History, Real Life, and Faith
I’m using biblical fiction as I prepare for this fall’s Bible study. I know fiction means not-true and therefore isn’t the best way to prepare to lead a study if I’m not reading scripture. Silly. Of course I’m studying the Bible passages. I just need some context for the history. This year that involves reading Lynn Austin’s The Restoration Chronicles….
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What were Jesus’ prayers like? You know, not just how he taught us to pray in the Lord’s Prayer but what He prayed about and how. My friend Janet McHenry explains it all in her new book, The Complete Guide to the Prayers of Jesus: What He Prayed and How it Will Change Your Life Today. Janet is the author of…
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Isabel Craddock attended the Bible Training College (BTC) and took her insights to India. Where she stayed for the rest of her life. Nicknamed “Joan of Arc,” by Oswald Chambers, Jeannie Isabel was the daughter of Reverend Robert Craddock, a Methodist minister, and his wife Clara. Born in Australia in 1889, she moved to England as a girl. Records indicate…
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Egypt research provided me with many challenges as I wrote my two Chambers books. Those spots I could physically visit, I did. I stood on the steps of Oswald Chambers’ former Bible Training College at #45 Clapham Common in London. My husband and I paused romantically in front of the “Light of the World” painting at St. Paul’s Cathedral. I…
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Egypt food and clothing research took me to a variety of restaurants and friends. When you can’t visit the country where a large chunk of your historical novel takes place, you have to adapt. I’ve written before about Egypt research opportunities in books and films. As a writer, I sought accuracy but also a way to set mood and place…
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What’s the significance of poppies and World War I? Why has a red poppy become the symbol of the War to End All Wars? Several reasons All about poppies Poppies are short-lived perennial flowers. They’re the native flower of my home state, California, though ours are orange. Fragile, paper-thin flowers grow on the end of thin green stalks, about eight inches…
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