by Sarah Loudin Thomas | May 6, 2019 | Appalachian, Waiting, Writing
I don’t often flat out promote my books on this blog. I always have some links and refer to my stories with some regularity, but I’m rarely so blunt as to remind you that, well, you can buy my books. Yesterday was the start of the six-month countdown to...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Apr 22, 2019 | Friends, prayer, Waiting
The summer after I turned 30 I was stung by a couple of yellow jackets. And ended up in the emergency room with full-blown anaphylaxis. After seven years of allergy shots my doctor decreed that my resistance was, “as good as it gets.” Turns out they...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Mar 4, 2019 | Church, holidays, Miracles, prayer, Waiting
Okay, so not many folks think of Lent, which starts this Wednesday, as a celebration. This is, after all, a serious time when we’re meant to reflect, repent, and ponder Christ’s sacrifice for us. But I love Lent and, for me, it’s a somber...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Feb 18, 2019 | Church, Friends, Miracles, Reading, Waiting
For a long time now I’ve assumed, based on Matthew 17:20, that my faith is pretty pitiful. Not even a mustard seed’s worth. That scripture suggests that if my faith were as much as even a BB-sized seed, I could move mountains or cast mulberry bushes into...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Feb 14, 2019 | Appalachian, Reading, Waiting, Writing
Earlier this week I sent out an e-mail with the cover of my next novel. It’s a sweet sort of torture to see the cover and then not be able to share it until the book is available for pre-order. But as of Tuesday this week, readers can add When Silence Sings to...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jan 28, 2019 | Waiting, Writing
My next novel, When Silence Sings, releases November 5. I know, I know, that’s SO FAR away. It’s like my birthday, Christmas morning, and vacation all rolled into one big, long WAIT. Of course, I also know my grandmother was right when she told me that...