History, Real Life, and Faith
How do you know if the Holy Spirit is redirecting you from the path you’re on? Or, saying no? It depends. Here are four ways the Holy Spirit says no to a believer’s actions. Through Scripture This should be pretty straight-forward. You decide you want to do something. But there’s a “check” on your “spirit.” That means something reminds you…
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Treasured Christmas Brides is a collection of six Christmas-related novellas releasing from Barbour Book Publishing in September 2019. One of my novellas, “The Gold Rush Christmas,” is part of the collection. Treasured Christmas Brides includes novellas written by experienced writers. Here’s a rundown on the stories and the writers themselves. The Christmas Star Bride by Amanda Cabot Wyoming, 1885 Esther Hathaway…
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Western Christians know them as the Aucas, but really, their name is Waorani. That’s just the first thing I didn’t understand until I picked up Kathryn T. Long’s God in the Rainforest.: A Tale of Martyrdom & Redemption in Amazonian Ecuador. I first heard the stories long ago. Up until this week, I only knew them through Elisabeth Elliot’s pen…
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A novella I wrote several years ago is being rereleased in September 2019. “The Gold Rush Christmas” is part of Treasured Christmas Brides. I’m pleased to see it again. “The Gold Rush Christmas” was my favorite and most memorable novella to write. What’s it like to write a novella? Novellas are popular because they’re short–the stories I wrote were 1500-20,00…
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The fun of hosting foreign exchange students
A moving van sits in front of my house today. It’s for our next-door neighbors headed across the country. Yesterday we visited for the last time, and I told them how I envied their move. “I love starting over,” I explained. “We’ve only moved fourteen times, but I wouldn’t mind doing it again except my family lives here.” They nodded…
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