Posts by Michele Chynoweth
Year of Faith
The Catholic Church is proclaiming that we are now in the “Year of Faith.” Thought it was a good time to mention that my novel, “The Faithful One,” would make a great read during this time – since it is all about holding onto our faith, no matter what life throws our way. (The Year…
Read MoreJust in Time! Respect Life/Domestic Abuse Awareness
My new book The Peace Maker has just been published (my copies arrived yesterday!) and I am proud to say that in it I address critical issues that not only I believe are “in our face” more than ever as Christians and as voters – but what the Catholic Church and many Christian Churches are also actively promoting as urgent: October is…
Read MoreLesson Learned: First Shall Be Last
Remember today’s Gospel reading? I was in the Mustard Seed Christian Book Store in Rehoboth Beach yesterday talking to the owner, Amy Mitchell, and another author, John Ritchie, about doing a joint author book signing on Oct. 7 in the store. Amy Mitchell is the nicest person and was so accommodating – I was only…
Read MoreNo Grey Area
I haven’t always been a “devout” Catholic – and by that, I mean believing and living by ALL of the principles of the Catholic faith. It is only through going through the RCIA process (as my husband’s sponsor and now as a team member teaching it) that I have come to an all new appreciation…
Read More2016
Just saw the movie this weekend – and if even a part of it is true, I am uneasy at best. As some of you may have gathered, my new novel, The Peace Maker, is based on a fictional presidential election – set in 2024. While it is based on the Bible’s Book of Samuel…
Read MoreHow Cool is the Bible?
The short answer? Pretty darn cool. My kids ask me, “Mom, why are you re-writing Bible stories? If you had chosen to write a book like Fifty Shades of Gray, we’d be rich!†My soon to be 16-year-old daughter, who’s very smart and outspoken, in particular doesn’t get it. She thinks the Bible is just…
Read MoreTrue Freedom
This is an excerpt from my upcoming speech at Toastmasters International:  Happy 4thof July! As you all know, the Fourth of July in America represents a celebration of independence: the freedom our forefathers chose from taxation without representation from England; the declaration that all people “are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among…
Read MoreA Trying Day…this too shall pass!
For the nation (with the Supreme Court ruling upholding Obamacare and thus the HSS Mandate that will force Catholics to act against their beliefs); and for me (we are getting our entire house practically renovated thanks to our dog Shirley who shut herself in our bathroom upstairs, had a panic attack and bit through the…
Read MoreJust Ask!
I feel blessed lately that God has been opening a lot of doors for me – as my good friend Carol says, “putting just the right person with just the right message in just the right place at just the right time.” But I realize it’s because I’ve been asking. This morning I listened to…
Read MoreFortnight 4 Freedom
This may very well be one of the biggest causes in our lifetime that we as believers in God can stand behind; for those who still don’t know about the fact that the HSS mandate (Obamacare) is going to be decided on any day now by the Supreme Court – and that, if passed, will…
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