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When bears come to Bible study
We have a ladies Bible study on Tuesday evenings that I just LOVE. We use Anne Graham Lotz's three question technique and it's just wonderful. It feeds my soul. But while studying John is the meat of the evening, there are lots of yummy side dishes. There are prayer...
Delaying gratification . . . or not
Saturday morning I stopped by church to drop off a full-length mirror for a bridal party to use that afternoon. At 8:30 in the morning preparations were already in full swing for the 2 p.m. ceremony. I hung the mirror in the youth Sunday School/dressing room where two...
What ELSE do you read?
We've talked about how much we love to read books. Romances, historical fiction, mysteries--books that make us laugh and cry and sometimes even think. But what else do you look forward to reading? I just love it when I open the mailbox and there's a new Good...
Do You Have a Vision Statement?
Word is, people who write down their goals do a better job of meeting those goals. Word is, knowing where you'd like to go more often results in getting there. Word is, you should have a plan and work that plan. Word is, all the cool kids have a vision statement....
5 Reasons to Enter Writing Contests
1) It makes you feel like your doing something. Entering a contest isn't the same level of scary as querying an agent or going to a conference to pitch to editors, but it does give you a goal and a deadline. And writing to deadline is something you have to be able to...
Confessions of an approval junkie
A week ago I posted about a poetry workshop I planned to attend with Fred Chappell. He's a pretty renowned poet and author and I was excited to be part of his class. And it was a really good class. He asked each of the 15 participants to bring three poems we wanted to...
I didn't see me do that . . .
A friend's daughter is experiencing her first year of school and all that entails. The teacher communicates with parents about behavior via stickers--green for good; yellow for not so good; orange for not good; and red for call me. Well the child in question came home...
Writer's Workshop
Today and tomorrow I'll be enjoying the Carolina Mountains Literary Festival in Burnsville, NC. This isn't a Christian writers event, but even though my focus is on Christian fiction, I think it's equally important to keep up with secular writing. And there are some...
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