Welcome...
To Hope-Inspired Stories, for anyone who'd like to discover more about books and stories that uplift and encourage.
Several years ago, while teaching high school art, I discovered I was as thrilled as my students when they won awards or were acknowledged for their accomplishments, and that promoting other people's good works was very gratifying.
So it is my hope you are blessed with a message of grace as I was, through the words of authors featured here. Please join me in welcoming writers of fiction, nonfiction, and devotionals; of romance, mystery, historical and contemporary stories as they share their work.
It is my pleasure to present "The Grumble-Free Year," by
Tricia Goyer...
Publisher: Thomas Nelson (November 5, 2019)
The Goyer home--with two parents, eight kids, and one eighty-eight-year-old grandmother with dementia--is never without noise, mess, activity, and, often, complaining. And it's not just the kids grumbling. After adding seven children in less than six years through adoption, the Goyer family decided to move out of survival mode and into unity-and growth-mode. They decided to tackle the impossible: a grumble-free year.
With grade-schoolers, teenagers, and a grandmother who believes children should be seen and not heard, plenty of room exists for flunking the challenge. Add to that seven children being homeschooled together in close quarters, and what could possibly go awry?
In The Grumble-Free Year, the Goyers invite readers into their journey as they go complaint-free and discover what it looks like to develop hearts of gratitude. They share their plans, successes, failures, and all the lessons they learn along the way, offering real-life action steps based in scripture so that readers get not just a front-row seat to the action but also an opportunity to take the challenge themselves and uncover hearts that are truly thankful.
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Tricia Goyer ~ Author |
Reminder: The authors presented here value your insights, so don't forget to leave a comment to be included in a drawing for a signed copy of a book by the featured author.
...And if you become a Follower of Hope-Inspired Stories, your name will be added to a prize drawing at the end of this month. This month's prize: A pretty tote, a copy of "The Grumble-Free Year", and a 25.00 gift card!
Hope-Inspired Stories Photo: The beautiful photo of Sodus Bay, N.Y. during a particularly harsh storm on Lake Ontario earlier this year was taken by photographer and sister in Christ, Ginger Strom. Note the courageous lone seagull taking flight in the upper right corner of the photo.
“Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable — if anything is excellent or praiseworthy — think about such things and the God of peace will be with you” (Philippians 4:8).
Thank you...May you all be blessed and inspired!
She's amazing. And this book sounds interesting.
ReplyDeleteFor sure, Chappy...this is a book people raising families will benefit from!
ReplyDeleteI think we all could learn some valuable lessons from this book and Tricia's family! I wonder how we'd do at a "grumble free year" :-)
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a book my family needs. Please put me in the drawing for a print copy I can pass on to my daughter.
ReplyDeleteBonnie
What a challenge! Sounds like we could all use a little more of that!
ReplyDeleteI've watched a couple of interviews Tricia did about this book. Sounds like an inspiring, and realistic, book to help us all move toward thankfulness instead of grumbling.
ReplyDeleteWinding down this week with Tricia Goyer; thank you to everyone who left a comment. We'll have the drawings for book giveaways & follower prize at the end of Nov.
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