Linda Thompson – Mountain Brook Ink

[Linda Thompson] At What Price Freedom?

Dec 7, 2020Alyssa RoatAuthor Posts, Historical Sidenotes, Linda Thompson, Power of Story, Story Behind the StoryDoolittle Raid, Midway, Pearl Harbor, The Mulberry Leaf Whispers, The Plum Blooms in Winter, WWII

Today marks the 79th anniversary of the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, the event that propelled our nation into history’s bloodiest war. Looking back, I have to say stories from WWII have captivated me from an early age—probably from the day I first picked up The Diary of Anne Frank in school. I also remember…

[Linda Thompson] Reflections on V-J 75 and WWII’s End: Why Is America Worth Preserving?

Aug 15, 2020Alyssa RoatAuthor Posts, Historical Sidenotes, Linda Thompson, Story Behind the Story, Thoughts & Thingsinternment camps, japan, preserving america, relocation camps, Tuskegee Airmen, v-j day, WWII

Reinforcements wade ashore at Saipan, June 1944 Today marks the seventy-fifth anniversary of a momentous occasion. When the Emperor of Japan announced his nation’s surrender on August 15, 1945, the deadliest war in history finally drew to a close. And yet, given the challenges we face in the here and now, I am concerned this…

[Linda Thompson] Are We Slow to Believe?

Jul 18, 2020LindaT2 CommentsAuthor Posts, Devotional, Encouragement, Linda Thompson, Thoughts & ThingsBible Times, Hebrew Wedding, Jewish Wedding, Last Days, Linda Thompson, Second Coming

The disciples were “slow of heart to believe.” As the storm swells around us, can we avoid following their footsteps into crushing despair?

[Linda Thompson] Honoring Charles McGee and the Tuskegee Airmen

Jun 18, 2020LindaTAuthor Posts, Historical Sidenotes, Linda ThompsonLinda Thompson, Tuskegee Airmen, WWII

For Juneteenth, let’s honor outstanding American Charles McGee and reflect on the legacy of WWII’s tenacious Tuskegee Airmen, who fought and won a pitched battle against prejudice.

[Linda Thompson] So You Have Questions for God?

May 18, 2020LindaTAuthor Posts, Devotional, Encouragement, Linda Thompson, Thoughts & Thingscomfort during covid, justice, Linda Thompson, questioning

If you’d like to ask God a few questions, you’re in good company!

[Linda Thompson] Why Would a Loving God Allow a Plague?

Apr 18, 2020LindaTAuthor Posts, Encouragement, Historical Sidenotes, Linda Thompson, Thoughts & Thingscoronavirus, COVID-19, Doolittle Raid, Exodus, Idols, Linda Thompson, Plagues, World War 2

Remembering WWII’s daring Doolittle Raiders on the anniversary of their raid. Four spent *thirty-six month* under lockdown–solitary confinement. What brought them through?

In His Love, Linda Thompson

Feb 14, 2019Nikki Wright2 CommentsAppreciation Letters, Five Year Anniversary, Linda Thompsonkimberly rose johnson, Linda Thompson, love letters, miralee ferrell, valentine's day

Dear New Reading Friend, Although my daily work is weaving words, they’re inadequate to express how thrilled I am to meet you via this first novel! We writers toil away in the silence of our “writing garrets,” literally for years, in the hope of having the experience I’m having right now—seeing our stories meet readers…

[Linda Thompson] The Three Sentences That Made Me a Writer

Apr 18, 2018Nikki Wright1 CommentHistorical Sidenotes, Linda ThompsonDoolittle Raid, History, Linda Thompson, Pearl Harbor, Plum Blooms in Winter, WWII

“Eventually, the woman confessed—her fiancé had been killed during the war, and she’d first gone to the rally for revenge. She was going to assassinate him. His words, remarkably, had touched her deeply, and… now she was a Christian.” The First Heroes: The Extraordinary Story of the Doolittle Raid by Craig Nelson (New York: Penguin…