Never a Panic in Heaven

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Never a Panic in Heaven by Janet Chester Bly Which of these  statements do you most relate to? What I see is all there is. I’m governed by chance, ruled by fate. Mine is a bleak, empty existence, leading nowhere. My life is governed by my good choices and happy thoughts. We’re ruled by fearsome forces who can attack at any moment. Or I believe in a loving, powerful God who has a benevolent plan for the world, and for me, and the power to see it through. Charlie Shedd wrote, “Even when things seem to the contrary, I believe…

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A Chat with Author Janet Chester Bly

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Greetings from Colorado, where it snowed last week, the rivers are running high, and everything growing is green. Davalynn Spencer, here, and I’m thrilled today to welcome veteran author and storyteller, Janet Chester Bly who knows Western (historical and contemporary) inside and out. She claims not to corral cattle at her Idaho home, but she certainly knows how to corral words. Janet, welcome. Tell us about your featured book, Beneath a Camperdown Elm, Book 3, Trails of Reba Cahill Series. Cowgirl Reba’s scary stalker is locked up in jail. She finally snatches a rancher fiancé. Her runaway mother returns home….

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Voices in the Night

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By Janet Chester Bly A wounded friend of mine wept. “I prayed very hard my husband wouldn’t leave. Every day and night I prayed. But he left anyway.” What kills hope? Fear or rage will. Guilt and doubt try to. Sin does. Prayer answers of “No” and death of a dream can. Hopelessness has the ability to make us mentally intoxicated—without reason, moderation, or judgment. Our wits become all spur and no rein. We lose confidence that good things will ever happen again when we hit rock-hard bottom. The traumas of this world soil innocence and blind our view of…

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Tips From the Pros with Janet Chester Bly

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Good morning. Davalynn Spencer, here, and absolutely thrilled to be introducing our encore interviewee, Janet Bly. Years ago when writing was merely one of my unrealized dreams, I intersected with Janet and her husband, Steven, through the Fellowship of Christian Cowboys for whom I worked. The Blys graciously offered guidance and suggestions – via that nearly extinct method of communication called hand-written letters and postage stamps. I’ve never forgotten their generosity of time and their heart for Christian authors.

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Tips from the Pros: Janet Chester Bly

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Greetings from Sarah Sundin in California. Today I have the honor of interviewing Janet Chester Bly. She and her late husband, Stephen Bly, individually and as co-authors, have 120 published titles! I’m looking forward to hearing wisdom from a true veteran in the field of Christian writing. Janet, how did you get into writing? When my late husband, Stephen Bly, got God’s call into ministry, graduated from seminary, and began to pastor a church, I wanted to know His will for me too. That began a search of several years for my own spiritual gifts meant to benefit the church…

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