On social media, it's easy to create a certain image: put together, positive, social butterfly, balanced, successful, etc. But it's not always the truth. Sometimes reality can be a lot more beneficial for people to see than the illusion of unattainable perfection we cr...

I've had people ask me why I chose to give my main character the dark and troubled history that she has. The adage "write what you know" very much applies to The Holly Novels. I have worked with children who have been abused, and some of their stories are so horrifying...

          They say the best way to defeat an army is to divide and conquer. As Christians, we don’t often think of ourselves as an army, but we are God's army—ordered to march into a fallen world, spreading His message and His love.

        This worl...

I'm supposed to attend a meeting tomorrow about something very close to my heart that I would love to see come to fruition. It's been a dream of mine since at least 2009, and it seems God has laid all the stones in place, and we just have to follow the path.

Tomorrow's...

Interview with Hallie Schaefer

Do you ever feel like one thing after another goes wrong?

For my husband and I, that started two days ago. We decided to make meatloaf. I noticed a lot of smoke coming from the oven, so I popped it open to find a fire in the bottom of the oven...(Meatloaf turned out gre...