Category Archives: Kristen Heitzmann

To Read or Not To Read by Kristen Heitzmann

The other night between 12:30 and 4:00 when sleep eluded me, I began a quest to winnow the titles on my Kindle. As Camy Tang said in a previous post, collecting a long list of books to read is easier … Continue reading

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What Drives Us by Kristen Heitzmann

I’ve come to believe there are two basic kinds of people–those who are content with good enough and those who feel a kick inside to always do better. There are benefits to both ways of thinking. The first yields peace … Continue reading

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Twelve Days of Christmas by Kristen Heitzmann

On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me… Legend has it, that the familiar carol has a symbolic spiritual meaning.  There are different stories told about the reason for this coded symbolism and even differences in … Continue reading

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Mary, did you know? by Kristen Heitzmann

Advent is a beautiful season of hope and expectation, a time to ponder a young woman who bore within her the Christ, the Savior, yet also an infant who kicked, cried, and suckled like any other. There is a spiritual … Continue reading

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Spiritual Impact of Pretend People by Kristen Heitzmann

“If travail has a purpose, let me find it now. If honor needs a taker, O Lord me endow. If wisdom is a garment, let me wear it well: if goodness needs a champion, help me dark dispel.”  ~ Quillan Shepard … Continue reading

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The 2013 Christy Award Winners

Books are important to us here on the Christians Read blog, right? What better place to share the winners of this prestigious award–the most coveted award in Christian fiction. In my last post, I shared I was reading You Don’t Know … Continue reading

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Growth Pains by Kristen Heitzmann

Well, friends, I am finally revising my very first historical series that has been out of print for some time. I’ll be bringing them out as e-books, with possibly a print-on-demand option. I’m really excited, but let me tell you, … Continue reading

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A Sense of Wonder by Kristen Heitzmann

After faith in God, I think the most important thing we can impart to our children–and maintain ourselves–is a sense of wonder. I was talking to my daughter yesterday who took her husband and tots to see the Steamboat Colorado … Continue reading

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The Painful Joy of Goodness by Kristen Heitzmann

I finally got to see Les Misérables last night. I’d seen it once on stage and read the book years ago, so I knew what I was in for. I went prepared, and sure enough, from the moment of the candlesticks, … Continue reading

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Christians Read December Newsletter

Just released is Elizabeth Goddard’s latest Love Inspired Suspense, Treacherous Skies! Beth: I’m very excited about my latest romantic suspense release about a test pilot turned Learjet recovery man who retrieves a jet only to find the kidnapped daughter of … Continue reading

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Mountains and Molehills by Kristen Heitzmann

Yesterday I disintegrated. I could tell you something big and awful happened, but it didn’t. No terrible news, no world-shaking crisis. The truth is, I was presented a challenge that for some people is no challenge at all. It had … Continue reading

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Change by Kristen Heitzmann

As I sit in this first cold snap and see hanging baskets with darkened, withered leaves and tiny pellets of brittle snow skittering across the balcony, I feel change coming. The geraniums are still blooming pink and unfazed. The grass … Continue reading

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Renewal by Kristen Heitzmann

I am constantly amazed by renewal. After the fire that so deeply impacted my community and me personally, I’m seeing signs of life where no life looked possible. Green shoots and leaves thrusting up through blackened ground. I see crews … Continue reading

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Dangerous Words by Kristen Heitzmann

You’ve probably heard the age-old assurance that God doesn’t give us more than we can handle. And you may have heard people quip, “I wish he didn’t think so much of me!” Like many of you, I’ve found myself on … Continue reading

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