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Devotional of the week: Our Life’s Story (3 in 1 Peter 4 series)
They will have to give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead. 1 Peter 4:5 Some time ago, I was asked to draft, in advance, an obituary for a Christian leader. The task weighed on me, for not only was there no immanent deadline (thankfully, the person was in…
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Devotional of the week: New Self (2 in 1 Peter 4 series)
For you have spent enough time in the past doing what pagans choose to do… 1 Peter 4:3 Last week we talked about suffering and death being out of fashion in our Western world. So too is judgment. Many Christians today fear making public their views on matters of ethics, thinking they will be branded…
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Interview with Julie Klassen
Lovely to feature this interview with Julie Klassen (originally published in Woman Alive), who just won the fiction award for the Minnesota Book Awards with her book The Secret of Pembrooke Park. This makes me happy on many levels, not least because Minnesota is where I grew up but also because I was a reader…
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Devotional of the week – Like Christ (1 in 1 Peter 4 series)
Time for a new devotional series! Let’s delve into some of Peter’s first letter, written probably around the year 60 by Peter, with the help of Silas. Peter writes to the Jewish and Gentile Christians scattered throughout much of Asia Minor. Over the next weeks we’ll be looking at 1 Peter 4:1–11 in depth: Therefore, since…
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The Bible: God’s Word for Life, Love, and Change
Today I have an article on Sacred Reading over at the Kingdom Life Now magazine. Here’s a taste. Recently I led an exercise of meditative reading of the Bible. Four times I read the passage of Isaiah 43:1-8 with instructions to the women with a different emphasis in engaging with the text each time. About…
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Devotional of the week – for writers
On the 13th of every month I’m blogging over at the Association of Christian Writers’ blog. Here’s a taster of today’s entry. For last month’s, on riffing to Psalm 23, click here. “Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us… With this in mind, since I…
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A conversation about publishing on World Book Day
I had a lovely time on Premier Christian Radio yesterday chatting about writing and publishing for World Book Day. In prepping for the interview, I found out that World Book Day is celebrated in over 100 countries. Many countries celebrate on April 23 (Shakespeare’s birth and death day!); that’s when the UK marks World Book Night…
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How to Give a Great Radio Interview
As I think about appearing on Premier Christian Radio tomorrow to celebrate World Book Day, I thought I’d share a few tips on how to give a great radio interview. I’m not a pro, but I’m much more comfortable behind the microphone than I was when I went the first time, shaking in my boots…
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Advice to a new writer of devotionals
I believe writing devotionals may be part of my soon-to-be-seriously-begun writing ministry. Have you any helpful tips as I start? I’m retiring at the end of March and although I will be a lay pastor, I will finally be able to give serious time to writing. I’ve read your CWR notes and love them! Hello and…
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Review: Books for Lent
Need an idea for a book for Lent? Here’s a review from last year, as published in the Woman Alive book club. Features one of last year’s crop of devotional books, and the Best Lent Book Ever.
