A well of inspiration and encouragement for Christian writers
Unflapped by Feelings by Elizabeth Lux “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing” (John 15:5, NIV). The temptation to write only when inspired provides a great […]
Do You Have Your Buddy? by Donna Mumma “Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing” (1 Thessalonians 5:11, NIV) As a first-grade teacher I learned to handle a plethora of stressful situations. Unhappy parents, students who wedged objects into their […]
Shimmering Embers by Jasmine C. Gatti “How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?” (John 5:44, ESV) I asked Mrs. Peters to autograph my senior yearbook. My first creative writing teacher scribbled, “I […]
Writers and the Road to Golgotha by Tina Yeager “Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha)” (John 19:17, NIV). Suffering daunts the writer’s journey. The world strips us of our financial status and scourges our backs with discouragement. Industry […]
26 Letters by Brenda Fink “You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed” (Psalm 139:16, NLT). We are writers. Everything we create is based on how we put […]
Never Too Old by Sharron K. Cosby “I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. So Abram went, as the Lord had told him; and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five […]
Yes, I Have No Figs by Gina Napoli “The seed will grow well, the vine will yield its fruit, the ground will produce its crops, and the heavens will drop their dew. I will give all these things as an inheritance to the remnant of this people” (Zechariah 8:12, NIV). In […]
Paper Missionaries by Alice H. Murray “He said to them, ‘Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation” (Mark 16:15, NIV). The Christian and Missionary Alliance church my family attended when I was a teenager shaped my view of missions. Missionaries left home and […]
Give Your Way to Success by Dr. Katherine Hutchinson Hayes “Give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you,” (Luke 6:38 NIV). Several […]
Confident Joy in God-Goals by Tina Yeager “In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of […]