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Jerry Jenkins Inner Circle
Jan Fallon is a recent graduate of the first Jerry Jenkins Inner Circle Mastermind Group, a 6-month, 10-member class, and the most comprehensive hands-on training Jerry Jenkins, a 21-time New York Times bestselling author, has ever offered! “Being a
An Inside-Out Approach to Beauty
I look in the mirror and still see the face of a gawking 10 year-old who could challenge the children’s book heroine, Pippi Longstocking, as the homeliest girl in grade school. I even dressed like her for our class Halloween party that year, complete with oversized socks
Between the Lines
There’s more to you than meets the eye. If I were to interview you today, we’d start out with basic questions and basic answers. Questions I’m comfortable asking and answers you’re comfortable giving. But it couldn’t stay that way, not for very long. As an author, I...
What Do You Want?
“What do you want?” The thought stuck in my mind and it wouldn’t go away. There I was, packing my bag for a quick trip to visit my cousins, Janet and Judy, who lived in Arizona. A short hour flight from Denver and I’d be there. A girly getaway with shared McCann...
Your affectionate uncle, Screwtape – Identity
I mentioned freedom of mind. This is a vacuous trap. You see the emptiness as your success, but you have never been closer to utter uselessness. When her mind is silent she has nothing to listen to except “the still small voice” that conquers all. Your assignment is to create
Campsite Six – Chapter 1
Campsite Six - Transit Chapter 1 The city stood erect and imposing. Crowds walled within its maze moved in streams of color and shadow, with an urban pulse coursing through each running, rattling member. Evie was one of them. Rushing through her morning routine she...
The Catechism of Emily Pry
In the faint light of the moon, Emily Pry tugged at the newspaper article tacked with chewing gum to the bottom of the desk. Spider webs laced around its edge teased her with a rush of childlike willies. The photograph under the headline, “Infant Missing,” captured Millie’s
What a Good Marriage Can Do
My family was part of a larger second generation clan that settled in Michigan to work in the auto industry. Dad joined the line while Mom stayed home, cooking his favorite Italian meals. Two boys and two girls later, we moved into a nice suburban city adjoining the factories of Detroit. Heck, we even had a dog.
Your affectionate uncle, Screwtape – Pleasure
When I previously assumed your diligence it resigned me to this: my own assumption and desire to debauch disproved my agile leadership. I let you down (if you could go further down) so our patient was lost to us—and found to her G*d. That is no consequence now.
An Interpretation of the Book of Ruth
The Book of Ruth describes God’s provision for those who choose to follow Him. It is a story of the redemption of Naomi as God’s chosen faithful and of Ruth as a gentile accepted by faith. It is an analogy of God’s redemption offered to all people, which proclaims
Red Sky at Morning: Easter comes with a warning
You can read it in the first verse of John Chapter 20. Mary stood outside the tomb, before the sun had lifted its head to turn the horizon red, and saw that the stone—a stone too heavy for anyone to move—had indeed been moved
His Place Prepared
He swung the door wide open. To show me a place real fine. Could you make a few changes, I asked—That is, if you don’t mind. Place a wingback chair, right over there, In the corner by the stairs. That’s where she reads her Bible and say her morning prayer
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