E-Book Cover Reveal: Holiness in the Home

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Cover design by Rhonda Ortiz:
a thing of beauty


My first e-book, The Lost Sun: Looking for Light in the Midst of Depression, was about acedia, spiritual sloth, and the need for medication in cases of anxiety and depression and other mental disorders.  I'm thankful to God for this opportunity to write another e-book, and I am so thankful for all of you, my wonderful, faithful readers! It is because of you that this was possible. I have learned so much from this process, and I'm taking that into the next step of my writing journey.

My newest e-book, Beautiful Souls was born out of a realization. I suddenly realized that autonomous, I am not. It was a process that has been actualized with help. The e-book was written entirely by me, but it did not end there. The helper was Rhonda Ortiz. The copyediting and formatting was all done by her. The editing was done by her. The inspiration for the cover was conceived and carried out by her! The end product of that team effort is what I am here to tell you about today. You will recognize the content of this e-book, because it began as a series on this here ol' blog!. It is a compilation of those posts, but it has been thoroughly edited and formatted into its wonderful new form. I am so excited to say that has been edited and revamped, and it is actually now under the title: Beautiful Souls: Holiness in the Home.  Though I was not sovereign over the entire process, this beautiful e-book was born out of this collaboration!

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