by Zac Weikal | Sep 10, 2021 | Amish, Books, Giveaway, Revell Books
Less than a month until A Season on the Wind hits the bookshelves! It’s a story about a rare bird that lands on an Amish farm during the Audubon Society’s annual Christmas Bird Count. Its appearance turns life upside down in Stoney Ridge, especially for...
by Suzanne | Jun 19, 2020 | Amish, Amish Proverbs, Amish Wisdom, Penn Dutch
As the title suggests, there are some old proverbs that are thoroughly baffling. But on a closer look, you’ll find they actually make sense. Like this one… I received a bunch of emails yesterday after this proverb went out, asking what it meant! It’s...
by Suzanne | Nov 6, 2019 | Amish, Amish Proverbs, Amish Wisdom, Books, Faith, Fiction, Humor, Penn Dutch, Writing
Welcome to the Christian Fiction Scavenger Hunt! Be sure to collect the clues through all 27 stops, in order, so you can enter to win one of our top 3 grand prizes! The hunt BEGINS on 11/7 at noon MST with Stop #1 at LisaTawnBergren.com. Hunt through our loop using...
by Suzanne | Aug 8, 2018 | Amish, Amish Proverbs, Amish Wisdom, Penn Dutch, wisdom
Proverbs have played a surprisingly prominent role in the speech of the Pennsylvania Germans. Often colorfully phrased, at times even musical in pronunciation, proverbs are teaching tools for illiterate populations that relied on oral tradition. The cleverness of a...
by Suzanne | Jun 20, 2018 | Amish, Amish Proverbs, Photo Caption Contest, Photography, Travel
Just got back from Ohio Amish country for the Girlfriends Getaway 2018 and took a bunch of photos that I’ll be sharing soon. Below is one of my favorites. Thought it would be fun to do a “Caption This!” photo contest and see what you can come up...
by Suzanne | Jun 13, 2018 | Amish, Books, Fiction, Revell Books
Just wanted to pass along a very awesome giveaway going on this week from BookSweeps! You can win a copy of one of my favorites stories The Keeper (hint: have a hanky ready!), a brand new eReader, plus books from other small town sweet romances authors…PLUS you...