When I was nineteen, I read the The Footsteps of Anne Frank by Ernst Schnabel. This follow-up to the famous diary gives more of the background about the people who helped to hide Anne and her family, what happened on the night the Gestapo found their hiding place, and the events leading up to Anne’s …
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Book Review | The Well-Watered Woman by Gretchen Saffles
My book review of The Well-Watered Woman by Gretchen Saffles Description: “Discover the bottomless, refreshing Well of God’s Word-and experience a fullness and peace beyond your circumstances. In the chaos of our everyday, it can be difficult to live out and apply the truths of Scripture. We want more of Jesus, but we find ourselves …
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Portraying True Characters in Historical Fiction
Have you ever noticed that movies based on real events have different taglines? If it says ‘based on a true story’, it will stick fairly closely to the facts. The producer and director still take some poetic licence, or it would be a documentary rather than a movie, but the main elements will be true. …
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Balancing Truth and Beauty in Our Writing
A Literary Dilemma Christian authors and readers are often faced with a dilemma. We’re encouraged to think about those things that are true, noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent or praiseworthy (Phil. 4:8), so surely those things should apply to what we read and write. There is certainly a lot of beauty in our world, …
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