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The other day I was driving to my dentist’s office to get a broken tooth fixed, and a sign I saw at a busy intersection seized my attention. It hung inside a store window and announced, “Easter Made Easy.” I suppose the intention was that if you come inside, you will find whatever it takes to make entertaining and gift giving easy, but whoever made that sign couldn’t possibly have thought the idea through. I mean, Easter made easy?

If Easter only means getting spring clothes, egg hunts, baskets filled with candy, and a bunny, sure.
This holiday, however, is the most sacred to Christians because it marks the ultimate sacrifice of the Lamb of God, Jesus, who came to take away the sins of the world. What Jesus went through on the night of his betrayal, his arrest, trial, tortuous beatings, carrying his cross through the streets of Jerusalem on His body, broken for us, then the crucifixion was anything but easy.
Perhaps, if Charles Schulz were still alive, he could make a sequel to his brilliant 1965 “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” In it, Linus would give a little speech explaining the events of Holy Week and Jesus’ Passion, concluding with, “That’s what Easter is all about, Charlie Brown.”

I’m excited about the news release Moody just sent out about THEN COMES MARRIAGE? Feel free to check it out–there are so many neat features, including an excerpt and interview questions. Enjoy!

http://www.mpnewsroom.com/?p=1094

The first time I had a book published was back in 1994 with THE CRYPTIC CLUE, the first of 8 books in my Heather Reed Mystery Series. I’ll never forget the sheer joy that I experienced when the first, preview, copy arrived at my door. There was my book, MY book, in living color for all the world to read. Since then, I’ve had 17 other titles published, but the feeling of seeing each one in print for the first time never ceases to be an occasion to celebrate. It’s a little like having a baby, but without all the pain!

A few days ago, my 18th book showed up on my doorstep, and joy swept through me again. It’s called THEN COMES MARRIAGE? and in it I take a look at what American family life is like today. Then I go back to the country’s beginnings to examine what families and marriages were like for our ancestors. It was an interesting book to research, and I learned a great deal about how other people conducted their relationships. For example, it amazed me that in 1950, actress Ingrid Bergman was censured by the US Senate for having an adulterous affair that led to a pregnancy. Can you imagine anything like that happening today? I certainly can’t.

Naturally, I couldn’t write a book without using my sense of humor, so there are fun anecdotes in addition to the serious side.

I hope that you’ll order a copy of THEN COMES MARRIAGE?

Then Comes Marriage? by Rebecca Price Janney