For more than a decade, author Tricia Goyer has drawn from her experiences as a teen mother and leader of today's generation, to be a voice of hope and possibility for teen girls, pregnant teens, mothers and wives.

Married to John for nineteen years and the mother of three, Tricia believes ordinary women can accomplish extraordinary things with God's help. She shares this message in her 20+ contemporary fiction, historical fiction, and nonfiction books and through speaking engagements across the country. Her invitation to women everywhere is to cast aside discouragement and fear to live real life, inspired! Thursdays at 3pm CST!

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This week we are going to be talking to Sandy Ralya author of new book The Beautiful Wife.

For a chance to win a copy of The Beautiful Wife, be sure to leave a comment with your name and e-mail address!

More about Sandy: Sandy Ralya is the founder and director of Beautiful Womanhood, a marriage mentoring ministry based near Grand Rapids, Mich. Her marriage testimony was the focus of a popular three-day interview on FamilyLife Today, TV's Walking by Faith, and Time Out for Women. Sandy is a sought-after speaker, presenting Beautiful Womanhood seminars to hundreds of women each year at MOPS groups, women's retreats, and church leadership conferences across the country and in Canada. Sandy and her husband Tom have been married since 1980, and have a growing number of grandchildren. To learn more about Sandy and her ministry visit her website:

http://www.beautifulwomanhood.com/sandy-ralya

More about The Beautiful Wife: The Beautiful Wife answers serious questions women have about their roles as wives. Discussing everything from romance and money to beauty, communication, and sex, Sandy challenges women to open up and share their journeys so that together they can see God's plan for their marriages.

This week on the show we will be chatting with Susan May Warren about her new book The Shadow of Your Smile, marriage, and My Book Therapy!

For a chance to win Susan's new book -- The Shadow of Your Smile, be sure to leave a comment with your name and e-mail! And be sure to click the button below to find out about Susan's $200 Visa cash card givaway!

More about Susan: Susan May Warren is the award-winning, best-selling author of over 35 novels, from historical to romantic suspense. She loves crafting a story with rich characters who grapple with life and find God’s grace along the way.  Her stories have won acclaim with readers and reviewers alike. She makes her home in northern Minnesota, on the shores of beautiful Lake Superior with her husband and four nearly grown children.

More about The Shadow of Your Smile: The Shadow of your Smile is about a woman in a troubled marriage who falls and loses her memory of the past twenty-five years – her entire marriage, not to mention the devastating loss of her only daughter. Her family is faced with a terrible decision…keep the past from her to allow her to start again, or risk helping her regain her memory and relieve the grief all over again. Are the happy moments in her past worth the pain? Can God use the tragedy to bring joy? It’s a story of second chances.

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Be sure to catch this week's show! The first half hour we will be chatting with Gregg Murset creator of My Job Chart an online chore chart and reward system for teaching, organizing and motivating your kids to Save, Share and Spend responsibly. In the second half of the show we'll hear from Joanne Kraft author of Just Too Busy -- Taking Your Family on a Radical Sabatical.

For a chance to win a copy of Just Too Busy -- Taking Your Family on a Radical Sabatical please leave a comment with your name and e-mail address.

Gregg Murset has an Finance degree from Arizona State University and has been involved in the insurance and investment industry for the past 17 years. He has earned the following professional designations in that field: CerHfied Financial Planner, Chartered Life Underwriter, Chartered Financial Consultant, CerHfied Funds Specialist Registered Health Underwriter, Registered Employee Benefits Consultant (REBC), and Chartered Advisor for Senior Living. Gregg’s passion is to inspire parents to teach kids to learn how to work, be responsible and learn the value of a dollar. Currently there are 120,000 kids using My Job Chart with hundreds joining every day.

About My Job Chart: My Job Chart is the free, easy to use, online chore chart and reward system for teaching, organizing and motivating your kids to Save, Share and Spend responsibly. My Job Chart makes it easy for parents to assign chores and more motivating and meaningful for children to fulfill them. My Job Chart facilitates fun, engaging, hands-on learning for kids on the ABCs of prosperity including saving, sharing and spending. My Job Chart gives parents the satisfaction of seeing their kids gain the foundation skills of a strong work ethic and financial responsibility. My Job Chart takes the struggle out of instilling a strong work ethic in kids. For more information and to try My Job Chart visit:  http://www.myjobchart.com

Joanne Kraft is a recovering too-busy mom and the author of Just Too Busy—Taking Your Family on a Radical Sabbatical. She’s a mom who writes and a sought-after speaker. Joanne’s articles have been published by In Touch, Thriving Family, ParentLife, Today’s Christian Woman, and P31 Woman. She’s appeared on CBN News, Focus on the Family’s afternoon show—Your Family Live, Sacramento & Co., and The Harvest Show. She makes her home in the Sierra Nevada Foothills of Northern California with her husband Paul, their four children, and a beagle with a slight weight problem. Joanne knows she is blessed. As an author and speaker, her passion is to encourage women – one heart at a time.

About Just Too Busy—Taking Your Family on a Radical Sabbatical: In Just Too Busy, author Joanne Kraft takes us on a journey with her and her family as they take a 12-month break from activities, fast food, and technology. You wouldn’t believe how the Kraft family becomes closer as busyness takes a backseat when they shut down their daily shuttle bus. In this book, readers will laugh their way through the ten tell-tale signs that they’re too busy and discover the symptoms for Activity Denial Disorder. Families will find simple ways to guard themselves from the temptation of constant distraction and become convinced that being radical as a family is more than survivable.

