he builds a monstrous ship in the middle of his grain field. But Zarah, Noah’s wife and mother of his three sons does …
Meet Jochebed
So I went AWOL last month. I didn’t intend to; real life interfered. My last two kids are graduating in two weeks. One turned 18 in April and the other one hits legal adulthood tomorrow. There was prom, with dresses and hemming and shoes and matching bow ties. My mom’s memory is getting much worse and she frequently thinks I …
March Giveaway
I’m going to be hosting a giveaway each month this year. They will start on a Monday at 10 am EST and end the following Friday at 10 am. Winner will be announced the next Monday at 10 am. This month I’m giving away an paperback set of the “Journey to Canaan” trilogy: In the Shadow of Sinai, By the …
A Refuge and a Shelter
Much of the action in Prize of War takes place in Acsah’s house. Acsah and Othni live in a typical Israelite home, also known as a four-room house. These mud-and-brick houses are characteristic of the Iron Age of the Eastern Mediterranean. The inhabitants lived on the second floor, and the ground floor—divided into four sections by pillars, half-walls, and walls—was used as a stable and for …
From Slaves to Rock Stars
The ancient copper mines in Timna Valley of southern Israel have long been associated with King Solomon’s mines. Brand new findings, however, indicate that the metalworkers there weren’t Edomite slaves, as has been assumed based mainly on the horrid conditions of the desert, but rather esteemed craftsmen. Men with the knowledge to smelt and work copper would have been highly …
In the Shadow of Sinai on Audiobook!
In the Shadow of Sinai is now available as an audiobook! It’s on audible.com for $24.95, Amazon for $21,83, and iTunes for $21.95. Unfortunately, I have no control over the prices (neither does the publisher), and I have no free copies to give away. Daniel Koehn narrated for us. He is a voice instructor at Asbury University in Kentucky. He …
By the Waters of Kadesh in Kindle
By the Waters of Kadesh is now in Kindle! In celebration, I’ve uploaded the first three chapters on my website. Read without risk! Kadesh is the sequel to In the Shadow of Sinai, but you don’t have to have read Sinai to enjoy Kadesh. It starts just after the Israelites have escaped Egypt and spent the first year of …
Anger or Hubris? You Decide
In Numbers 20, Moses is commanded by God to speak to the rock and bring forth water for the thirsty people of Israel at he end of their forty years of wandering. But he doesn’t speak to it, he strikes it. And for that offense, both he and Aaron are barred from entering the Promised Land with their people. There …