Day 37 Prayer – ACFW Members Unable To Attend The Conference Heavenly Father, enable those of us not attending the ACFW conference to use those days to renew our commitment to seek You daily. We pray for safety and favor for all attending and speaking. May Your Spirit fill not only the Nashville Omni Hotel, but each of our individual …
5 Reasons Why You Should Read Love Inspired Novels
By Lisa Jordan I read a discussion recently where a reader was concerned about the content and quality of Love Inspired novels because the parent publisher releases secular romance novels as well. This particular reader didn’t want to support a company whose values contradicted with her own. Every reader needs to choose her books based on her own convictions. However, …
40 Days of Prayer: Day 38 – Keynote Speaker
ACFW Conference – Day 38 Prayer – Keynote Speaker Jeremiah 1:9 Then the Lord put out his hand and touched my mouth; and the Lord said to me, “Now I have put my words in your mouth.” Dear Heavenly Father: We pray for Ted Dekker, the keynote speaker for this year’s ACFW conference. Bless him, his family, and those he …
Am I the Only One Who Struggles?
By C. Kevin Thompson Watch this video, then we’ll talk. Do you feel a little small after watching that video? Insignificant, perhaps? Hopefully awestruck, though, right? Now, read this article, then come back for the finale. I watched this video and read this article within a couple of weeks of one another. Although the article was not quite so factual, …
40 Days of Prayer: Day 39 – The Audio/Visual Team
ACFW Conference – Day 39 Prayer: The Audio/Visual Team We thank you, our Lord and Master, for putting Your hand on the members of the audio/visual team for the work You have given them to do. We pray that starting now, day and night through the aftermath of the conference, that You will keep them in Your mind. We pray …
Becoming a Writer of Excellence
By Donna L.H. Smith This is something we all strive for, but let’s face it. As “excellent” as we can become, mistakes happen in publishing, both on the author’s side and on the editor’s. I recently read and reviewed a book by one of my favorite authors and found at least two instances of POV problems, and at least one …
40 Days of Prayer: Day 40 – God’s Presence
ACFW Conference – Day 40 Prayer – God’s Presence & Blessing Psalm 127:1 CEB – “Unless it is the Lord who builds the house, the builders’ work is pointless. Unless it is the Lord who protects the city, the guard on duty is pointless.” Father God, everything we do is for You, to You, because of You, and in Your …
Fiction You Can Believe
By Lee Carver We are well acquainted with the expression “willful suspension of disbelief.” The story may be total fiction, but we are drawn into it to the extent that we choose to believe it could happen. We want to be so lost in a gripping story that we never drop the book or e-reader to our laps and say, …
Writing to Discover Truth … and Yourself
By Ian Acheson Golly gosh, I’ve struggled writing the sequel to Angelguard. The basic story of Angelguard fell out of me. I was a complete novice (well, I still am really) but the story just kept coming. I’d turn up to the blank page and out it would come. Nine months later it was done. The first draft. Not to …
Balance
By Patricia Bradley Earlier this week I received a call from a non-writing friend who invited me to go shopping. The conversation went something like this: “I can’t,” I said, “I have a deadline. Maybe next time.” “You’ll have a deadline then, too,” replied my friend. I’m thinking, yes, I certainly hope so, but then my friend added, “You need …