Caryn Rivadeneira is a writer, speaker, and works on the worship staff at Elmhurst Christian Reformed Church. She's the author of KNOWN AND LOVED: 52 Devotions from the Psalms (Revell, 2013), GRUMBLE HALLELUJAH: Learning to Love Life When It Lets You Down (Tyndale House, 2011) and MAMA'S GOT A FAKE I.D.: How to Reveal the Real You Behind All that Mom (Waterbrook, 2009), as well as hundreds of blog posts and magazine articles. Caryn is a regular contributor to Christianity Today's Her.Meneutics and to Re:Frame Media's Think Christian. Her work also regularly appears in Relevant and FullFill, along with several other media outlets.Caryn lives outside of Chicago with her husband, three kids and one pit bull.

Books by Caryn Rivadeneira

Shades of Mercy: A Maine Chronicle

by Anita Lustrea and Caryn Rivadeneira - Christian, Christian Fiction, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Historical Romance, Romance

In 1954, although other parts of the country are changing, the Maliseet tribe of Maine’s Northwoods is still relegated to shanties on the dump. Mercy and her Maliseet boyfriend find it nearly impossible to hold on to their someday dream. Then disaster strikes, looking surprisingly like the grace of God.

Known and Loved: 52 Devotions from the Psalms

by Caryn Rivadeneira - Christian, Nonfiction

Caryn Rivadeneira offers 52 devotions drawn from the Psalms that show women how God sees them, what he created them to do, and how he created them to be. She takes women through 10 major areas of identity, weaving in stories from her own life and from the lives of other moms, showing mothers that they are valued and valuable. The perfect gift for Mother’s Day, KNOWN AND LOVED will brighten a mom’s day even as it deepens her faith.