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From the Desk of Darlene N. Böcek Faith-building Fantasy, Sci-fi & Speculative Stories Let the Merry Holidays Begin! As we enter into the season of Christmas, as we begin to focus on the birth of our savior, here are some wise words I read yesterday from Martin Luther’s Commentary on Galatians. “Wherefore, when thou art terrified by the majesty of God, or when thou thinkest upon God’s judgment, unless thou hast Christ, thou wilt despair. Then straightway imagine Christ, the true and natural…

From the Desk of Darlene N. Böcek Faith-building Fantasy, Sci-fi & Speculative Stories Happy Thanksgiving! Hey Reader, On Tuesday I forgot to send Monica’s Pumpkin Pie recipe to you–forgive me. HERE’S THE RECIPE to download Have a wonderful holiday. yours, Darlene By the way–if you didn’t get to VOTE, here’s the info again… Choose the Podcast Title/art I am starting a new podcast where we will have fun and deep conversations with sci-fi fantasy authors to investigate pop culture and…

From the Desk of Darlene N. Böcek Faith-building Fantasy, Sci-fi & Speculative Stories Happy Thanksgiving on Thursday! Hey Reader, My daughter has been experimenting with Pumpkin Pie recipes–So for about a week and a half we ate Pumpkin Pie every day. Yumm!** The good news–we found the perfect one! The better news–it also happens to be Monica’s recipe (If you know you know 😉). Then she moved on to Apple Pie. She made a dairy-free apple pie and sugar free/gluten free apple pie for me…

From the Desk of Darlene N. Böcek Faith-building Fantasy, Sci-fi & Speculative Stories Final hours—Box Set closes tonight A few Fun MEMES to close off our Countdown… Have you ever been in a group project where you had to do all the work? It’s almost a rite of passage for university classes. For the Return to Me trilogy, each person does their part: Reuben, Vera, and Monica. All three stories work together. Don’t miss out. It’s over today. Final call! The Return to Me box set Kickstarter…

“Final hours to JOURNEY beyond the veil!” From the Desk of Darlene N. Böcek Faith-building Fantasy, Sci-fi & Speculative Stories This is your last chance Reader– Tomorrow, November 20, at MIDNIGHT, the Return to Me Box Set is going away. It is truly a LIMITED EDITION, since only the backers on this Kickstarter will have the beautiful box set. You really want this book set. You’ll love the stories and will delight in the beautiful box that houses them. Friend, this is it—our final hours. When…

From the Desk of Darlene N. Böcek Faith-building Fantasy, Sci-fi & Speculative Stories Your Weekly Newsletter The Darlene N. Böcek Mindset Stories of freedom, redemption, and second chances I spin plates for a living. Not in a circus–well, that’s debatable–but in daily life. As a pastor’s wife I’m active in our church growth and activities and creating Bible study materials. As a mom at home with a plethera of pets and plants, I’m busy with daily care of home. Though, recently I’m…

Darlene N. Böcek, author Thought for the Day The fact that God sees every aspect of our lives may, at first, leave us afraid and eager to hide from God rather than in awe, wanting to embrace Him. But the fear of the Lord makes us aware both of God’s holy purity and hatred of sin and His holy patience and forgiveness. When we remember both, we have no reason to run in fear, especially since there is no place to run beyond the gaze of God. Instead, as we look at the Lord, we see that He…

From the Desk of Darlene N. Böcek Faith-building Fantasy, Sci-fi & Speculative Stories Hey again Reader–ONLY 4 days to RESERVE YOUR COPIES. Shh–SECOND SECRET: I’m going to surprise all the Kickstarter backers (at a $10 or higher tier) with FREE TRAILBLAZER membership (or upgrade/renewal) in our ScrollKeepers community portal.christianuniverse.org. (I haven’t told them yet!) This year we will be doing more purposeful interactions in the ScrollKeepers community–so you may consider backing to…

From the Desk of Darlene N. Böcek Faith-building Fantasy, Sci-fi & Speculative Stories Hi Reader– You’ve been debating how to back the Kickstarter– One reason to back the KICKSTARTER NOW is LastTrumpet Press Store has closed Direct Sales Because of the difficulty of paying 50 state taxes, I won’t be able to sell my books directly anymore, …except for on Kickstarter Some of my books will NOT for a LONG time/NEVER be found on Amazon or retail –only here, only now This means that the only…