Hi Writing Friends, It’s been awhile, and I miss you! I have several great opportunities I want you to know about. First: My ministry friends, Angie Baughman — podcaster, Bible study teacher, author—and Jenni Elwood—author, speaker, podcaster, are offering an amazing month of Ministry Building Workshops for only $47. Here’s the schedule: May 3, 10,…
I got a rejection from a magazine I was hoping to publish a series of articles with. Ugh. My negative feelings took over quickly. I felt discouraged, like a failure, and doubtful of my writing abilities. Can you relate? Did a failure cause your feelings to tumble downwards? Maybe your book proposal was turned down,…
Note from Amy: Because I accidentally scheduled over Melanie’s excellent post, we’re resending it this week to make sure no one misses it. We love you all! Like so many of us at the beginning of the quarantine, I was sad and worried about the possibilities of sickness and death. I also grieved smaller losses,…
Before Mel’s post (don’t stop reading)… a reminder. Sign up for the Storytellers Conference before it’s too late. Registration closes on Thursday.. It’s free! (But for every day that you wait, you miss the free sessions that day.) Just click on the graphic below to head to the registration page. Amy’s post about PRAYortizing for…
I hope you’re enjoying this Christmas season, Next Step Friends! I find so much pleasure, and I bet you do too, in the traditions of this season: celebrating Advent, reading the Christmas story; singing and listening to Christmas music; decorating inside and out; choosing special gifts; and visiting family and friends. So I was surprised…
Many of you will be reading this after attending the amazing Proverbs 31 Ministries’ She Speaks Conference. Or maybe you’ll need this post later after attending a different conference, perhaps this fall after attending Communicator Academy’s Leverage Conference (where Amy Carroll will be one of the presenters!). I’ve found speaking and writing conferences to be…
Never have I felt the weight of the words in Ecclesiastes 3: 1, 4 as I do now: “There is an appointed time for everything… A time to weep and a time to laugh; A time to mourn and a time to dance.” I am feeling these contradictions right now. My mom is in the…
My older son is getting married this year, so I decided to use this celebration as motivation to shed the fifteen extra pounds I’ve been carrying. I put some of my other responsibilities on the back-burner to allow time for working out at the gym, determined to lose the weight before the wedding. Until I…
Last week I blogged about spiritual attack (click here) And this week my mind continues to camp out on this topic from a somewhat different angle. Spiritual attack means Christian writers and speakers are warriors in a battle–always. I’ve read and heard recently in the Christian and secular world about women being strong warriors. I…
Why didn’t someone tell me how awful this is?! I despaired a few months into serving with a Christian ministry. I knew about spiritual attack, but I had never encountered such intense spiritual warfare. I’m sure someone did warn me—but when we step out for God in a new way, we may find ourselves reeling…
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