WHAT TO DO WHEN THOSE YOU LOVE FACE BAD TIMES First, stand by loved ones in their bad times. “There is a friend who sticks closer than a brother” (Proverbs 18:24). Bad times can make introverts out of outgoing personalities. It’s easy to feel resentful. More than ever, they need someone on their side. Even […]
Reasons Bad Things Happen to Those You Love As if she didn’t have enough bad things happen. Years of wealth and luxury, but now she had only the dress on her back. A reputation and status of being one of the country’s leading ladies, however now she roamed arb age dumps for a meal. Her […]
KEEP UP THE CORNERS An old-time cowboy scratched out some notes in a journal as he worked on one of the big cattle drives from south Texas to the Kansas railheads in the 1870s. Often he mentioned how the trail boss kept after them to “keep up the corners.” A search through the book finally […]
DRAGGING YOUR BOAT UPSTREAM Before the invention of steam engines, the only way to bring large amounts of goods upstream in the Old West was to use a keel boat. Size often averaged about 60’x15’ and had a three-foot depth of hull. With one steerer and another operating the sweep, you could travel downstream. But […]
JOSHUA’S WISE SAYINGS What’s the best advice you ever got? People out west tended to always be willing to offer wise sayings, to give you their two cents. A saying “wise as an owl” comes to mind from advice I’ve been given over the years. My Grandad used to tell me, “A wink is as […]
How to Die Standing Up In the wild and lawless early days of the Old West, a man’s true riches amounted to the friendships he had with other men. In a land so sparsely populated, and with the enemies of weather, finding food, and attack so constant, survival often depended on your number of friends. […]
The Divine Honk & Joshua 1 Joshua 1 reminds me of this scenario. You’re at a traffic light, and it turns green. But for some reason, you don’t notice. Then, the car behind you sends a reminder. You sort of wake up and pull on through. Now, you shouldn’t get offended by the honk. The […]
Catch the Horse or Good Saddle First? True cowboys and cowgirls usually treasure a good saddle. No one likes being bucked off a horse, especially an Old West cowboy. You’d get a lot of ribbing for that. Out on the range if your old broomtail decided to break in two, hop for mama, jackknife, swap […]
Built With Cowboy Quality Name recognition products didn’t just happen in our present age. Long before radio and television, even among the cowboys and ranchers of the Old West, certain brand names meant quality built. Quality Western Hats and Boots John B. Stetson made hats. He fashioned wide-brimmed, high crowned, beaver felt hats like no […]
Responding to God’s Word Do you need a boost to get your spiritual life going? Some things you can do: remove obstacles, expose your faith, and let Jesus lead. You do all of this best by a right response to God’s Word. First, nurture the kernels of the Word you receive. Mark 4:8,9, “And other […]
In the frame short story in this anthology, Ben and Marnie Pearson never intended to start a jewelry collection. But when they were given a box of leftover jewelry at an estate sale, they were intrigued by the colorful contents . . .
The sparkling jewels featured in this collection may have been passed down through generations or discovered accidentally, but each has its own unique short story. From diamonds to emeralds, opals to rubies, these stones have witnessed it all.
Here in The Jeweler's Heart are their fascinating tales told by seventeen of the talented novel writers of ChiLibris. For fans of inspirational fiction and heartwarming tales, The Jeweler's Heart is a treasure.
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