A well of inspiration and encouragement for Christian writers
Loneliness: Working from Home by Kara Silvers “The Lord will guide you continually, and satisfy your soul in drought, and strengthen your bones; You shall be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail” (Isaiah 58:11, NIV). I yearned to work from […]
Destination Publication by Penny Cook “You can make many plans, but the Lord’s purpose will prevail” (Proverbs 19.21, NLT). My hopes lay shattered before me. Had I read God wrong? Did I quit a job I loved for nothing? I felt led to leave my career as an […]
The Rock of a Writer’s Path by Tina Yeager “For who is God besides the Lord? And who is the Rock except our God? It is God who arms me with strength and keeps my way secure” (Psalm 18:31-32, NIV) As I hiked over icy trails, I didn’t trust my footing on […]
Help for Writer’s Block by Maureen Miller “Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known” (Jeremiah 33:3, ESV). There are times my mind feels as empty as the blank screen or page before me. Though I hold […]
Look Again! by Kelly Evans “…and [Elijah] said to his servant, “Go up now, look toward the sea.” So, he went up and looked, and said, “There is nothing.” And seven times he said, “Go again.” Then it came to pass the seventh time, that he said, “There is a cloud, as small […]
Real, not Artificial by Jan Powell “In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined […]
Excuses, Excuses by Donna Mumma “Thus speaks the Lord God of Israel, saying ‘Write in a book for yourself the words that I have spoken’” (Jeremiah 30:2 NKJ). We writers are a peculiar lot. A passion for words fills us. We observe the details and events surrounding us, […]
Winter Rest by Wemi Omotosho “For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven” (Ecclesiastes 3:1, ESV). In 2020, as the world stood gripped in the throes of a pandemic, words poured out of me in prose and verse. Some days I couldn’t sleep for […]
Turning Back to Say Thanks by Dr. Katherine Hutchinson Hayes “And one of [the lepers], when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God. And fell down on his face at [Jesus’] feet, giving him thanks” (Luke 17:15-16, KJV). My administrative […]
Revelations at Chuck E. Cheese by Emily Shanahan “He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away. And he who was seated on the throne said, ‘Behold, I am making all […]