Derinda Babcock

Crafting Stories that Entertain and Inspire

Archives for December 2013

Room to Spare and More

No Room to Spare When Mary and Joseph traveled to Bethlehem, they could find no room in the crowded town for the Messiah to be born. The Christ took his first breath in a livestock shelter and slept in a straw-filled cattle manger. Today, times are hard for a lot of people. They live with hunger, and many have no place to call home. Gerry Geraghty and his family are trying to change this in Durango, Colorado. They have found room to spare for others in their home and lives. Gerry, why do you and your family open your home …

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A Christmas Promise and Soldier’s Heart

A Christmas Promise and Soldier’s Heart by Tamera Lynn Kraft Tamera Lynn Kraft has always loved adventures. She loves to write historical fiction because there are so many stories in history. Soldier’s Heart and A Christmas Promise are her first published works. Tamera has recently celebrated her thirty-fourth anniversary with her loving husband, Rick. She has two grown and married children and two grandchildren. Tamera has been a children’s pastor for over 20 years. She is the leader of a ministry called Revival Fire For Kids where she mentors other children’s leaders, teaches workshops, and is a children’s ministry consultant and children’s evangelist. She …

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Party of One: Quit dining alone

Clarice, tell us how Party of One came to be? I was widowed in 1998, around the same time the movie The Sixth Sense came out. Every time I saw the trailer and heard the line “I see dead people walking around; they’re everywhere,” I would think, “I see lonely people walking around; they’re everywhere.” Fifteen years later, I still do. During the eight years I was widowed, God gave me a heart for single adults—especially those who have slipped through the cracks between active couples and busy families. You know who I mean. They’re the ones who volunteer to …

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