by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Apr 18, 2016 | Uncategorized
I had a stroke last Friday. It’s pretty surreal to type those words and part of me would prefer to just move on as though nothing happened. But even as I type, the loss of sensation in my left hand makes it all too clear something did. It was a baby stroke, but...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Apr 14, 2016 | Uncategorized
We’re blessed to leave just a mile from Pisgah National Forest where Thistle, my husband, and I hike almost every day. Until recently, the area was gated with lots of no parking signs that made it a bit unwelcoming. But, we knew the folks who lived at the edge...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Apr 11, 2016 | Uncategorized
I can’t let Poetry Month slip by without sharing one of my poems. No matter how many novels I write, I’ll always have a fondness for the sweet brevity and emotional punch of a poem. QUAKER LADIES I once read something about how the meek would inherit the...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Apr 7, 2016 | Uncategorized
I got some exciting news this week. My second full-length, Appalachian novel, Until the Harvest, has been nominated for a 2016 Christian Book Award from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA). One of five novels in the fiction category. This is...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Apr 4, 2016 | Friends, Love, Miracles
Let me begin by saying that I realize some people aren’t Christians and have no desire to be persuaded otherwise. This post isn’t to try to convince you to believe. I just feel like it’s important for me to tell you why I would love for you to be a Christian if you...