A Day Like Any Other

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By Bethany Turner Pastor Rick Warren once told me that in church leadership, we should approach every Sunday as if it were Christmas or Easter. (Okay, he happened to tell me that at the same time that he told several thousand other people who were in the room, but I tend to feel as if speakers are talking just to …

A Day Like Any Other

ACFWEncouragement, Friends of ACFW 2 Comments

By Bethany Turner Pastor Rick Warren once told me that in church leadership, we should approach every Sunday as if it were Christmas or Easter. (Okay, he happened to tell me that at the same time that he told several thousand other people who were in the room, but I tend to feel as if speakers are talking just to …

The Gift of Waiting

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By Suzanne Bratcher December 20, five days until Christmas. The waiting is almost over! Then come the gifts. Right? Waiting isn’t a gift: waiting is the time before the Big Event. For most writers, the Big Event is publication of their debut novel. Everything that comes before is waiting. I felt called to be a fiction writer when I was …