History, Real Life and Faith
I consulted travel guides as I wrote a novel set in World War I Egypt. I’ve personally visited the other locations in my novel, but I won’t be able to travel to Cairo anytime soon, perhaps never. That doesn’t, however, get me off the hook for writing intelligently about a land far away that many people think they know. You say…
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I threw away a book today. I tossed it in the trash can and shut the door. I don’t want to be tempted to rescue it, no matter how beautiful the cover. I’ve only thrown away a couple books in my lifetime, but it’s always been done for the same reason. I couldn’t run the risk of someone I love…
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It’s been going on as long as I can remember, this sense I can have an alter persona. Not just one. Lots of them depending on the time, place and what I’m currently working on. I may be walking down the street, looking like any other middle-aged woman to passersby. But in my mind, I could be anybody–a lithe young…
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Many know the sad story behind Horatio Spafford‘s penning of the famous hymn “It is Well with My Soul.” (Spoiler alert. If you love the song, don’t read this blog post). A lawyer and church elder in Chicago following the Civil War, Horatio Spafford lost almost everything in the famed Chicago fire of October, 1871–the one allegedly caused by Mrs. O’Leary’s cow. Pretty…
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Many know the sad story behind Horatio Spafford‘s penning of the famous hymn “It is Well with My Soul.” (Spoiler alert. If you love the song, don’t read this blog post). A lawyer and church elder in Chicago following the Civil War, Horatio Spafford lost almost everything in the famed Chicago fire of October, 1871–the one allegedly caused by Mrs. O’Leary’s cow. Pretty…
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I’m finishing up 2013 with a photo review of shots I liked, some funny, some not. My travels took me to places where the whimsical touched my imagination. Brooklyn, New York; London, England; Oxford, England; Edinburgh, UK; and even Paris welcomed me. Not to mention Murfreesboro, Tennessee and Indianapolis, Indiana! …
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