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# History, Hope and Healing

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## Posts

- [Lianne's musings](https://lianneblopes.com/liannes-musings/)
- [Soccer vs. Football, and Why Humility Wins](https://lianneblopes.com/soccer-vs-football-and-why-humility-wins/) - Am I the Only One Who Thinks This World Cup Feels Different? Have you been watching the World Cup? My family and I have, and it’s been a blast. In fact, I think this is the first World Cup where I’ve watched so many games, even when neither of my countries’ teams played. We’re currently
- [Meagan's Middle Earth Baby Shower](https://lianneblopes.com/meagans-middle-earth-baby-shower/) - This post should have gone up in May, but hey, read my last post to find out why it didn’t. We put a lot of effort into making this baby shower special for Meagan and those who attended, and honestly, for us as well. Was it stressful? Yeah, of course. Events are always stressful for
- [Read. Carry. Share.](https://lianneblopes.com/read-carry-share/) - Last week my daughter gave me a taste of some yummy chocolate. Sweet, and smooth and just so melt-in-your-mouth delicious. The following day I noticed the bars were Cadbury chocolates which my older daughter brought back from a trip to Ireland. Deliciousness explained. 🙂 The brand name reminded me of a story I heard my entire childhood,
- [From Armistice to Ashes: How Harsh Peace Led to Broken Glass](https://lianneblopes.com/from-armistice-to-ashes-how-harsh-peace-led-to-broken-glass/) - The Eleventh Hour of the Eleventh Day In the wee hours of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, 1918, a group of powerful men convened in a railcar in France to sign an agreement to cease hostilities. Then the sun rose. For the men in the trenches and fields, the morning carried on as
- [High Country Love Story: Arizona Made me a Fangirl](https://lianneblopes.com/high-country-love-story-arizona-made-me-a-fangirl/) - Society and the media tell us October should be about scares and screams. But I am SO not a fan. Instead of howlings and haunted houses, I’d like to share some heartwarming highlights of the beauty and blessings I experienced over the past couple of weeks. (And now I’ll stop with the alliteration. You’re welcome.)
- [Thirty Years and "Birthday Eves"](https://lianneblopes.com/thirty-years-and-birthday-eves/) - Thirty years ago today, with belly bulging, a twenty…something…year-old me loaded her toddler daughter into a champagne-colored van to go have dinner with Dad. He worked evenings at the Plano Star Courier, putting together the newspapers that would go out the following day. After a lovely time with Dad, as I drove back home, I
- [The Coin Conspiracy and two Men Named Josh](https://lianneblopes.com/the-coin-conspiracy-and-two-men-named-josh/) - When is a nickel not a nickel? When it’s a five dollar gold coin. Or something like that. Do you ever wonder about the origins of words or sayings? I do. I find language and words fascinating. Not surprising, considering I’m an author. I recently had a character use a slang word, then I had
- [Blessings Through the Years](https://lianneblopes.com/blessings-through-the-years/) - It’s the last day of the year, and as I sit at my kitchen table, my heart fills with gratitude to the Lord. Friday a week ago, we went up to the Daytona area, to Ormond Beach, to get away for the holidays. With the temperatures dipping into freezing, this heat wimp was in paradise.
- [Fighting a Thankless Heart](https://lianneblopes.com/fighting-a-thankless-heart/) - I woke up this morning to 58 degrees. That’s a big deal in south Florida. It actually feels like autumn even if the only fall color is the fake garland I’ve used to decorate my house. Cooler weather energizes me. I’m not naïve. It won’t last, so I take advantage while I can. As soon
- [I'm Back!](https://lianneblopes.com/im-back/) - I was excited when the new year started, began strong with my February series. Then life outside my writing stepped in. Last Christmas, my daughter and her hubby announced they were pregnant. Two weeks later they informed us he had gotten a job in central Florida, four to five hours north of us. Really? You
- [Be the Heroine in Your own Love Story - Part 5](https://lianneblopes.com/be-the-heroine-in-your-own-love-story-part-5/) - Priscilla I’m weeks late in posting this article. It was supposed to go up on February 27, but Priscilla and her husband Aquila are too special to leave behind just because I’m a few weeks late. It’s impossible to talk about Priscilla without her husband. Every mention of her in the Bible includes her name
- [Be the Heroine in Your Own Love Story - Part 4](https://lianneblopes.com/be-the-heroine-in-your-own-love-story-part-4/) - Mary Mary the mother of Jesus is probably the most famous woman in the Bible. We know she was special simply for the fact that God chose her out of all the women in Judah at that time to be the mother of His Son. I could end this post right there, but that wouldn’t
