Tag: Jane Austen devotional

Take Time for Thanksgiving

Right after Halloween (and sometimes even before) our retailers would have us begin focusing on Christmas, and now “Black Friday”, which used to be limited to one day, has expanded to an entire season dedicated to shopping for bargains. I love Christmas. But I often think it’s a shame that in our rush to get …

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Double Dessert – or – What to Do With a Dozen Eggs

Welcome to May! Everybody hoped we’d be past this pandemic by now, but that’s not the case for most of us. We’re still living a “new normal” – missing some things we’ve lost, at least temporarily, but learning to rediscover enjoyment in others, especially in simple things like family time, reading a good book (of …

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Book Launch from Shannon Winslow!

Woohoo! It’s book launch day for Prayer and Praise: A Jane Austen Devotional! It’s been well over a year since I had a new release, not because I haven’t been writing, but because, for a change, I’ve been working on more than one project at once – a short story, a play, and another novel …

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Austen in August: Jane Austen’s Devotion

Welcome Austen-in-August Readers! Austen Variations is joining The Book Rat for a month-long celebration of all things Austen!  Today, we’re looking at the spiritual side of the famous authoress. I have always been curious about Jane Austen’s spiritual side. She lived in a very different time and culture, but was her experience of faith similar nonetheless? …

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