Today, please welcome to my blog author Suzanne Woods Fisher! Book one, The Letters, in Suzanne’s new series, Inn at Eagle Hill, is about to release on August 1. Suzanne is hosting a scavenger hunt July 23 – August 1, and I’m one of the stops! Keep an eye on Suzanne’s blog for a clue as to that day’s scavenger-hunt stop and visit for a sneak peek at The Letters and the chance to win a copy of the book!
“Hope is like the sun, which as you journey toward it, casts the shadow behind you.” Amish proverb
In the book The Letters, fourteen-year-old Mim Schrock found a Latin phrase she liked, ‘Miracula fieri hic’ (translated to mean: miracles occur here), and painted it on The Inn at Eagle Hill sign in front of her family’s farm. A newspaper reporter caught wind of it and wrote it up in a human interest article. Indeed, there were some unusual coincidences happening at the inn: A woman’s cancer was cured. A marriage was healed. Soon, guests flocked to the inn, hoping to receive a miracle.
You can imagine the stir Mim created in her Stoney Ridge community. The Amish do believe in miracles—but ones that point to God’s sovereignty. Jesus seemed cautious about miracles, knowing they didn’t produce faith. A miracle is not a destination, it merely points the way. Why do you think people long for miracles, for signs and wonders?
What are your thoughts about miracles occurring today? What kind of plumb line do you use to know if a miracle is truly a miracle or just a happy coincidence? Most importantly, what would a miracle do for your faith?
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Suzanne Woods Fisher is the bestselling author of the Inn at Eagle Hill series, Lancaster County Secrets series, and the Stoney Ridge Seasons series, as well as nonfiction books about the Amish, including “Amish Peace.” She is also the coauthor of a new Amish children’s series, The Adventures of Lily Lapp. Her interest in the Anabaptist cultures can be directly traced to her grandfather, who was raised in the Old Order German Baptist Brethren Church in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. Suzanne is a Carol Award winner and a Christy Award finalist. She is a columnist for Christian Post and Cooking & Such magazines. She lives in California. For more information, please visit suzannewoodsfisher.com and connect with her on Twitter @suzannewfisher. Get Amish proverbs delivered right to your mobile device! Download the Free App! http://bit.ly/10Tygyi
I would love t will also be asking my bookseller for Pennsylvania Patchwork when she comes to my library next month! I loved Leaving Lancaster!
Hello, Kate! I would love to win a copy of “The Letters”. On a side note, I just got my copy of your book, “Leaving Lancaster”, in the mail this week and I just started it today. Can’t wait to finish reading it.
Cynthia Adams
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Thank you, for your wonderful comments and kind words, for both Suzanne and me!
Kate Lloyd is the author of Pennsylvania Patchwork
Stimmer@familylife.com
Would love to win this!
kathae at jacobfam dot net
Oh how I would love to own this book. Thanks for the chance to win it.
dgtmt1@yahoo.com
Would so much love to win. Bonnie Traher momtr3@yahoo.com
Thank you, Bonnie! Hope you win!
Would love to win this one! Love reading these books.
I would love to win this book.I love amish books.Thanks for the chance,jackie_tessnair@yahoo.com
I love your books and would love to win this one. I love reading the Amish stories.Thanks, Maxie mac262(at)me9dot0com
Would love to be the lucky winner of this book.
Love books about the Amish.
seraphinangel7@aol.com
Thank you, Kate, for this giveaway. Please enter me. I read all the Amish fiction I can get a hold of.
Blessings!
Thank you all for entering! Congratulations to Murry Pura’s winners from last week! (see above)
Please enter Lucy M Reynolds.
I would love to win.
Monique Wood
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i would love to read this
Thank you, Kate, for hosting me today! So glad we’ve gotten to know each other. You’ve been a wonderfully supportive friend! Sorry I didn’t pop in yesterday…I was away from the computer most of the day. Just getting caught up now. Great blog, btw!
Warmly, Suzanne
The pleasure is all mine, Suzanne! Thank you very much for visiting my blog!
Latin, now I am taken back to my high school days! LOL
My faith in God is simply that, faith that He does all things and does them well. I am lead by Him who performs miracles in my life often! Praise His Holy name!
I thank you for the chance to win this awesome book!
Blessings and Smiles:)
Charlotte
I took Latin too, Charlotte! Thanks for sharing your faith and for entering!
Loved your comment, Charlotte Kay!
Hope you win, Monique!
Would love to win a book.
I entered but didn’t see my post, so here’s to another try!!
Thanks for the opportunity!
Sonja.nishimoto@gmail.com
It worked, Sonja! Good luck!
I enjoy Amish fiction and haven’t read any of Suzanne Woods Fisher’s books yet. love to win the book. sharon, CA
Hi Sharon! Hope you might win and give my book a try! Suzanne
oops! forgot my email address
wileygreen1(at)yahoo(dot)com
sharon, CA
I believe in miracles today. I am a walking miracle. You see my horse reared up and fell on top of me – all 1200 pounds of him landed on my abdomen. At the very least my hips should have been shattered. After spending 4 days in the hospital I walked out sore and bruised but no broken bones. Even my doctor admitted that was a miracle.
cindialtman(at)gmail(dot)com
Wow, Cindi! I definitely learn something new every day. Thanks for sharing your miracle!
Cindi…my neighbor’s horse just threw her and broke her pelvis. We’re all scrambling to help her out. Feel so badly for her–the next few months will be such a headache. So glad you walked away from that fall! Suzanne
I would love to read The Letters.
lkish77123 at gmail dot com
Thank you, Linda! Hope you win!
I believe in miracles…they happen each day as you look around to see God’s glory. I’ve always thought happy coincidences were miracles where God wished to remain anonymous! Just a thought! Thanks for the opportunity to win…Linda
dmcfarl101(at)juno(dot)com
Loved that thought, Linda…about God wishing to be anonymous!
Thanks for visiting my blog and for your insightful comments, everyone!