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What waiting has to do with strength

August 29, 2017

encouragement Isaiah 40:31 patience

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No east or west and our kin

August 15, 2017

encouragement Galatians 3:28 unity

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When it seems you're building sandcastles

August 15, 2017

art Colossians 3:17 encouragement writing

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4 a.m. and really free

August 08, 2017

encouragement freedom Romans 6

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The golden hour and what we can almost miss

August 01, 2017

Beauty encouragement I Kings 19 Marsh

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In Search of the Painted Bunting is a poignant and perceptive portrait of a young girl struggling with timeless challenges. Cornelia Taylor is on a quest to find an exotic bird, the Painted Bunting. But, like all quests, her path does not go on a straight line. It branches out in unexpected ways as Cornelia navigates the turbulent 1960s, as well as the turbulence in her family and at school. The discoveries Cornelia makes and the lessons she learns along the way are just as relevant today. This story raises important questions for every reader. What is your Painted Bunting? What is your quest? And how does God speak to you and lead you along the twists and turns of your path? I highly recommend In Search of the Painted Bunting, as it explores the joys and heartbreaks of adolescence. It will inspire you to search for your own elusive Painted Bunting. - Doug Peterson, Author of over 40 VeggieTales books

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Eavesdropping and what goes first

Confession—I’m a terrible eavesdropper. Most writers are. It’s how we get valuable insights into characters’ behavior. The other day, I was out shopping, and two women in the next aisle were chatting. In my defense, I could hear them clearly so I wasn’t being sneaky, but I may have lingered in the that aisle a bit longer than I needed to. I’d already determined from several factors that these women were of another religion and not Christian in their beliefs. One of them spotted a Bible in the store. “Oh, I’ve been meaning to read the Bible and learn more.” The other suggested a translation other than the one in the store as well as a book, comparing their religion with Christianity. I imagine the book contrasted Christianity in a more negative way based on other comments made in the conversation. But the point is this, I would have never imagined there would be even a faint interest in Christianity. But their limited understanding indicated they thought of it as a works-based relig...

When you taste and see at Thanksgiving

While shopping at a holiday market, I came across a bakery vendor offering frosted cookies with lines to write what we are thankful for in edible ink. It was just the kind of fun thing my people would like, so I bought a few (This bakery makes delicious cookies, I might add). The Psalmist wrote, “Taste and see that the Lord is good” (Psalm 34:8). When we eat the cookies, we will literally eat a list of our blessings--tasting the good. The word “taste’ in the original language of this verse means “taste, perceive, and eat.” When we sit down to our Thanksgiving meal, we can smell and touch it, but until we actually put Alyne Varnado’s recipe (or your relative’s recipe) for dressing in our mouths, we don’t get it. And unless we take a bite of one of those cookies, we’ll miss out, too. And “see” in that verse also means “perceive, but also look at, inspect, and consider.” And there is one other meaning that caught my eye, “to look on joyfully.” It is the same with the Lord. Until w...

What comes before the miracle

I once had the pleasure of meeting and getting to know Neta Jackson, the author along with her husband Dave of many historical fiction books that we used when we were home schooling (The Hero Tales series is amazing). But she also wrote the Yada Yada Prayer Group novel series about an unlikely group of women that come together to pray for each other. Although I’d read almost everything else she’d written, I hadn’t read this series until recently. In it, one of the characters is careful to give God praise in advance of the answer. I know to do this, but I’m not as intentional as I need to be. It was a great reminder and came at just the right time. In this season of Thanksgiving, when our hearts are more turned to the Lord with gratitude, we make lists of the things for which we are thankful, which often include what we have. Not often do we include what we don’t have. I’ve shared this quote from Ann Voskamp before, “Eucharisteo (Greek word for thanksgiving) always, always precedes the ...

Beverly Varnado: Beverly Varnado writes from a desk with a view of woodpeckers, cardinals, chipmunks, and squirrels. Inside, cats prance across her keyboard and her dog, Lucy, slumbers beside her on a big pillow. When she's not writing, she's cleaning up after animals. She is a published author as well as a screenwriter, blogger, and artist. Her most recent book is a middle grade historical, In Search of the Painted Bunting from Elk Lake Publishing. Her blog, One Ringing Bell, has nearly 1,000 posts in its archives. Her work has been featured on World Radio, in the Upper Room Magazine, and in many other periodicals, anthologies, and online sites. She has been a finalist for the prestigious Kairos Prize in screenwriting and has other non-fiction and fiction books available. She also enjoys participating in gallery exhibits. She lives in North Georgia with her husband, Jerry, and is Mom to three and Mimi to two. Learn more at https://linktr.ee/BeverlyVarnado

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