Devotionals for Writers: Heed Instruction

Text: Proverbs 10:17 “Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life, but he who rejects reproof leads others astray.” –Crossway Bibles (2011-02-09). The Holy Bible, English Standard Version (p. 534). Crossway. Kindle Edition. As Christian writers, our witness is as important as the stories or poems we write. If our private lives don’t match [...]

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Devotionals for Writers: Keep My Words

Text: Proverbs 7: 1-3 My son, keep my words and treasure up my commandments with you; keep my commandments and live; keep my teaching as the apple of your eye; bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart. – Proverbs 7: 1-3 Crossway Bibles (2011-02-09). The Holy Bible, English Standard [...]

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Book Review: Write His Answer by Marlene Bagnull

I found this wonderful little book while attending a seminar at the Greenlake Conference Center in Greenlake, Wisconsin. The book has 33 short chapters. You can read on a day as part of a daily devotional plan or quiet time. The chapter titles and appendix include Called to Write, Overcoming Procrastination, Seek His Kingdom First, [...]

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Book Review: How to Pray by R.A. Torrey

In How to Pray by R.A. Torrey his practical pointers on prayer clearly unfold the conditions God has established for intelligent, effective prayer that brings His answers, emphasizing the purpose and importance of prayer. He gives principals on: The Importance of Prayer, Praying unto God, Obeying and Praying, Praying in the Name of Christ and According [...]

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Devotionals for Writer’s: Walk In A Manner Worthy Of Your Call To Write

Devotionals for Writer’s: Walk In A Manner Worthy Of Your Call To Write Text: Ephesians 4: 1 – 6 Focus: Ephesians: 4: 2 – 4 Maybe you are a Christian writer whose drive is sharing Christian themes for the mainstream market. Your goal may focus on writing to develop Christian Believers. Whatever your motivation, “walk [...]

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Poetry: Little Squirrel by Jimmie A. Kepler

Little Squirrel Little squirrel In the tree I see you Looking at me Your color is red In your furry coat You look at me Sitting in the boat You’re eating the acorns Found in the tree A smile on your face Dropping the shells on me! © 2009 Jimmie A. Kepler Originally published in: [...]

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Good Friday and Easter – My Personal Christian Testimony

Being good doesn’t get you to heaven. Being “saved” does. Here’s my story of “being saved”. On July 11, 1977, my life changed. If you look up that date in history, you will find nothing historically significant happened on that Sunday. It was a noteworthy day to me. That day was the watershed event in [...]

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Writer’s Life: Thinking and Liberal Arts Curriculum

Albert Einstein said, “The value of an education in a liberal arts college is not the learning of many facts but the training of the mind to think something that cannot be learned from textbooks. “My undergraduate education is a liberal arts education. My major was history and my minors were English and military science. [...]

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Devotional Thought: Proverbs 21 and God’s Sovereignty.

In my Bible reading this morning I read Proverbs 21. Proverbs 21 verse 1 immediately caught my attention. I meditated and reflected on the implications of Proverbs 21:1.  I read the verse in several different translations. It often times helps me secure the meaning of the verse. Proverbs 21:1 deals directly with the attribute of [...]

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Devotional Thought: Proverbs 20 and The Sin of Pride

Proverbs 20 greeted me this morning as I had my morning devotional and a cup of coffee. Solomon’s wise sayings in Proverbs 20 teach about: how drinking too much wine isn’t wise, respecting authority, the need to work and not be lazy, walking in integrity, respecting parents, honesty in business practices, the value of a [...]

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