by Sally Hewitt Where are you, God? I find myself asking this question time and again as I watch in horror the cruelty humanity is capable of. The wars and unrest that appear rife across the globe are distressing to witness. Grief is pictured on every single face of the survivors, as they experience the …
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Author Interview: Joy Margetts talks about The Bride
By Donna Fletcher Crow Welcome, Joy. Thank you for joining us today. Please introduce yourself to our Australasian Christian Writers’ readers. Thank you so much Donna. It is really an honour to be invited to share with you all. My name is Joy Margetts and I am a 50 something grandmother, with a husband, two …
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Ten Degrees
By Wendy Parker “Do you want the shadow to advance ten degrees on the sundial or go back ten degrees? You choose” asks the prophet, Isaiah, to Hezekiah, as he needed a sign from God in the story found in 2 Kings chapter 20. Which way would the king choose? He chose for the sundial …
How to be a good book reviewer
I confess that I have never been good at reviewing books. Even my favourite books, the ones that I could gush about for days, didn’t move me to enter a review on a retailer’s site. Sure, there was a little bit of laziness in there, but until recently, I truly considered my own opinion unimportant. …
Smoke And Mirrors
By Wendy Parker “How did he do that?” Was the question each one of us asked as we wondered how the magician at a party I recently attended had left us spellbound with every trick he performed? Of course, we knew there really was no magic involved in his performance, and yet, this showman’s mind …
Writers Life | Karma Chameleon
By Louise Crossley The unlikely inspiration for my blog this quarter is my teenage crush, Boy George. I’m sure you’re baffled and wondering, dear writers, what on earth a left-of-centre singer of the 80’s has to do with Christian writing. Let me tell you. What’s in a Title? But first, allow me to fill you …
The Lies You Tell Yourself
By Wendy Parker Have you ever shared a struggle with someone and while you’re sharing you suddenly hear the words coming from your lips are lies you’ve been telling yourself? You don’t view yourself as dishonest because who trusts those people, right? But lies, regardless of how small, that drip out of our mouths like a …
Writing Life: Launching out—Beyond Our Comfort Zone
By Donna Fletcher Crow I began my professional writing life as a playwright. I was serving as drama minister for our church and we needed scripts, so I provided them. Then, after a bit of dabbling in curriculum writing and non-fiction work, I rather quickly plunged into my true love—writing novels. And there I have …
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Devotional | Gratefulness as a Way of Life
By Sally Hewitt We cannot be grateful for all that a given moment brings us; yet, in any given moment, we can be grateful for something. The gift within the gift of any given moment is opportunity. – Brother David Steindl-Rast Have you ever thought of the difference between gratitude and gratefulness? The rhythmic cliché …
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Devotional | Hungry Ghosts and Neighbours
Today we are sharing a devotional from Karen Rees. The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks. Luke 6:45 Do ghosts …
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