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BRIAN C. STILLER
Global Ambassador at World Evangelical Alliance
Christmas with Hot Apple Cider is a present that has multiple lives beyond this one day of the year."
VIOLET NESDOLY
review in Faith Today magazine
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The stories "behind the stories" in our most recent book
We haven't been posting much here recently. That's largely because, for the last four years, Hot Apple Cider Books editor, N. J. Lindquist has been dealing with an aggressive kind of breast cancer, an atrial flutter, and a few other
When life happens, and we feel things are going wrong, it can be good to step back and look at the big picture. While rushing to get everything done on Christmas Eve, a woman almost fails to see a Christmas
Remembering Family Christmases Through the Years It can be difficult to celebrate when a loved one is missing. A True Christmas Story As soon as I heard my Aunt Joan’s voice on the phone, I knew what was coming. “Doug
The day I met Alvin, the main character in one of my favourite stories. Sometimes I see something that just sticks in my head until I start writing about it. It happened early one morning as I drove by the
A Story That Spanned 50 Years! Today, I can see how God carefullly wove the events of my life, both good and bad, into a story I can look back on with amazement. Bill with his wife Shirley at Whytecliff
My story in Hot Apple Cider with Cinnamon is a great example of God’s turning something that seemed to be a “No” becoming a “Yes!” My mother is a big fan of the Chicken Soup for the Soul books. For
For Christmas with Hot Apple Cider, Vilma Blenman wrote a poem titled "Dialogue Between Shepherds," in which two shepherds debate whether or not they actually saw angels and what to do with their sheep. Now she reflects on the role of sheep.
We're delighted that four of the individual pieces in Christmas with Hot Apple Cider won The Word Awards. Our Winners Glynis Belec, who won for Christian Market Short Script for her play, "The Search," a modern-day retelling of the story