by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Dec 21, 2011 | Reading
Check out the latest issue of Now & Then: The Appalachian Magazine. The theme is “serving Appalachia” and I have an article–The Shepherd of the Hills–about the founder of the children’s home where I work. I LOVE this magazine. It has...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Dec 19, 2011 | Miracles, Waiting
When I was a kid I can remember intensely longing for two things: a horse and a sister. I had no preference for an older or younger sister, though obviously if my parents were going to give her to me, she’d have to be younger. I don’t remember badgering...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Dec 16, 2011 | Miracles, Nature, Waiting
I’ve had a Christmas tree every year for the past 40 years. A LIVE Christmas tree lit and covered in ornaments rich with memories (not so much when I was one, but you get the idea). And then came Christmas 2011. And I pondered whether I really wanted to go to...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Dec 14, 2011 | Reading, Waiting
If you talk about marketing these days, you talk about branding. I’ve done quite a bit of branding in my “real” jobs in public relations and marketing. But branding myself as an author? Yikes! One of the elements of a brand can be (doesn’t have...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Dec 12, 2011 | Uncategorized
I’ve been reading quite a bit lately. With two books written and the third roughed out, it seemed like a good time to do some “research” and indulge my love of reading. I try to vary my reading–throwing in some non-fiction and non-Christian...