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Tagged: women’s fiction

Renovating the Heart: Introducing Secondhand Sunsets by Gail Kittleston
Posted on Monday, March 29th, 2021 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, beauty from ashes, Carol McClain, Dare to Bloom, fiction, Gail Kittleson, growth through suffering, historical fiction, Secondhand Sunsets, spiritual themes, women with grit, women's fiction, Writing Redemption
@carol_mcclain I’m branching out here in introducing other authors. Gail Kittleson is a gifted writer, teacher, and mentor. She’s recently released a new book: Secondhand Sunsets. I’d love for you to get to know her. Secondhand Sunset Recently, my husband and I decided to re-re-renovate a central portion of our very old house, …[ read more ]
.99 Book Deals
Posted on Saturday, July 11th, 2020 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: .99 ebooks, @carol_mcclain, Carol DeFord McClain, Carol McClain, contemporary fiction, Grace-Filled Fiction Spotlight, women's fiction, Yesterday's Poison
By: Carol McClain @carol_mcclain My blogs have generally been on moral issues that concern me. Rarely do I write about my writing journey. I am going to take a moment and let you know about a great book deal going on now. We have 9 inspirational authors whose ebooks are currently .99. I write contemporary fiction, …[ read more ]

Your Past Can Be Forgiven: Rahab
@carol_mcclain Is your past unforgiveable? Definitely not. Consider Rahab, one of the ancestors of Jesus, mentioned in Matthew 1:5. She was a prostitute. No one chooses this lifestyle. In ancient Israel, women found few avenues of employment. If unmarried or widowed, they very often had to turn to prostitution in order to survive. Who wants to have non-stop sex with strangers? According to the Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women: [caption id="attachment_2044" align="alignleft" width="200"] No one's fallen so low that God can't redeem.[/caption] "Rahab, who begins as triply marginalized—Canaanite, woman, and prostitute—moves to the center as bearer of a divine message… ...[ full story ]

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