by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Aug 4, 2014 | Appalachian, Church, Family, Food, Friends, Love, Miracles, Reading
Miracle in a Dry Season officially launches tomorrow. Yesterday, we had a book launch party at my church. And while nothing is perfect this side of heaven, it was just about as close as we could get. In Appalachian Serenade Delilah realizes that family is something...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jul 3, 2014 | Appalachian, Church, Family, Food, Friends, Love
Back home in West Virginia there was always a bean supper at Lucille’s for the Fourth of July. George and Lucille were first cousins to my dad and they had a little, white house up on the ridge above the church. Each year, Lucille would organize the event with a...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Apr 7, 2014 | Church, Friends, Miracles, Waiting
This coming week we’ll celebrate Palm Sunday and then Holy Week leading up to Easter. At which point I can start being afraid again. Right? I mean, that’s how fasts work. You abstain for a time and then you resume. Except, maybe, that’s more to do...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Apr 3, 2014 | Appalachian, Church, Family, Food, Friends, Love, Miracles, Reading, Waiting
Bethany House is running a contest to give away an advanced reader copy of Miracle in a Dry Season. I’m so excited to know I’ll be holding my novel in my hands soon and now someone else can hold it early as well! If you’d like to enter to win a copy,...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Mar 3, 2014 | Church, Miracles, Waiting
Easter is my favorite holiday. I love spending the period of Lent focusing on my faith as we build up to Holy Week. And then there’s Communion on Maundy Thursday, the utter desolation of Good Friday, and the perfect joy of Easter. It’s a time of year rife...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Feb 10, 2014 | Church, Friends, Miracles, Uncategorized
In my job as fundraiser for a children’s ministry I’m occasionally called upon to fill the pulpit in an area church. Trust me, this feels different from say, speaking at a Wednesday night supper or offering a five-minute Moment for Mission. Typically, I...
