Alisa’s prophetically innovative novel, Eve of Awakening, written in the fall of 2005 and completed in the winter of 2006, predicted four major changes in western society that would make her dystopian world a reality today. Four dystopian hypotheses in 2005 became a reality for today. 1) Eve of Awakening Prophecy: Facebook. In…
Book Review: A Star Curiously Singing by Kerry Nietz
A Star Curiously Singing by Kerry Nietz Kerry Nietz’s book, A Star Curiously Singing, is foreshadowing of a world with a never-ending stream of information, a world that has become our reality today. The next generation of “implants” is our children, and I can’t help but wonder if hope can be found down the…
The ABCs of Achieving God’s Peace
Finding Freedom from Disturbance Peace is defined as “freedom from disturbance.” We can think of a disturbance as small doors in our mind. These doors have a doorknob on the left side and the right. If we open the left knob, we walk into a room of disturbance. If we open the right knob, we…
The Art of Christian Writing
Here is my lecture from Word Fest 2018: The Art of Fiction Writing. Want to write a great story? Want to live a great life? The obstacles that separate your purpose from your goals create tension that will transform your life — a principal that fiction writers use to transform their characters. Art of Fiction…
7 Pointers for Starting a Writers Group for Christian Writers
I started leading a writing group at my church many years ago, and I am amazed by what God has done. Admittedly, my first inclination was to start a reading group, but our women’s ministry already had one. My women’s minister suggested that I start a devotional writing group. I shrugged my shoulders and…
Book Review: Jennifer Erin Valent
This post may contain affiliate links. You can read my full affiliate disclosure here. I had the awesome privilege of reading Jennifer Erin Valent’s Christian fiction trilogy set in rural 1930s South Virginia: Fireflies in December, Cottonwood Whispers and Catching Moondrops. I fell in love with the main character, Jessilyn Lassister, and quickly became part…