By Maureen Miller “Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known” (Jeremiah 33:3 ESV). There are times my mind feels as empty as the blank screen or page before me. Though I hold in my heart the call…

by Rhonda Rhea @RhondaRhea I’m always so sincere when I say I’m only going to eat one of your fries. Like, I really do believe it. I think I believe it right up until I grab that next fry. Most of the time, I don’t blame myself. Is it okay if…

by Rhonda Rhea @RhondaRhea I feel you should know that if you hand me a tennis racket, it’s already a pretend guitar. And though I’m not a hard-rocker, my pretend guitar only plays imaginary hard rock. No matter how incongruent that looks on me, I will play it. With eyes-closed and…

by Diane Holmes Within you, I’m sure you have a good story to tell. You’ve probably heard this dozens of times. I know I have heard it often. But you wonder – where do I start. Just look around you, and I’m sure a story comes to mind. This story…

By Maureen Miller You love them too much.  That’s what was written in red at the top of my 11th grade advanced literature assignment, with a circle and an arrow indicating the object of Mr. Fisher’s remark. Commas—the punctuation used to separate words in a series, join independent clauses –were,…

By Cindy Sproles @CindyDevoted “I’m tired.” These words eased from the lips of an author who sometimes publishes five books yearly. She was tired. It wasn’t like she should be. She’s successfully published – for over eighteen years. Multiply that by four or five books a year, and suddenly you…