Happy Friday CAN Members! This is Catherine Finger bringing you an interview with today’s featured author: Dr. MaryAnn Diorio. In addition to to being an award-winning author, speaker, leader, coach, and beloved family matriarch, MaryAnn finds time to graciously leads our CAN reviewers—a great service to our authors. Thank you for joining us today, MaryAnn! Catherine: What are your passions? MaryAnn: Worshipping God, loving my family, sharing the Gospel, writing fiction. painting—especially in oils. Catherine: Where do you volunteer your spare time giving you a more rounded life? MaryAnn: I spend my spare time discipling women and ministering to my…
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This is our archive pageDeck the Soul with Boughs of Forgiveness
CHRISTMAS! The word evokes many feelings, depending on our experiences. For some, Christmas is a happy time, filled with beautiful memories and joyful expectations. For others, Christmas is a depressing time, a season one wants “to get over with” as quickly as possible because of bad memories associated with this time of year. Having ministered to people for many years, I have come to the conclusion that depressing memories at Christmas time are most often related to problems of unforgiveness. Hurts from the past become more pronounced during the Christmas season, but the reason those hurts still affect us is that…
A Chat with Author MaryAnn Diorio
Greetings from Kevin Thompson! School is back in session here in Florida. That means there are thousands of mothers out there either breathing into paper bags (because they are first time school parents) or breathing a sigh of relief, looking forward to hours of quiet time with a book, a cup of coffee, and a house filled with silence (because they’ve been there, done that with the whole school thing). So, for those ready to read, I introduce to you novelist MaryAnn Diorio! Welcome, MaryAnn. Let’s get this interview jumpstarted by having you tell us about your latest book, Return…
Your Words Matter
Your Words Matter by MaryAnn Diorio, PhD “I believed, and therefore I have spoken . . . .” (2 Corinthians 4: 13) If you want to know what you believe, listen to what you say. Your words reveal what is in your heart, for the Word of God says that “out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks” (Matthew 12: 34). God created the entire universe with words. Made in His image, we create our personal universe with our words. So, what words are you speaking? For the next 24 hours, listen closely to what you are…
Saturday Shout Outs!
MaryAnn Diorio has learned that her latest children’s picture book, The Dandelion Patch, has won the designation of “Best Book in the Category of Juvenile Fiction” in the 2017 Pinnacle Book Achievement Awards Contest. She gives God all the glory for this award saying, “It is He Who called me to write and He Who has sustained me throughout the years. Praise the Lord! The book deals with the topic of Eminent Domain and is available through Amazon. Congratulations, MaryAnn! What a wonderful achievement! ********** Kathleen Rouser has won the 2017 Bookvana Award in the religious fiction…
MaryAnn Diorio—Winning With The Word Radio
Winning with the Word airs weekly on BlogTalk Radio, Friday evenings at 7:30pm ET. TAMING THE DEBT MONSTER – Part 1
NEW RELEASE: THE DANDELION PATCH BY MARYANN DIORIO
The Dandelion Patch by MaryAnn Diorio Publisher: TopNotch Press Release Date: April 1, 2017 ISBN: 978-0930037482 Book Description: When Yolanda Riggins discovers that the government plans to build a new highway through her beloved dandelion patch, she rises up in protest and asserts her God-given right to private ownership of property. Will she succeed against all odds to save her dandelion patch? Will tact, truth, and tough love win the day for Yolanda and the children who love her? Read this delightful book to find out. About the Author: Dr. MaryAnn Diorio is a widely published, award-winning author of fiction…
NEW RELEASE: OCTOBER 2015 – CANDLE LOVE BY MARYANN DIORIO
Four-year-old Keisha has a new baby sister. But Keisha does not want a new baby sister. Keisha is afraid that Mama will love Baby Tamara more than Mama loves her. When Mama shows Keisha three special candles, Keisha learns that there is always enough love for everyone because the more one shares love, the more love grows.
NEW RELEASE: AUGUST 2015 – TOBY TOO SMALL BY MARYANN DIORIO
Five-year-old Toby Michaels is small, too small to be of much good to anyone. But one day, Toby discovers that it’s not how big you are on the outside that matters; it’s how big you are on the inside.
Writing the Truth
We writers have a tremendous responsibility to write the truth. Look at what has happened to our country because the media, as a group, has refused to write and speak the truth. This failure to write and speak the truth has brought our great country to the brink of tyranny.