I want to tell you about the site which inspired my new book, The Blue Hole .   There is a hair-pin bend in the Indian Creek that runs through southern Indiana.  In this bend is a swirling pool of water.  The water there is cold and dark, and blue.  The pool is told to be hundreds of feet deep and opens into the many massive underground water filled caverns of the Hoosier state.  A few people have dived it, but the strange underwater currents always confuse and frighten the divers, forcing them to return to the surface.  Teenagers set up camps and have parties on the banks of the pool—they swim, but never swim too deep for fear of being pulled under. The water is hundreds of feet deep—   It’s Blue, It’s Dark, It’s Cold--- They call it, The Blue Hole. If you're wondering, yes, The Blue Hole in my story is a real place, and as far as I know, the myths about it's depth and connection to underground caverns is absolutely true.  *At ...

What an outstanding book of one person’s walk with faith.   I applaud the author on her openness in sharing her journey, including her ups and many low places without sugar coating the latter.   She clearly understands the importance of sharing one’s story to be an essential part of living by the Word, and how it may touch and plant seeds in someone else’s life.   I am a Christian, ( far from a perfect one ) but I’m afraid I must admit to steering away from books like this on a normal basis.   I tend to find them difficult to read, and sometimes see books like this to be an outlet for the author to spill their life story in hopes of being the next, “look where I came from” story on the Hallmark channel.   Built For This, though the author does share her story, also lays out a plan and suggestive instructions on how to breakdown strongholds and burdens which hold us back from living our true lives that God has meant for us.   She also lays out the very real ...