- [<strong>Esther, Miss Persia circa 486 BC</strong>](https://lianneblopes.com/esther-miss-persia-circa-486-bc/) - Welcome back to my third post on the romantic heroines of the Bible. Today I want us to study a literal beauty queen. Esther’s outward beauty cannot be contested. The biblical narrative tells us “The young woman was lovely and beautiful.” (Esther 2:7) So beautiful, she was chosen to go into the king’s harem. But
- [Be the Heroine in Your Own Love Story Part 2](https://lianneblopes.com/be-the-heroine-in-your-own-love-story-part-2/) - Hannah (1 Samuel chapters 1 and 2) What bound Elkanah’s heart to Hannah instead of to the wife who bore him many sons? The Bible doesn’t tell us about Hannah’s looks, only that she had no children and her husband loved her. In those days, a woman was seen as cursed by God if she
- [Be the Heroine in Your Own Love Story](https://lianneblopes.com/be-the-heroine-in-your-own-love-story/) - Have you ever wondered what it was about Sarah, Rebekah or Rachel that made their husbands fall head over heels in love with them? Why did Elkanah prefer barren Hannah over Peninnah, the wife who bore him plenty of children? We know Esther’s beauty caught the king’s eye, but what made him favor her to
- [Merry Christmas](https://lianneblopes.com/merry-christmas/) - December 24, 2022 This Christmas season has been one of the busiest in a long time for me. I had intended to get a letter out early in the month, yet here we are, Christmas Eve, and I’m only now getting my thoughts down. The thing is, if I had written at the beginning of
- [Lessons from Daniel](https://lianneblopes.com/lessons-from-daniel/) - Last evening as my household and I grieved the same kind of election results in Brazil as the US saw in 2020, I couldn’t help but think about the prophet Daniel. We’ve recently been going through Daniel’s prophecies during a zoom Sunday service my husband holds with his family in Brazil. What stands out about
- [Get Thee Behind Me, Fear](https://lianneblopes.com/get-thee-behind-me-fear/) - Psalm 27 The LORD is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid? The first time I remember reading this verse, I was twelve and at camp. I am not by nature a fearful person. Too trusting, some say. But
- [Book Review: Midnight Blue by Suzie Waltner](https://lianneblopes.com/book-review-midnight-blue-by-suzie-waltner/) - When past and present collide, will there be room in their hearts to forgive…and love again? I was thrilled to receive an advanced reader copy of this book to read. Unfortunately for me, an eye infection, then life in general, kept me from reading it before the release date. But that made me even more
- [Are We There Yet?](https://lianneblopes.com/are-we-there-yet/) - I went to the doctor yesterday for a yearly checkup. Since it was my first time seeing this doctor, she had all sorts of health questions for me. Without going into details, (I don’t want anyone groaning about TMI) my answer to one of her questions made her stop and ask, “Wait. How old are
- [Book Review:  Shadows in the Mind's Eye by Janyre Tromp](https://lianneblopes.com/book-review-shadows-in-the-minds-eye-by-janyre-tromp/) - Don't miss Shadows in the Mind's Eye, an incredible book by debut author, Janyre Tromp. Read my review at www.LianneBLopes.com.
- ["Lost" ...  But Not Forgotten](https://lianneblopes.com/lost-but-not-forgotten/) - “Every day, in every way, I’m getting better and better.” Émile Coué, a French psychologist at the beginning of the 20th century, had his patients repeat that phrase in order to propel themselves to self-healing. In the first half of 1914, the general mindset of the western world might have sounded just like that. The
- [Flying](https://lianneblopes.com/flying/) - Have you ever had a dream? You went full throttle ahead with it only to hit a massive brick wall? How did that make you feel? (Don’t you hate it when reporters ask questions like that to people who have just experienced great tragedy?) The question is almost rhetorical. I don’t have to hear your
- [Evidence](https://lianneblopes.com/evidence/) - Tuesday, September 7, 2021 I sit at the table in a little ski cabin in North Carolina we rented for some much-needed R&R. As I gaze out the picture windows, the mountains and forest beyond smile back at me. The weather is perfect. Not hot. Not really cold, although it was chilly this morning…for the
- [Beauty and the Mona Lisa Smile](https://lianneblopes.com/beauty-and-the-mona-lisa-smile/) - Have you ever wondered about the woman from da Vinci’s most famous painting? Who was she? Theories abound and range from a princess to an unknown courtesan, to Vinci’s mother, to his self-portrait. Wait. What? Self-portrait? Isn’t Lisa a girl? There are some who look at Lisa and think she has masculine features. I didn’t
- [It was a dark and stormy night...](https://lianneblopes.com/hello-world-2/) - And...of course I'm just kidding. But I needed a first post. More coming soon. I promise!