Be sure to catch this week's show! The first half hour we will be chatting with Elizabeth Younts author of Seasons: A Real Story of an Amish Girl which quickly became an Amazon bestseller. In the second half of the show we'll hear from Cindi Ferrini creator of Balancing the Active Life: An Interactive Bible Study.

For a chance to win either a copy of Seasons: A Real Story of an Amish Girl or Balancing the Active Life please leave a comment with your name and e-mail address.

More about Elizabeth: Elizabeth Byler Younts is the author of an Amish memoir titled SEASONS: A REAL STORY OF AN AMISH GIRL. Seasons is the story of her grandmother Lydia Lee Coblentz who grew up in an impoverished Amish family through the Great Depression. Seasons was released in August 2010 and has become an Amazon bestseller in 3 categories. Elizabeth is a member of the American Christian Fiction Writers. She is an Air Force Officer’s wife with two young daughters and makes her home wherever her family is stationed. To read more about Elizabeth and keep up with her, visit her website: http://www.elizabethbyleryounts.com

More about Cindi: Cindi enjoys speaking on topics that will encourage men and women to make a difference in their sphere of influence by being all they can be for the Lord, their families, and themselves. Cindi along with her husband Joe are on the speaking team for Family Life Ministries, a marriage-focused ministry founded by Dr. Bill Bright of Campus Crusade for Christ.

Joe (a dentist) and Cindi have enjoyed ministry together as they direct the City Focus Ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ in the Northeast Ohio area as associate staff since 1989. They helped to bring the Billy Graham Crusade to Cleveland in 1994 and served as trained counselors, supervisors and leaders. They were also responsible for the direction of distributing over 32,000 pieces of material to inquirers that came forward throughout the crusade. The Billy Graham Association asked them to establish follow-up in the NE Ohio area because of the discipleship ministry they already had in place. They have also served as City Ministry Directors of the FamilyLife conferences in Cleveland (NE Ohio) from 1990-2001 with expansion to Akron in 2000 and an Urban Familylife Conference in Youngstown, OH, in October of 2001! Joe and Cindi now speak nationally for the Familylife Marriage Conferences. For more info, please visit  http://www.cindiferrini.com

More About Balancing the Active Life: An interactive Bible study for men and women of all ages and stages of life! This workbook is designed to help busy people achieve better balance in their lives. It is a helpful tool to teach and learn how to prioritize the activities we believe God wants us to do! It can be used by individuals, small and large groups, and Sunday School classes. Cindi’s book is available to order at bookstores, online at www.cindiferrini.com, and through Tate Publishing (www.tatepublishing.com)

Don't miss this week's show. We'll be chatting the first half hour with Kurt Bjorklund, senior pastor of Orchard Hill Church and author of Prayers for Today. In the second half of the show we'll hear from Betsy St. Amant, a multi-published author with Love Inspired and a newly published author of Young Adult fiction.

More about Kurt: KURT BJORKLUND was educated at Wheaton College, Trinity International University, and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. After serving two churches in the Chicago area, Kurt served as a Senior Pastor in a church in southeastern Michigan for a decade. He is currently the senior pastor of Orchard Hill Church, a large non- denominational church outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He and his wife Faith live with their four sons in Sewickley, Pennsylvania. 

More about Prayers for Today: A collection of classic and contemporary prayers, some derived from Scripture and others from the writings of Christian leaders throughout the centuries, this beautiful volume invites readers into a daily experience of closer intimacy with God.

Each day's entry focuses on one of ten traditional types of prayer:

• Prayers of Thanksgiving

• Prayers of Confession • Prayers of Affirmation • Prayers of Petition • Prayers of Renewal • Prayers of Praise and Adoration • Prayers to Have Christ-like Character • Prayers for Wisdom and Guidance • Prayers of Intercession • Prayers of Surrender

With 260 entries -- enough for every weekday of an entire year -- Prayers for Today guides readers through a unique kind of spiritual pilgrimage, a pilgrimage toward the very throne room of God.

For any reader who's ever wanted more out of prayer or who's ever hungered for a greater sense of God's presence, Prayers for Today promises deepened communion with the One who treasures the words and longings of His people.

More about Betsy: Betsy St. Amant lives in Louisiana and is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers. Her sixth novel for Love Inspired, HER FAMILY WISH, will release April 2012 and her first YA novel with Barbour released January 2012. Betsy has been published in the Christian Communicator magazine andPraise Reports: Inspiring Real Life Stories of How God Answers Prayer. One of her short stories, Kickboxing or Chocolate, appears in a Tyndale compilation book, and she is also multi-published through The Wild Rose Press. Betsy has a B.A. in Christian Communications and regularly freelances for her local newspaper, The Forum. Betsy is the wife of a fireman, the mommy of a precious toddler, an avid reader and dedicated author who enjoys sharing the wonders of God’s grace through her stories. Find out more about Betsy and her books at her website: http://www.betsystamant.com/

More about Addison Blakely, Confessions of a PK: Sixteen-year-old Addison Blakely has tirelessly played the role of PK—preacher’s kid—her entire life. But after Wes Keegan revs his motorcycle into town and into her heart, Addison begins to wonder how much of her faith is her own and how much has been handed to her. She isn’t so sure she wants to be the good girl anymore. Join Addison Blakely as she attempts to separate love from lust, facts from faith, and keep her head above water in her murky, fishbowl existence.