It’s almost here!

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Jochebed releases next Wednesday! I’m so excited about this first book in the “Ordinary Women of the Bible” series, and all the amazing books to come! While it doesn’t release for a week, there is a fantastic opportunity you’ll want to take advantage of now. In order to guarantee delivery by Christmas, you need to order by November 28 – …

Deep Calling Deep Releases Saturday!

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Book 3 in The Psalm Series is almost here! Deep Calling Deep will be available September 1 in paperback and ebook, on all major retailer sites, for only 99¢ for the first week, September 1-7. To celebrate, both Prize of War and The Walls of Arad will be 99¢ each from September 1 through September 5. The audiobook version will be …

Book 2 of the Psalm Series is Here!

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Book #2 of the Psalm Series releases Wednesday! By the Waters of Babylon is written by Mesu Andrews, the award-winning author of Isaiah’s Daughter, Love In A Broken Vessel. The novella uses Psalm 137 as its foundation for the story, pulling supplemental plot from passages in 2 Kings 24-25, 2 Chronicles 36, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Proverbs. It’s the tale of the …

The Hunter Is Coming . . .

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The Psalm Series is almost here! I’m so honored and excited to be part of this amazing series. It’s the brainchild of Brennan McPherson, author of Cain and Flood from his “The Fall of Man“ series. Each of us was to choose a psalm—any of the 150—and write a story inspired by that psalm. The first book, by Brennan, releases …

If the Foundations Be Destroyed

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Prize of War takes place mainly in Debir, which before Othniel’s conquest had been called Kiriath-Sepher.  There are a few cities that Joshua conquered but were re-inhabited a little later, and then had to be re-conquered by the various tribes. Debir was one of those. Where exactly that is in Israel now is a matter of some debate. I have …

Prize of War Sweepstakes

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There are only FIVE more days until Prize of War releases, and I’m having a party to celebrate! I’ll be giving away a lot of party favors—several copies of all my books, including Prize of War, and a few sets of bracelets like the ones Acsah is wearing on the cover. Maybe some chocolate cake. There will also be visits by guest authors who …

When is a Judge Not a Judge?

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Othniel, our hero in Prize of War, is the first shophet named in the Book of Judges, the seventh book of the Bible. The Hebrew word we translate as “judge” is shophet. A shophet is so much more than a judge. Moses was the first shophet. You’ll recall people came to him to settle all kinds of disputes—so much so …

Real-Life Fairy Tales

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Othniel … “Lion of God.” The man who conquered a city to win his bride. The stuff fairy tales are made of. We don’t know that they lived happily ever after, but we do know a bit more about Othniel than Acsah. He was Caleb’s nephew, the son of his brother Kenaz. He had a brother named Seraiah. He conquered …

Spoiled Brat or Strong-Minded Woman?

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The story of Acsah, daughter of Caleb, is told word-for-word in Scripture twice, once in Joshua 15, and again in Judges 1. And Caleb said, ‘I will give my daughter Acsah in marriage to the man who attacks and captures Kiriath Sepher.’ Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s brother, took it; so Caleb gave his daughter Acsah to him in marriage.One day …

It Has to be Important

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If you’ve been waiting, you’re about to be rewarded. My next book, Prize of War, is set to be released October 20. Prize of War takes place just a few years after the end of the “Journey to Canaan” trilogy. We leave behind the family of Bezalel and Kamose, and this time Caleb’s family takes over. The story of Acsah …