Today is Internet Evangelism Day. According to the website: Digital media have transformed the world in the last 15 years. We have entered a new ‘digital communication culture’ where all the rules for effective communication have changed. Even offline! There are 2+ billion web users, and over 4 billion people use mobile phones (increasingly these … Read more
A Bride’s Dilemma in Friendship, Tennessee by Diana Lesire Brandmeyer My rating: 5 of 5 stars I met Diana Brandmeyer online several years ago when we both had books with the same electronic publisher and have been a fan a long time. While I was predisposed to like Diana’s latest book, historical romance isn’t a … Read more
This year for Lent I gave up reading all fiction (Christian and secular) and all secular nonfiction and read only Christian nonfiction. I did not have a reading plan of specific books or topics. I simply read free Kindle books in the order I downloaded them, as follows: The Disciplined Life (Ebook Short) by Calvin … Read more
Recently, I gave some advice to an author whose manuscript I am editing. I thought other writers might find it helpful, so I’m posting the message here (modified slightly to change references to his story). The hero’s journey, or monomyth, is a basic pattern of stories from around the world through history, identified by Joseph … Read more
When I started blogging in June 2006, I didn’t envision that in less than six years, I would write 1200 blog posts. My blog has evolved in ways I couldn’t imagine. I thought I would be writing about writing and editing and publishing, and I didn’t expect interactive communication. The blog has always been primarily … Read more
Thank you to the 79 commenters who left 103 comments in March. Your comments extended the conversation and added value and interest, and I enjoyed replying to every one of them. Every month when I post thanks to commenters, I get questions about how I compile this list. I have explained my system in detail … Read more
April 8-14, 2012 is National Library Week, with the theme “You belong @ your library.” If you haven’t been to your local library lately, you might be surprised to see everything available there. The special week is sponsored by the American Library Association and celebrated by libraries across the US. Public libraries offer a variety … Read more
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.” ~ John 3:16-17 He is risen! … Read more
After these things Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus, and Pilate gave him permission. So he came and took away his body. Nicodemus also, who earlier had come to Jesus by night, came bringing … Read more
Listen to the powerful words of this song, especially meaningful during Holy Week.