The Great Cupcake Smackdown & Two Delicious Divas

This Sunday, just after church service Girlee and I are attending The Great Cupcake Smackdown. Can’t wait.  @BrokeSocialite, my favorite Cupcake Eateries here in Atlanta and some of you, who read my Cupcake South blog will be there and so will I. 

I’ll live blog from there so stay tuned. If you’re attending, let me know here on on the Smackdown Facebook Page.

Picture: Some Red Velvet & Oreo Cupcakes I made for my graduating Cousins.I’ll post up the recipe soon.

Dee

One Minute Insights

It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book toured. The reason it is called a FIRST Wild Card Tour is that you never know if the book will be fiction, non~fiction, for young, or for old...or for somewhere in between! Enjoy your free peek into the book!

You never know when I might play a wild card on you!

Today's Wild Card author is:

Various Authors

and the book:

One Minute Insights

Charisma House (July 6, 2010)

***Special thanks to Anna Coelho Silva | Publicity Coordinator, Book Group | Strang Communications for sending me a review copy.***

Various Authors include:

Cindy Trimm
Don Dickerman
Frederick C. Price
Harvey Mackan
Jentezen Franklin
John Eckhardt
John and Diana Hagee
Joyce Meyer
Kimberly Daniels
Perry Stone
Ron Phillips
Chuck Pierce
Francis Frangipane
Hank Kunneman
Jack hayford
John Bevere
John Hagee
Joseph Prince
Joyce L. Rodgers
Matthew Hagee
R.T. Kendall


Product Details:

List Price: $9.99
Paperback
Publisher: Charisma House (July 6, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1616381507
ISBN-13: 978-1616381509

AND NOW...THE FIRST CHAPTER:

Forgiveness

Sincerely asking God to let those who have
hurt us off the hook



Total forgiveness is a choice. It is not a feeling—at least at first—but is rather an act of the will. It is the choice to tear up the record of wrongs we have been keeping. When we develop a lifestyle of total forgiveness, we learn to erase the wrong rather than file it away in our mental computer.

Total forgiveness must take place in the heart. Confidence toward God is ultimately what total forgiveness is all about; He is the One I want to please at the end of the day. He cares and knows whether I have truly and totally forgiven, and when I know I have His love and approval, I am one very happy and contented servant of Christ.4


Unforgiveness

Living with bitterness, anger, and self-pity because of what another did to hurt us



Bitterness and unforgiveness demonstrate an inward condition. It is an excessive desire for vengeance that comes from deep resentment. It heads the list of things that grieve the Spirit of God. It is one of the most frequent causes of people missing the grace of God.

This inward condition of unforgiveness will manifest itself in many ways—losing your temper, high blood pressure, irritability, sleeplessness, obsession with getting even, depression, isolation, a constant negative perspective, and generally feeling unwell.

We must, therefore, begin to get rid of a bitter and unforgiving spirit; otherwise, the attempt to forgive will fail.5





Forgiveness

Ask Yourself

Do I have resentment or bitterness in my heart because of something someone did to me or said about me? Do I lack inner peace?



Relinquishing bitterness is an open invitation for the Holy Spirit to give you His peace, His joy, and the knowledge of His will.



Remember

But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.

—Matthew 6:15, niv


Unforgiveness

Ask Yourself

Are you praying for God’s blessings to rain on the lives of your offenders? Why not?



The desire to punish another is the opposite of perfect love and total forgiveness.



Remember

Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another.

—Colossians 3:13, niv

Former Basketball Wives Trolling for Megachurch Pastors this Summer

Reshonda Tate Billingsley’s Holy Roller’s is my highest rated reviewed book at RT Book Reviews Magazine. This week you get to read why.

 
Shop Indie Bookstores

Pick up your copy anywhere stores are sold or your local store here. And Participate in the Holy Rollers Online Tour here.

Bloggers participating:

Black Authors Network
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Black-Author-Network

All the Buzz Reviews
http://www.allthebuzzreviews.com

Urban Christian Fiction Today
http://www.urbanchristianfictiontoday.com

Literary Gumbo
http://www.literarygumbo.com

RAWSistaz Literary Group
http://www.rawsistaz.com

The Certain Ones
http://thecertainones.blogspot.com

Shelia Goss
http://www.sheliagoss.com/blog

SORMAG
http://sormag.blogspot.com/

Simpy Said Reading Accessories
http://simplysaidreadingaccessories.blogspot.com

Gospel Book Review
http://www.gospelbookreview.blogspot.com

Books A Latte
http://booksalatte.com

Joey Reviews
http://www.joeypinkney.com/

Faygo’s Report
http://instanter.wordpress.com

Readin N’ Writin
http://readinnwritin.blogspot.com

APOOO Book Club
http://www.apooobooks.com

Sharon Ball
http://www.sharonball.com

Written Voices Blog
http://www.writtenvoicesblog.com

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July 2010 Top Ten Christian Fiction Books Announced

Christian Fiction is proud to announce it's July Top Ten 2010 Picks. This list is also featured on Amazon.com at July 2010 Top Ten Christian Fiction. Click on the title to learn more about these great books.
1.  Holy Rollers by ReShonda Tate Billingsley
"Four former baller groupies/girlfriends set their sites on marrying megachurch ministers (Gallery.)"


