I have the best job ever. I write about stories found in the Bible. I also get to incorporate Scripture into my stories. What job do I have? I’m a writer of Christian Fiction. If you ask ten authors to define Christian Fiction, you might receive ten different answers. Christian writers craft their stories like…
A Cup of Water
Love and Chocolate…and Second Chances by Linda Shenton Matchett
I’m a sucker for second-chance stories, perhaps because I’ve been given so many. Love and Chocolate is partially inspired by chocolatier Milton Hershey whose own chance for love came at the “ripe old age” of 41. He met his future wife Catherine “Kitty” Sweeney at a confectionary shop that was on the sales route for…
God’s Masterpiece: Learning to Love Yourself as He Made You
Sometimes I take time to meditate on who God designed me to be and how I can take steps to live like that person more often. I want to give up some of my behaviors that serve to emphasize the boundaries of my comfort zone instead of expanding them. I tend to hide my true…
Adventure in Reading & Writing by Mark David Pullen
To Create “It is a delicious thing to write, to be no longer yourself but to move in an entire universe of your own creation.” -Gustave Flaubert. All my life, I have been a reader. I love Fiction, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Horror, and Suspense. There is nothing better than a well-told story filled with dynamic characters…
Who Are We…Really? by Lori DeJong
Do you ever look in the mirror and wonder, who am I … really? Deep down? What are my dreams, my goals? What is my worth? I have had those times. Times when the enemy knew just where to hit me to make me doubt my worth, my purpose, my God. Oh, but how thankful…
Living with Purpose: Strategies for a Focused Life
Doing a word study in the bible for the words “one thing” led me to three verses that seem to fit together, and they fit together in a kind of philosophy of life—life as God intended it—a life of focus. First, I came across the scripture passage where Martha is very worried about the details…
Immediately
What strikes me most in Matthew 14:24-31 is the use of the word immediately. The first immediately is unspoken but clearly evident. The disciples were out on a turbulent sea in the middle of the night. Jesus knew they were having trouble, so he came to them immediately. When the disciples saw Jesus, their fear…
Sharing What I’ve Seen
Have you ever not spoken about God because you were worried that you would not be able to answer questions that come up if you did? John 4:1-42 tells the story of a Samaritan woman running into Jesus when she is doing one of her chores—fetching water at the well. Jesus speaks to the Samaritan…
3 Ways to be Sure God Exists
The definition of faith is to believe in things that we cannot see. And God rewards and loves faith. But there is plenty to see that builds faith as well. The placement of Earth in the universe In space, stars often explode into supernovas. The Earth however is located in such a position that it…
Some Stories Stay with You by Sherry Shindelar
Twenty-five years ago, I read the story of Cynthia Anne Parker, the most famous captive in nineteenth-century America. I was devastated by her loss. I contacted museums and libraries to find out everything I could about her (this was before the world of information was only a keystroke away). Her story haunted my heart for…