Last week I was happy to learn that both of my books, Faith Deployed: Daily Encouragement for Military Wives, and Battlefields & Blessings: Stories of Faith and Courage from the War in Iraq & Afghanistan, were nominated for a national award in the spiritual/religious category of the Military Writers Society of America contest. Well guess what? Faith Deployed won the Bronze Medal, and Battlefields & Blessings won the Gold Medal! I will be accepting the awards at the society’s annual conference in Pittsburgh in early October. Neither of my books were written alone- check out all the ladies who contributed to Faith Deployed here, and read about my two Battlefields & Blessings co-authors, Jane Hampton Cook and John Croushorn, here. Without these 16 other people, and without the nearly 100 people in the military community who shared their personal stories, these books would not have been possible. I am so grateful that others are officially recognizing the amazing stories of all the faithful individuals represented in both of my books. These stories have the power to change lives. I, for one, am a different person for having written them. I pray that each person who reads them will be changed, for the better, as well. When you meet the men, women and children within the pages of the books, you will also meet the God they serve. You can’t help but be inspired.
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