2.  The Crimson Cipher: Susan Page Davis by Susan Page Davis
"Navy female Cryptopher teams up with a Lieutenant to find her father’s killer and defend the US against German sabotage (Summerside.)"

3.  Perfectly Dateless: A Universally Misunderstood Novel by Kristin Billerbeck
"YA.  Sheltered teen Daisy Crispin wants to attend senior prom like the rest of her class, but she needs to get away from her overly religious parents (Revell.)"


4.  Flaws and All by Shana Burton
"Faith, family, and friendship have always been top priority to lifelong friends Lawson, Reginell, Sullivan, Angel, and Kina, but each one is about to be put to the test during one turbulent year.(Urban)


5.  Back on Murder (A Roland March Mystery)
by J. Mark Bertrand
"Burned out Detective Roland March is put back on the murder squad when he finds evidence of a prominent missing teen and her connection with the death of a drug dealer (Bethany House.)"
6.  A Woman's Revenge by Rhonda McKnight
"Sherri L. Lewis, Rhonda McKnight, Tiffany L. Warren’s A Woman’s Revenge. Three women struggle with faith, love, betrayal and revenge. (3 Sisters)"

7.  Never Without Hope by Michelle Sutton
"Hope fights to save her marriage after her indiscretion is discovered (Sword of the Spirit.)"


8.  Love Finds You in Victory Heights, Washington
by Tricia Goyer
"Rosalie Madison needs to move forward after losing her brother and fiancee to WWII, but her faith in the future is flawed.(Summerside)"

9.  Claim: A Novel of Colorado (The Homeward Trilogy) by Lisa Tawn Bergren
"(My Bubble Bath & a Good Book Pick) Final of the Homeward Historical Trilogy. (David C. Cook.)"


10.  Destined by Patricia Haley
"Brothers, Don and Joel, are still battling for control of their father's multi-million dollar ministry. (Gallery)"

Don’t Blame the Devil Reviewed

Just submitted my review for Pat G’Orge Walker’s Don’t Blame the Devil(August Release, Christian Fiction) for RT BookReviews Magazine

Here’s a snippet…

Delilah Dupree Jewel believes she inherited a family curse, so years ago she left her husband and placed her son Jessie in foster care. She has regretted it ever since. When she gets a second chance to reunite with them forty years later will the curse return or will she find a way to remove it in time?

Read more when the full review hits a RT Book Reviews Magazine stand near you.

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Christian Fiction: 4 Women on America’s Independence

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Every year my family celebrates not only America’s independence on July 4, but also our Aunt Doretha’s birthday. This year she will be seventy-six. She’s taught me a great deal about humility, inner strength, faith, longsuffering, and the long road my culture has traveled to get to where we are now, especially in the publishing industry.
Like the fictional maids in Kathryn Stockett’s popular novel The Help, for most of Aunt Doe’s life, she wasn’t afforded the opportunity to share her writing with the world. She was a South Georgian maid and nanny in the 1960s. She lived in a town that threatened to murder anyone who thought about protesting with a march, boycott, or sit in.
Back then freedom for a black woman meant silence. So she kept her thoughts to herself by writing. She wrote in notebooks and prayer journals locked away, only to be read by herself. Sometimes she shared her writing with me or her sisters. Back then there were very few places for women of color to publish their writing, yet she continued to write.
But she didn’t write to become published. She wrote to bear her soul, to dream of being free, and to pray for her family’s future. I would like to believe she prayed for me to have the blessings denied her for so many years because of her race, class, and gender.
So to honor Aunt Doe, I am spotlighting four current historical Christian Fiction novels about women of great faith who persevered despite their ethnicity, culture, and societal restraints. More…

4 Summer Reading Programs for Kids

 

This week’s Trailer Park Tuesday spotlight’s 4 summer reading programs this year for kids.

Scholastics ihas a summer reading challenge.

• Official website
• Word Girl is the Ambassador of Summer Reading

Barnes and Noble Summer Reading Program. Kids get free book after reading 8 books.

Their 2010 program features Scholastic's best-selling multi-media adventure series 'The 39 Clues®'. Authors Rick Riordan, Gordon Korman, Peter Lerangis, Jude Watson, Patrick Carman, Linda Sue Park, and Margaret Peterson Haddix will make appearances at select stores across the country, and will also participate in a Summer Reading blog at Barnes & Noble.com (www.bn.com/summerreading), where they will post about summer reading memories and children's literacy. The free program kicks off in Barnes & Noble stores across the country May 25 and continues through September 6. Teachers, parents and children can download the Summer Reading materials for free at www.bn.com/summerreading.

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/summerreading/

Borders Summer Reading program double-dog dares you to read 10 books, record the names, and bring the printed form to any Borders store for a FREE book!

Lifeway Stores have a Summer Reading Challenge that will last through July 31, 2010.

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