Chris McClarney’s DEFENDER, Working All Things Out For Our Good

By Melissa Riddle-Chalos When you spend your formative years, moving every couple of years to a new place, a new church, watching your Baptist preacher-father burning out of the ministry, seeds are planted in a boy’s heart. For Chris McClarney those seeds—full of the potential for disillusionment and doubt—grew a garden of gracious gifts: theContinue reading “Chris McClarney’s DEFENDER, Working All Things Out For Our Good”

Book Review & Blog Tour:: Treasured by Leigh McLeroy and “God Gave Us” Books by Lisa T. Bergren

Today is an exciting one, folks!  Backseat Writer is participating in its first blog tour—the Tresaured/”God Gave Us” Blog Tour sponsored by Random House/Waterbook Press.  I reviewed Treasued by Leigh McLeroy and enlisted my friend Shari, a children’s literature reviewer for the “God Gave Us” books.  Enjoy the reviews and thank you to Waterbrook forContinue reading “Book Review & Blog Tour:: Treasured by Leigh McLeroy and “God Gave Us” Books by Lisa T. Bergren”

The Glory Thieves

I’ve been thinking a lot about King Solomon lately, probably because I’m reading through 1 Kings.  Here was a man who had all the wisdom in the world, and built the most glorious things man has ever crafted…yet in all his beauty, his works couldn’t compare to a single wildflower in God’s vast creation.  WhileContinue reading “The Glory Thieves”

I am Mojo Da Nytha of the Bible

Yay for flannelgraph! My friend, Chris Wilson, whose blog is always a good read is calling out his friends to write posts about which Bible characters most closely resemble themselves. Chris explains with his in Jacob here. I identify with so many different characters in the Bible for various reasons. Much to my dismay, mostContinue reading “I am Mojo Da Nytha of the Bible”