Encouragement
Introducing Chanda Canup
My name is Chanda Canup and my husband and I have been serving in ministry together for 6 years. He began as a youth pastor, and we just finished serving at a church where he had youth and music responsibilities. We are no longer pursuing full-time ministry; we have had enough of “church politics” and…
The Red Ribbon
© Staci Stallings Everyone wants a blue ribbon. Blue. First place. The best. Even kindergarteners want that blue ribbon. In sports, I was never a blue-ribbon person. In a race I was always last. In baseball I was as likely to get hit on the head as to drop the ball. In basketball I was…
After the Call
I recently told you about The Really Long First Call. And then what happens after the first contract has been signed? In a word, Wait. But eventually, after we come back down to earth, we get back to work. Every writer is different, but here are a few things I’ve been working on while I…
Mid-Week Motivational Menu
Starting Your Day Out Right! Devotional Thought A couple of weeks ago, I addressed planning out your day, recalling that God is a God of order, as revealed through his detail of creation. However, this week, I wanted to highlight another seemingly contrasting characteristic of God. What about being spontaneous? I don’t know that the…
Music To A Writer’s Soul
Like all you other writers out there, I get antsy when I can’t work on my novel. But lately, I’ve had to be creative to find ways to sneak in writing here and there during my day. Many afternoons I purposely leave the house a half hour before school’s out. Then I sit in the…
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Blessings. We talk about them, pray about them, give thanks for them, and sometimes we even feel very guilty about getting them. Although the Bible says God is “able to do exceedingly abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us,” we worry and doubt about how serious…
Thinking outside the BoxShort Bible studies may be your answer.
As parents of small children we learn to adapt and cope with situations previously never imagined. Sleepless nights, prams you need a college degree to put up and down and daily routines around nap times become a way of life. Over time as our children grow up, different milestones are achieved and new challenges present…
Mid-Week Motivation
Welcome to the mid-week motivational menu. Are you feeling a little sluggish, unmotivated and down right lazy? Well, what you need is a good does of nutrition for your heart, soul and mind. Hope you’re hungry because there’s plenty for all. . . Starting Your Day Out Right! Devotional Thought Matthew 1:35 Very early in…
It’s Real Life
When you think of “the life of a writer,” what do you think of? I imagine an older lady who lives near the ocean, alone with her cat. She walks the beach and collects shells, then later she works with words the same way: Searching for them, studying them, gathering them, and displaying them. My…