Featured Interview With Mistie House
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
Hi, I’m Mistie!
I’m an everyday Christian woman who is a loving wife, creative mom, and child of God. Along with being a two-time Award-Winning author and painter, I’m an illustrator and host of the Beloved Bride Christian podcast.
I’ve published three books and am launching my next children’s book June, 2023!
My women’s book, Emergence: How to Experience Beauty and New Life in Dead and Dark Places, was awarded first place in ABR’s Book Excellence Award Contest for best in Christian Faith and Living Category/Genre.
My most recent children’s book, Let Us Rejoice, was a third place winner in the Spring 2023 The BookFest Awards.
My passion is to guide gals to walk with the King through my testimony, teaching, and storytelling and help women EMERGE into who God’s created you to be!
I love spending time laughing and socializing with family and friends, exploring new destinations with my husband, and camping with our children.
I grew up out in the middle of “No Man’s Land” in the Oklahoma Panhandle. I now live in Amarillo, TX with my amazing husband Chris, and am a mother of two precious daughters—my shining jewels. Tobi is our adorable, yorkie puppy who keeps us bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
Ironically, I never liked reading as a kid. My teachers had to bribe me with the Pizza Hut BOOK IT! Program to get me to read—This Italian girl would still read for pizza! 😉
It wasn’t until after motherhood that I must have finally grown up, and fell in love with reading Christian books, then writing them.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I love all things Christian!
I enjoy Lysa TerKeurst, Christine Caine, Lisa Bevere, Priscilla Shirer, Beth Moore, and especially Jimmy Evans, Founder and President of XO Marriage.
I’ve spent years learning from Pastor Jimmy Evans, who used to be senior pastor of the church I attend at Trinity Fellowship Church in Amarillo, Texas. By far, he has been the greatest inspiration in my writings and is still heavily involved in our church and speaks there often—lucky me!
Pastor Jimmy Witcher, author of “Kingdom Come” is now the senior pastor of Trinity Fellowship Church and one of my greatest inspirations as well.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
My latest published book is my children’s book “Let Us Rejoice: Rejoicing in the Day the Lord Has Made” which I also illustrated.
“Let Us Rejoice” invites readers to follow one little girl’s journey as she travels through time, soars through seasons, and hops through holidays, rejoicing in the day the Lord has made.
I’m launching my newest children’s book “The Perfect Prize: How Jesus Showed Me The Way” on June 6, 2023.
“The Perfect Prize” is about a little girl who can’t wait to go to the Fair in search of the perfect prize! However, her story takes an unexpected twist and turn when she finally arrives.
Just when she thinks she’s found the perfect prize, she loses something else!
In the end, she discovers something even better and more valuable than what she was hoping to find in the beginning.
I can’t wait to share her story soon!
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