Dee’s Recommended Websites

Sally Brestin
www.sallybrestin.com

Dee’s daughter Sally is an accomplished artist and creator of ” Worthy” the portrait of Aslan.

(View ” Prints” on our website)

“I paint each piece with the goal of having a clear, valuable and relevant message for my viewer. Sometimes the message is a simple call to appreciate the world’s beauty, other times it is about who I believe created it and why.”

Hearts at Home
www.hearts-at-home.org

Hearts at Home is a ministry dedicated to professionalizing motherhood. They offer professional weekend conferences and a monthly magazine and devotional to encourage mothers at home or those who want to be. Keynote speakers, workshops, drama and music fill the weekend with opportunities for encouragement, personal growth, new ideas, fresh perspective and renewed vision for this important role.

Kathy Traccoli
www.troccoli.com

Kathy Troccoli is an award-winning singer, songwriter, speaker and author of several books including Am I Not Still God, Live Like You Mean It and the bestselling Falling in Love with Jesus series, coauthored with Dee Brestin topping over a quarter of a million sales.

“What a sweet time of life this is,” says Kathy.” It is amazing how God uses the years and the pain we go through to bring comfort to others.” And she is one who certainly knows. Having struggled with depression and bulimia, and loss of her parents, Kathy conveys a powerful message of hope wherever she goes. ” God uses our stories of redemption to breathe hope and courage into the lives of others. We all need to be reminded that a resurrected God is in control and that He still works miracles.”

Jan Silvious
www.jansilvious.com

Jan has been a featured speaker at Women of Faith arena events as well as for WOF Pre-Conferences. She has been a plenary speaker for Precept Ministries’ National Women’s Conventions, Moody Women’s Conferences, Moody Founder’s Week and Balancing the Demand’s of Life Women’s Conferences.

Jan has written nine books over the past twenty years. Two of her favorites have been reader’s favorites as well: Big Girls Don’t Whine and Fool-proofing Your Life. The ongoing reader response to these books has spurred Jan to immerce her self in finding biblically sound, psychologically positive answers for women’s challenges.

Amy Shreve
www.amyshreve.com

Amy is a writer, recording artist, singer, and harpist from Nashville, TN. She has been touring for the last 15 years. At the age of 5 she put her faith in Christ. While a senior at Leon H.S. in Tallahassee Amy took part in the Miss Teen USA pageant representing Florida. She attended Wheaton College in Illinois. She was a writer for Birdsong Publishing in Nashville and was nominated for a Dove award after recording her first record “Peace in the Puzzle” which was distributed worldwide by Capitol. Amy’s musical approach is intended for all ages. Her desire is to glorify Jesus Christ and her prayer is to be used as an instrument to lead people into a deeper relationship with our Lord.

Liz Curtis Higgs
www.lizcurtishiggs.com

In her series of best-selling Bad Girls of the Bible books, workbooks, and videos, Liz Curtis Higgs breathes new life into ancient tales about the most infamous and intriguing women in scriptural history, from Jezebel to Mary Magdalene. Biblically sound and cutting-edge fresh, these popular titles have helped more than one million women around the world experience God’s grace anew. Her best-selling historical novels, which transport the stories of Rebecca, Leah, Rachel, and Dinah to eighteenth-century Scotland, have also helped her readers view these familiar characters in a new light. And, her nonfiction book, Embrace Grace, presents her message of hope in an engaging and personal way, speaking directly to the hearts of her readers.

Cynthis Heald
www.tyndale.com/cynthiaheald

My husband, Jack, and I have been married for forty-five years and we are currently on staff with The Navigators, a lay Christian ministry. I majored in English in college, taught in high school for one year, and then began a self-taught ” master’s” degree in child development, cooking, cleaning, and carpooling. It wasn’t until I was in my late forties that I began to write. Over the past twenty years I have written mostly bible studies and devotionals. My most recent book Maybe God is Right After All is a compilation of ten truths I have discovered on my journey of some forty years with the Lord.

I feel that my ministry is being an older woman in the body of Christ& mdash age wise I certainly qualify and hopefully through the years of walking with God I have learned some foundational truths that can keep us growing, close to the Lord, and on His true and right paths. Above all I have learned that God is right after all!

Ellie Lofaro
www.ellielofaro.com

Ellie Lofaro touches hearts and funny bones at conferences, seminars, and women’s retreats throughout the United States. Her ability to discover humor in everyday situations coupled with her deep understanding of God’s grace have brought laughter, hope, and encouragement to many.