Can you share some examples of how your faith impacts your storytelling?
A storyteller must write for the heart, and I write from my heart. My purpose is to help shape young women’s lives—to tell stories of God’s love and forgiveness in a way that encourages women to make wise choices in life, regardless of what others are doing.
We teach by example. And I always praise the librarians who have pointed a reader my way.
Why is storytelling such a powerful way to communicate truth?
Jesus often spoke in parables. For me, writing is the joy of communicating fact AND fiction in my books. My goal is and always will be to tell a story of unbelievable love and redemption using a romance format.
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Faith
Brides of the West #1
Lori Copeland
Tyndale House
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With the matrimonial prospects in her little Michigan town virtually nonexistent, nineteen-year-old Faith—along with her two sisters, Hope and June—answers an ad for mail-order brides. Before she knows it, she’s on her way to Deliverance, Texas, to marry wealthy rancher Nicholas Shepherd.
But from the moment she arrives in Deliverance, sparks fly between Faith, a strong-willed tomboy, and her prospective husband—a man with a strong will of his own! After a string of wedding postponements and a slew of interferences, a union between Faith and Nicholas begins to look less and less likely.
In the meantime, Faith and Nicholas are beginning to care for each other—but is their matching stubbornness destined to forever be a barrier between them?
June
Brides of the West #2
Lori Copeland
Tyndale House
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Like her sister before her, June leaves her Michigan home to embrace her future as a mail-order bride to a young Washington State pastor. But from the start, nothing works out as June expects.
Caught up in her fiancé’s vision for an elaborate tabernacle that would befit God’s glory, she soon learns that not everyone approves of the plan; some would rather support the local orphanage. June finds herself drawn to the orphanage run by her friend Samantha and her aging aunt.
Caring for the orphans is a natural outlet for June’s generous, nurturing spirit. But the two projects seem incompatible, and June finds herself faced with difficult choices—choices that challenge both her faith and her heart.