by Starr | Aug 31, 2018 | Macro Moments
”The first thing you have to do to be a writer is write. The second thing you have to do to be a writer is to keep on writing. Don’t listen to people who tell you that very few people get published and you won’t be one of them. Don’t listen to your...
by Starr | Aug 29, 2018 | Devotions, Joy Bombs
“In your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore. –Psalm 16:11 If there was ever a need for joy in our world, it’s now. But can we really expect anything more than the resonant discord and blatant disregard for...
by Starr | Aug 27, 2018 | Love Notes
“I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness.” —John 12:46, NIV
by Starr | Aug 25, 2018 | Author Snapshot
Born near Nashville, TennesseeLives near Atlanta, Georgia Writing Genre: Bible Study Katy has loved action movies since her childhood. She remembers using a wrapping paper roll as a lightsaber, mimicking Luke Skywalker and making up her own Star Wars adventures. Her...
by Starr | Aug 24, 2018 | Macro Moments
Writing and reading decrease our sense of isolation. They deepen and widen and expand our sense of life: they feed the soul. When writers make us shake our heads with the exactness of their prose and their truths, and even make us laugh about ourselves or life, our...
by Starr | Aug 22, 2018 | Devotions
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” —Jeremiah 29:11, NIV “The stuff that dreams are made of” was a line spoken by Humphrey Bogart in the 1941 movie, The Maltese...
by Starr | Aug 20, 2018 | Memes
Letting go isn’t easy, but holding on is harder. Refusing to relinquish the past, good or bad, makes it impossible to move forward and enter into the life God has destined for us. Even Christ let go. If he hadn’t, imagine where we’d be. Jesus gave up his throne in...
by Starr | Aug 18, 2018 | Author Snapshot
Born: Bucyrus, OhioLives: Houston, Texas Writing Genre: Romantic Suspense In her youth, DiAnn read everything she could get her hands on, with a huge focus on Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys, Trixie Belden, Donna Parker, Cherry Ames, and more. She’s still an...
by Starr | Aug 17, 2018 | Macro Moments
“The wilderness is where we are forced to leave behind the familiar, the comfortable, the past successes, the accomplishments, and the old bag of tricks that always worked before. The wilderness is where God takes us when He wants to get Egypt out of our...
by Starr | Aug 15, 2018 | Devotions
During a trip to Cincinnati, a twenty-something lady sat beside me on the plane. After a brief response to my greeting, she connected her earphones to her mobile device and put them in her ears. Shortly after takeoff, she added dark glasses to her travel attire and...
