Encouragement
Drowning Lessons
Any lifeguard will tell you the worst thing someone that the lifeguard is trying to save can do is to “help.” A drowning person in a panicked attempt to “save” themselves by thrashing about can end up taking the lifeguard down with them. It’s a lesson all of us need to learn no matter how…
I Confess! I’m a Writer Who Can’t Spell
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Introducing: Heidi Shelton Jenck
I’m a freelance writer for the education and Christian markets. After working as a classroom teacher and reading specialist for more than 15 years, I started writing at home full-time. I especially love writing Christian curriculum and early readers. Helping Sunday School teachers and parents build confident followers of Christ is a blessing. I’m a…
Introducing: Connie Newbauer
Connie Newbauer is a journalist with a background in education and psychology. For the past 30 years, she has been a freelance writer, lending her talents to both public and private publications, primarily centered on education and medical issues. Born into an Anabaptist family, her spiritual life has harbored her during many storms. Through PortraitâŠshe…
ACFW 2006 in Five Words
ACFW in a WordWhy? Pride! Can You Relate? Humble Patience
Introducing: Cara Putman
I am an attorney who resides in Lafayette, Indiana, with my husband and two children. Iâve lived all over the country and worked at a NBC affiliate in Nebraska, political campaigns, non-profit programs and fundraising, and clerking for a federal judge. I graduated with honors from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and George Mason University School…
God’s First Priority
I’ve mentioned before how I’ve been going through the Experiencing Christ Within workbook by Dwight Edwards. I’ve done my fair share of Bible studies, but this one seems so fresh and new. I am learning so much and hope some of what I’m learning is rubbing off. In week two, I explored the idea that…
I’m Writing Again!
That’s right! I’ve got a green light! After my incredible experience at ACFW this year I felt an unexplainable peace about my writing or lack of writing. It’s hard to put into words except that the anxiousness to write and be published was gone, I was finally able to accept God’s timing. I knew I’d…
Introducing: Mick Silva
Mick Silva is the youngest acquisitions editor at WaterBrook Press, specializing in narrative nonfiction and select fiction. The usual background stuff: 2 decades of Christian education in California. Eldest son to a pastorâs family of 3 boys. Some general Holden Caufield experience at a Christian college. Post-grad Europe trip to escape the frustrating absence of…
The Tag Of Four
Beck has tagged me with the four word meme. I have to personally define them, and THEN I get to tag four more people with words of my own choosing. Beck’s words: Callipygian: While studying biology this year I came across this term as some what of freakish species in nature. It’s the cross between…