“What do I know to be true?” I’d flung myself into the comfortable chair in our bedroom, in tears. It had been another frustrating day. My talented husband still did not have a job. The health crisis I’d always feared loomed. Nothing seemed to be going as I wished. Didn’t God listen to my begged prayers? The question: was our…
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Sam Staniford: BTC Regular
Sam Staniford was one of Oswald Chambers’ students at the Bible Training College. His life as a missionary afterwards was extremely difficult. But what would expect of a man who went to Africa with the famous missionary C.T. Studd? The son of a florist in Buckinghamshire, Sam was born in 1893. At the Bible Training College (BTC) Sam Staniford never…
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Mary Riley: Oswald and Biddy’s Friend
Mary Riley was a BTC regular, but more importantly, Oswald and Biddy Chamber’s friend. She first met them in London, cooked at the Bible Training College (BTC), went to Egypt as Kathleen’s nurse and actually helped Biddy move to Oxford. Tried and true, the plucky native of Essex devoted herself to the Chambers family and her God. Who was Mary…
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A Book Cover for Poppy
I needed a book cover for A Poppy in Remembrance. It was the number one priority after the manuscript. But I’d never been involved in choosing a book cover before–other than affirming ones my publisher offered. How was I supposed to get one? Starting with research, of course. I began by examining sites that discuss book covers–pros and cons, how…
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Mary Lee: the General’s Daughter During WWI
Mary Lee, General Robert E Lee’s oldest daughter was still alive during World War I. Indeed, the southern lady was one of the most surprising people I discovered while researching A Poppy in Remembrance. I had to put her in the book! She had some fascinating comments to make about the Great War. Who was Mary Lee? Born in 1835…
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God’s Promises to You–Why Not Count Them?
God’s promises in the Bible are many. Have you considered counting the ones personal to you? Of course all the promises are for all of us, but there seem to be ones particularly special to my heart. I suspect the same is true of you. Stop right now. Which of God’s promises do you particularly love? It makes for an…
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