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Short Bio
Like her heroine, Police Chief Jo Oliver, Dr. Catherine Finger is committed to protect and serve, but instead of handcuffs and handguns, she uses her wit and wisdom as a high school superintendent and a community volunteer in Grayslake, Illinois. When she’s not working or writing she can be found enjoying God’s presence and the […]
Introducing Shattered Masks
Good Morning and Happy Sunday Everyone! Today’s the day! I’m thrilled to announce that SHATTERED MASKS, book 2 in my Murder with a Message series, has been selected as the Grand Prize Winner in the Deep River Books Writing Contest!
That I May Publish with a Voice of Thanksgiving
Good Morning Everyone! This is a day that I HAVE to share a really cool verse that came to me during my morning prayer time Monday in preparation to share some crazy good news very soon. God has been the constant in my life since I was 16 years old in a very personal way. […]
Blogging From Baraboo
Late afternoon breezes by overhead as I sit in the warmth of the green house at St. Claire Meadows. This is where I sit and calm myself, stilling my emotions before I pile into my Acura and point it down the highway toward home. Three hours away, beyond the Cheddar Curtain. Having just clicked past […]
Got Ashes? Exchange Them for His Crown of Beauty!
Good News! In Isaiah 61:1-3 (NIV), the prophet proclaims “the year of the Lord’s favor”, and shares that God sent him to “bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives…and to provide for those who grieve in Zion by bestowing on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy […]
Best Friends Forever–Mom & Kay
This week’s post features a beautiful reunion between two lifelong friends. Kay (in the wheel chair) and Marion, my mother, found each other one last time a few weeks ago, being treated at the same hospital on different floors in my home town. Days later, our Gracious God called Kay home. Please join me in […]
Cut Loose and Sail On
Cutting loose the anchors, they left them in the sea and at the same time untied the ropes that held the rudders. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and made for the beach. Acts 27:40 Lately God’s been showing me anchors in my life that are holding me back from the right next […]
And you will call me Ishi
Therefore, behold, I will allure her (Israel) and bring her into the wilderness, and I will speak tenderly and to her heart. There I will give her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor (Troubling) to be for her a door of hope and expectations. And she shall sing there and respond as in the […]
On casserole cook offs, tater tots, and love
Last weekend took me back to Baraboo, WI to care for my mother and to bask in the beauty of friendship. My mother has lived a respectable 88 years so far, having earned the care of others and the worry of her children along with her now wandering mind and weakening body. I love her; […]