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Walking in the Dust of Rabbi Jesus

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Many of us are watching the TV series The Chosen about the life of Jesus, which just ended its second season. If you're enjoying The Chosen, I think you're going to absolutely devour Walking in the Dust of Rabbi Jesus by Lois Tverberg. If you haven't read Walking in the Dust of Rabbi Jesus yet, let me give you a quick preview beginning with the section below entitled Walking in His … [Read more...]

The Next Book

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I’m in between novels at the moment, and searching for inspiration. After writing 29 books, I sometimes feel like I’ve used every storyline, every setting, and every plot device there is. I’m certainly not ready to retire, but what do I write about next? As I faced the blank computer screen, casting about for ideas—life happened. My life. This past month our family suffered a huge loss when … [Read more...]

Not Perseverance After All

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Hi friends, Happy to be back with you today! As the title alludes, this originally was going to be a post about preserving through difficult times, but then I realized, to my surprise, it wasn’t about perseverance at all. To say life has been a rollercoaster lately is an understatement. I went in for cataract surgery a couple weeks ago. Everyone told me it was easy. Everyone around me who’d … [Read more...]

Mystery Post

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Knowing we were visiting family out of state for the long weekend, I had a post ready to go for today. Well, ready to go except for one crucial piece of information to pull it together. Information I thought I’d receive while I was gone. Except I didn’t.  So here I am at the airport waiting to board a flight home and what to write is a complete mystery to me. So I thought I’d try writing … [Read more...]

Changing Tides

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Hi friends, I’m so happy to be back with you today. I’ve been thinking a lot about seasons lately. I heard an older song that I like the other day and in it there are a couple lines that really hit home with me: Can I sail through the changin' ocean tides?Can I handle the seasons of my life?STEVIE NICKS, FLEETWOOD MAC, 1975  As writers we know that our characters can’t stay stagnant. They … [Read more...]

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