How lovely is Your dwelling place, O LORD of Hosts! My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she places her young near Your altars, O…
I wrote the book Why the Sparrow Cries during a freefall moment. My parents had just split and it would only get more chaotic from there. Within the span of a year they married new spouses, and I’d been highly encouraged to move out of the house and take a very fat cat with me—who…
My wife, Kay, dared me to make up a story out of whole cloth. Just sit down and start writing and see what happens, she said. With my historical fiction books, I have at least had a loose outline to follow, a commitment to be true to the known facts while telling a good story. But not with The Mercy Seat. It was scary at first.
I can take the cold. The darkness of winter is a lot less fun.
What is our heritage of thankfulness? Join Jeanette-Marie Mirich as she shares her thoughts on this holiday of gratitude.
If you have ever felt “less than” because of a past mistake, this book is for you. Be encouraged by Jayna’s story that your past doesn’t have to define you. God’s redeeming love can transform your story into one of hope and healing.
In today’s post, author Kristen Gwen shares about her path to storytelling—and the inspiration we’ve been given from the greatest storyteller of all.
Giving Myself Over [Henry O. Arnold]
If I as a writer am to tell a story, I must give myself over to its peculiar flow. As the power of the story begins to rise up within me, I must sit down and write. I yield. I isolate. I watch and listen. I resist the temptation to manipulate, and I allow the…
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