Every step of this novel journey has taught me a lesson. Pre-pub ordering is no different. Refuge just became available for sale on numerous websites. This is exhilarating, mind boggling, and terrifying all at the same time! This emotional response stems …
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Often I cower in my house, looking out at the world, afraid to step outside. A health issue and ten years of gut-wrenching trial triggered my agoraphobia. It plagues me still. Daily I battle down fear, moving ahead, attempting to …
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At last she slipped free. The hard-fought fight was finished. Thank God! Ethereal now, silvery with beauty, she sailed out of the black and into glory, welcomed into open arms. It didn’t go as we had hoped. But we don’t …
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Ed Yourdon via Compfight Why is communication so difficult? We confront when we shouldn’t. We’re afraid to confront when we should. We can’t say what we mean. We can’t understand what the other says. The Fall has broken our ability …
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“His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness” (2 Peter 1:3). Everything we need? Really? Do we believe that? How often …
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As I’ve marched into the publication process, surprises have occurred all along the way. When I finished my first novel, which I then didn’t realize was only a rough draft, I envisioned tying it neatly with a ribbon and mailing …
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Jesus yielded. Before the plan was set in motion, before the waters were drawn back from the shores and the stars hurled across the pitch, the plan of redemption had already been plotted out, its lines drawn. We would sin. …
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We expect ministry to be sunshine and roses. But service is about glorifying God through Jesus Christ. It’s about Him. Therefore, lest we attempt to steal the glory, we must be removed from the limelight. Lest we rely on ourselves, …
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Today I am depleted. The final editing of the novel coupled with my mother-in-law’s imminent death has brought me to the end of myself. My brain, my body, and my soul have been poured out, and I can do no …
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To become compassionate and wise people, we must suffer. Our suffering transforms us. In the lives of believers, God promises to work everything together for good, using it to shape us more into Christ’s image and to turn us into …
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