Getting Published
You’ve Been Rejected! What Now?
I stared at my email inbox for several moments. Six unread messages. Three announcing sales that I can’t afford to miss! Delete. Delete. Delete. An […]
Spiritual Life
Spiritual Life
Let My Words Be Few
Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this should not be. Can both fresh water and salt water flow […]
Spiritual Life
Go, Stay, Give: A Call to Obedience
I love the quote by Jill Briscoe: “You go where you’re sent, and you stay where you’re put, and you give what you’ve got.” God […]
Getting Published
Praying with Jane: How God Opens Doors
My journey to publishing a devotional book based on Jane Austen’s prayers all started with a children’s chapter book about mice. I woke up one […]
Spiritual Life
What’s In Your Hand?
Not long ago, I spent a week at the Oregon Christian Writer’s Conference. I flew from Portland straight to San Diego, where my husband, Mike, […]
Spiritual Life
A Recipe for Success in Writing and in Life
We all know the importance of using the right ingredients in a recipe so that it will turn out right. Forget one, and everyone knows […]
Spiritual Life
Write with Endurance
I’d spent untold hours polishing my prose until it shone like glass. “Nailed this baby!” Or so I thought. Then, I submitted my “baby” to […]
Craft of Writing
Stirring Up the Gift Within You
In 2 Timothy 1:6 (KJV), Paul exhorts Timothy to “stir up the gift of God, which is in thee ….” Or, as the NASB version […]
Christmas
The Word Became Flesh and Dwells in Us
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with […]
Spiritual Life
The Pen God Writes With
I love driving by churches and seeing what their signs say. You probably know the signs I mean: “Try God’s retirement plan. It’s out of […]