## Pages

- [Welcome to my little corner.](https://lianneblopes.com/) - Do you feel you were born in the wrong era? Do you long for simpler times? Me too! Grab a cup of … something (I’m having coffee) … and travel back with me to a time when people’s daily lives looked different, but they faced the same core struggles we do today. My stories will
- [Privacy Policy](https://lianneblopes.com/privacy-policy/) - Who we are This website is owned and operated by Lianne Bruynell Lopes, a Christian historical romance author. You can contact me at: Lianne@LianneBLopes.com. I collect information in two ways: 1. Information You Give Me Directly When you sign up for my newsletter, you provide: your email address your name (optional) This information is used
- [Shadow of a Promise](https://lianneblopes.com/shadow-of-a-promise/) - On the eve of Clara and Adrien’s wedding, a shadow still hangs over their joy. They’re happier than they imagined a few short months ago, but something stands between them. Her heart isn’t quite whole, and his is full of unresolved anger. Their joy will never be complete unless truth steps into the light, banishing
- [A little more about me](https://lianneblopes.com/about-me/) - As a writer I write from my heart, blending my love of God, history and romance with the aim of uplifting, teaching and entertaining. I have a particular fondness for the Victorian and both World War eras, but I’m currently in WWII mode. My first novel, Shadow of the Wolf, was first published in 2002,
- ["Shadow of a Hidden Heart"](https://lianneblopes.com/shadow-of-a-hidden-heart/) - He was her greatest heartbreak. Now he’s her only hope. She sought a Resistance legend to rescue her brother from the Nazis’ grip. Instead, she found the man who promised her forever…then abandoned her when she needed him most. Part two of the Shadow of the Wolf short story collection is available now. Click here
- [Shadow of a Christmas Waltz](https://lianneblopes.com/shadow-of-a-christmas-waltz/) - He escaped the Nazis, but not the memory of her. For five years, Adrien Aubert has kept the same Christmas Eve ritual, one steeped in loss and bittersweet memory. But this year, a cup of spiced cider offers the first glimmer of hope. Get “Shadow of a Christmas Waltz,” part one of the Shadow of
- [Shadow of the Wolf](https://lianneblopes.com/about-shadow-of-the-wolf/) - “I hadn’t come for this. But after what I’d witnesssed, how could I stand by and watch?” Betrayed by her fiancé and disillusioned with God, Anna Strayer seeks solace with relatives in Germany. When she witnesses Nazi brutality against the Jews, her faith shatters. How can a loving God allow such horrors? Determined to make
- [My other crafty side](https://lianneblopes.com/my-other-crafty-side/) - I love crafts, and I can’t always pick just one. So here’s a mishmash of some things I like to do with my other crafty side. coming soon… I’m still trying to figure out WordPress. So come back again. But in the meantime, here’s a link to an old post about one of my crafting

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