A well of inspiration and encouragement for Christian writers
Waiting on God by Dena Yohe “In the morning I lay my requests before you and wait expectantly” (Psalm 5:3, NIV). I don’t like to wait. Most people don’t. One Christmas season my childhood impatience was put to the test. When my parents were busy, I found my […]
A Change in Plans by Odell Sauls “I will instruct you in the way you should go; I will counsel you and watch over you.” Psalm 32:8 – (NIV) After I spent ten years laboring over an incomplete novel, I wrote a poem. And I smiled. I sat in […]
Call to Order by Jan Powell “Redeeming the time because the days are evil” (Ephesians 5:16, KJV) I’m the child of a “collector” father who kept all kinds of stuff in our burdened single-car garage. In his late eighties, he had a two-car garage so tightly packed that getting […]
Freedom from Ice-olation by Tina Yeager “Let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds” (Hebrews 10:24, NIV). Isolation can chill even when we live with family. We hunker inside to avoid the invisible threat outside. Pandemic prevents us from gatherings with those […]
Developing Capacity by Dr. Katherine Hutchinson-Hayes “Then he touched their eyes and said, “According to your faith let it be done to you” (Matthew 9:29, NIV). Why aren’t some of us receiving many of the blessings God promised us? What must we do to receive all we desire […]
Partner with the Holy Spirit by David Holland “Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us, just as they were handed down to us by those who from the first were eyewitnesses and servants of the word. Therefore, since I […]
The Outdoor Alternative to Starbucks by Faye Wilson Walton “I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty […]
Called to Write by Jan Powell “Be all the more diligent to confirm your calling and election” (2 Peter 1:10, ESV). I have struggled many times with confirmation of my call to write. After suffering through these challenges, I learned steps of analysis to rise up from the […]
Is My Writing Futile or Fertile? by Tina Yeager “The Lord will indeed give what is good, and our land will yield its harvest. Righteousness goes before him and prepares the way for his steps” (Psalm 85:12-13). Many farmers plowed through their unsellable crops in recent months, reaping only […]
A Mountain Called ‘So Much Yet to Learn’ by Elise Kay “A person can do nothing better than to eat and drink and find satisfaction in their own toil” (Ecclesiastes 2:24, NIV). I struggle with many things as a developing writer: the craft, business aspects, freelancing discipline, and […]