Life is Story interview and review of Bridge to Haven
http://www.lifeisstory.com/interviews/interview-with-francine-rivers-bridge-to-haven/ http://www.lifeisstory.com/fiction/bridge-to-haven-francine-rivers/
Musings
Favorite Characters in Bridge to Haven
First I will set aside the main characters because I always tend to fall in love with the leading men; in this case, Zeke and Joshua who are both strong men of God. I loved Abra, too, because she was like a wayward daughter, a friend lost in the wilderness, a child crying in the …
Matthew 28:1-10
After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb. There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was …
Bunny Rabbits and Easter Eggs
When I was a child, I looked forward to Easter because it meant I would get a new dress, a pair of pretty Mary Jane shoes and a cute hat. My brother would be outfitted in new slacks, shoes, shirt and tie, and Mom and Dad would take a picture before we headed off to …
Coming or Going Home
What is home? Webster’s defines it as a house, apartment or other shelter; a place where domestic affections are centered; an institution for people with special needs – add another twenty-one various definitions. Add another word and you have home-bound, home-care, home-maker, homecoming. I came home from school when I was a child. When I …
Good Girls and Bad Boys
This blog is going to be a confusing mess, reflective of my feelings on whether good girls should have anything to do with bad boys – or good boys enter relationships with bad girls. The whole idea is fraught with risk and catastrophic personal repercussions. The mother/grandmother part of me says no-way, no how, run! …
Timeless Hymns
Abra learns to play piano as a child. She loves music, and is gifted with talent and nice long fingers. Her teacher, Mitzi, recognizes a kindred spirit and relishes training her. Mitzi finds a way to use music as a healing device and a means of planting seeds that will begin to grow when Abra …
Love in Time of War
In Bridge to Haven, Joshua and Abra carry on a Korean war-time correspondence. We cut some of the letters from the manuscript, but they may be posted on the Facebook page after the book is released. Letters were a way to keep the story moving forward and having time pass more quickly. Letters also showed …
Loving Mentors
Sometimes we don’t recognize the mentors we’ve had until we grow up and look back over our lives. At the time, they may have been someone we saw on a regular basis because of school or church schedules, odd jobs around the neighborhood, going to piano lessons. The main character of Bridge to Haven, Abra, …
Hollywood Photographs
One of the scenes in the new novel is in a photo studio when agent, Franklin Moss, arranges for publicity shots for “Lena Scott” (Abra). She feels shy in the beginning, but after a few glasses of champagne quickly gets into the swing of being a model and playing to the camera. She will find …