History, Real Life, and Faith
So many outstanding Bible study tools are available these days! I’ve taught Bible study in a variety of settings and churches since I graduated from college in the Dark Ages. My English Literature degree actually helped me at first. I’d been taught how to examine the text, take it apart, and recognize patterns. (As a writer, I’ve laughed at how…
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A writer’s research capabilities are in a golden era right now. Everywhere I turn, I see more opportunities to explore rich veins of information. It doesn’t have to be historical. Insights and unusual stories abound which can become part of a novel or inspire a work of nonfiction. I hadn’t really thought much about where my information specifically came from until…
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Suggestions for a daily devotional and why read one.
It’s time for the 2018 Blog year review! I’m looking at stats today and they’re interesting. No surprise, the top ten blog posts are all from past years. Here are the top ten, in case you’ve missed one: (The number in parentheses is where they are in the all-time order) Whatever Happened to Kathleen Chambers? (7) Bagpipes in the WWI…
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What do you really know?
I’m having creativity flashes these days and the timing is not the best. What to do? Here are five things to do when Creativity Flashes strike at an inopportune time. 1. Write them down In my case, it’s the idea for a novel I hadn’t anticipated writing. I’m still not sure I’m going to do so (even though my husband…
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