Into the Fire
Passionate thoughts about the world of writing and the Power of God
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Have you established criteria for what you expect to find when reading Christian fiction? I think it’s safe to say many readers do. The expectations vary according to the genres, but they also vary based on readers’ favorite authors and a formulated general standard assessed by individual readers – "standards” which often result…
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You know what it's like. You turn around and boom! Before you realize the typicality of your reaction, air fills your open mouth. You rush to snap it shut and almost chomp the end of your tongue off. Three words fill your brain before you can muster one sophisticated thought: Drop. Dead. Gorgeous. If you…
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It's a well-established fact in the Christian literary world that Charles Martin is a notable writer. He now writes "crossover" novels and seems to have infringed upon the charm of his earlier novels according to some of his faithful readers. I can't testify to any of that because I'm late to the Charles…
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Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and shun evil. This will bring health to your body and nourishment to your bones. Proverbs 3:7-8 (NIV)
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http://aclj.org/planned-parenthood/jay-sekulow-abortion-president-obama?sf4474578=1 We all know abortion is not the main focus of the presidential campaign, but we also know that killing children in the womb is barbaric and wrong. To advance the cause of abortion to include the elimination of either male or female babies in the womb because one or the other doesn't fit a lifestyle…
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Most of us who've driven for any length of time are familiar with misplacing our keys. Or losing them. I remember my youngest son's first day of school. We scrimped to be able to send him to a Christian school and snagged the last remaining space in their kindergarten. I had to deliver him…
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http://moms.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/30/11955844-military-mom-proud-of-breast-feeding-in-uniform-despite-criticism?lite Readers of this blog might assume by now I have a problem with breast feeding. They'd be wrong. I have a problem with breast feeding for public consumption. And I have a problem with being "proud" of the "ability" to breast feed at all, let alone for all the world to watch. If…
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Can you think of novel endings that didn't end well? Were you disappointed? Did you react? And what does "ending well" constitute to you? Or perhaps it was the climax which sent you over the edge. The twist maybe? You didn't buy it? What bugs you the most about novels that don't end well?…
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. . . for what I gained. I was never the A+ student except in certain English and Literature classes. I was the A's and B's kind of girl who didn't have to work too hard to pull those grades. I got my first C in high school, but I can't remember in what…
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