The word weary has captured my interest. This is likely because I recently spent hours preparing a retreat package based on Isaiah 40:28-31. Beautiful verses, they are: “Have you never heard or understood? Don’t you know that the LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of all the earth? He never grows faint or weary. No one can measure the depths of his understanding. He gives power to those who are tired and worn out; he offers strength to the weak. Even youths will become exhausted,…
Month: April 2012
This is our archive page7 Twitter Rules of the Road
Hi, Ava Pennington, CAN Secretary, here. Our CAN members have been learning how to better use social media, thanks to several recent member webinars. As I apply what I’ve been learning, I’ve noticed some parallels with driving…
Poetry Basics: Organizing the Poem II
Hello. I'm Donn Taylor, here again to talk about poetry writing and ways to achieve the "higher voltage" that distinguishes poetry from most prose. We've talked about putting strong words in emphatic places, use of images, and a little bit about figurative language. On my last blog we began talking about ways to organize a poem. Those ways are infinite, of course, so we'll confine ourselves to some of the most common, and we'll deal only with lyric poetry (poetry that expresses the poet's thoughts or emotions). As before, I compare a short poem to a paragraph: it has…
Stories of Faith and Courage from the Home Front – A New Release
Stories Of Faith And Courage From The Home Front by Karen Whiting and Jocelyn Green Web sites: www.jocelyngreen.com www.karenwhiting.com www.homefrontcourage.com ISBN-10: 0899571654 ISBN-13: 978-0899571652 This devotional book contains 365 true stories of struggles, courage, and actions of women, children, and men involved in the home front of American wars, in chronological order, from the French Indian War through the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. These stories illustrate effective prayers, heroism, volunteer efforts, and daily courage. Special weekend devotions consist of original words from a journal, newspaper, letter, or newspaper, and glimpses into life during that era, such as fashion,…
Speaking Engagements – Understanding Expectations
Hi. Winnie Griggs here, with the next installment in my posts about speaking engagements. So far we’ve covered why book speaking engagements, dealing with butterflies selecting a topic, creating a speaker resume, finding speaking venues and pitching your program. Today we’re going to talk about understanding and meeting expectations. Understanding the expectations surrounding you and your presentation is a key factor in pulling off a successful speaking engagement. There are two kinds of expectations you need to understand and manage – facilitator expectations and audience expectations. Let’s look at them one at a time
The Mother Road by Jennifer AlLee – A New Release
The Mother Road by Jennifer Allee Within the course of a week, marriage expert Natalie Marino is dumped by her husband, receives an urgent call home from her father, and discovers her estranged sister, Lindsay, is pregnant. A road trip on Route 66 may not help, but it sure couldn't hurt. Or so Natalie thinks, until Lindsay's boyfriend starts stalking them. Will their trip down the Mother Road bring the two sisters closer together or be the biggest wrong turn yet? JENNIFER ALLEE believes the most important thing a woman can do is discover her identity in God – a theme that…
3 Words to Live By
Dianne Neal Matthews here, with a word of encouragement for your second Monday of the month. In order to share this message, I’m forced to admit something—and I hope it won’t lessen your opinion of me.
PUGS Pointers #9
Hi! I’m Kathy Ide. In addition to being a published author, I’m a full-time professional freelance editor. For CAN, I’m blogging about “PUGS”–Punctuation, Usage, Grammar, and Spelling…tips for writers based on the most common mistakes I see in the manuscripts I edit. Each blog post will have one tip for each of the four categories, as well as a reason it’s important for authors to “polish their PUGS.” (For more PUGS tips, check out my website, www.KathyIde.com, or get a copy of my book “Polishing the PUGS” (available through the website or at the conferences where I teach). If you’re interested in…
The Prophet by R.J. Larson – A New Release
The Prophet by R. J. Larson If she agrees to become the Infinite's prophet, Ela knows she will die young.Yet she can't imagine living without Him. Determined to hear the Infinite's voice, Ela accepts the sacred vinewood branch and is sent to bring the Infinite's word to a nation torn apart by war. There she meets a young ambassador determined to bring his own justice for his oppressed people. As they form an unlikely partnership, Ela battles how to balance the leading of her heart with the leading of the Infinite. R. J. Larson is the author of…
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