When the time had fully come
Long before time began, God determined the moment He would send Jesus to our world. That time would not come too early nor too late. Jesus came at the right time, the right moment, and in the right place.
Devotion
2021
Devotion
The Gift and the Giver
God’s greatest gift to humankind was given to us at Christmas; His one and only beloved Son. Anyone – that means you and me – who believes in Him receives eternal life
Devotion
When God is Silent
It’s a natural tendency to mistake God’s silence for inactivity. When we pray and fail to hear an answer, we are tempted to believe God doesn’t care, that He’s wandered off, or He doesn’t care. Nothing could be further from the truth. God works some of His most powerful deeds in the wake of His ‘silence.’
For Writers
Plugging into Positivity
Within each person dwells a hunger for positive feedback and approval. We crave those little tidbits that spur us on; a pat on the back, a kind word, an
Poetry
CHORES – A Poem
I asked my sons to clean the house, But all I got were frowns and grouse. When I handed them a list of chores, They ran to their rooms and
For Writers
Tips and For Writers: Show Don’t Tell, Workshop #2
Words that tell rather than show, part A Filter Words Filter words tell the reader what a character is thinking, feeling, or perceiving: See (He saw a bird fly by
For Writers
TIPS FOR WRITERS; Words to Cut From Your Manuscript
Fairly That Just Then Very Pretty (as an intensifier) Totally Quick Gave/give It It was/It is Felt Absolutely Literally Act to Actively Probably Actually Any As to Basically Carefully Certainly
Poetry
Ode to Autumn
Autumn arrived last night, lugging its trappings of hot chocolate, soft wooly sweaters, bright orange pumpkins, and bold hues of copper, amber, gold, and candlelight red. Autumn is not timid
For Writers
For Writers: Show, Don’t Tell
Technique #1: Create mental images for the reader E.g.: It rained last Tuesday. Few people showed up to the baseball game – this sounds like a report or newspaper column,
For Writers
Writing is a lonely job
One of the hazards of being a writer is the potential for devoting more time to our own mental creations than to actual people. Thus our isolation is largely of our own making. We run the risk of losing that vital connection with our readers on a personal level; the very audience to whom we write becomes just that – an audience rather than flesh and blood readers.
