Writing – Another Fearless Year

July 2, 2022

Don’t Quit

I shared this public-domain poem at the Oregon Christian Writers Cascade Writing Contest Awards Ceremony on June 25, and decided to share it here as well. Don’t Quit by John Greenleaf Whittier When things go wrong, as they sometimes will;When the road you’re trudging seems...

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November 5, 2021

Melancholy Me Talks to God

I’m in California at a writers retreat. I’m learning so much and hanging out with a few other wonderful writers. And yet, this is what I wrote last night after our first session. Why so downcast, Oh my soul? I understand the psalmist’s plea. Here...

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August 27, 2021

Paint Chip Short Verse Part 4

It’s already the fourth Friday in August! I can’t believe how quickly this month is flying by. I’m glad I decided to do this short verse prompts this month and have been delighted at some of the lovely poems you all have been inspired to...

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August 20, 2021

Paint Chip Short Verse Part 3

It’s week three of my August prompts and today, as I write this two days early, it is suddenly much cooler. The hot August temps disappeared overnight. And that is the inspiration for my poem today. The Challenge But first, the challenge for the day....

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August 17, 2021

Forgiveness Healed My Heart

This article was originally published in the October 2019 issue of The Christian Journal. I had all but given up. I mentally catalogued the various prescription and over-the-counter pills in my medicine cabinet. There were enough to end my hopelessness forever. I truly believed my...

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August 13, 2021

Paint Chip Short Verse Part 2

It’s week two of my paint chip short verse challenge. As I mentioned last week, I’m pressed for time right now, beholden to the deadlines of publishers. My self imposed deadlines have taken a back seat. But I didn’t want to let the paint chip...

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August 10, 2021

God Used My Trials

This article was originally published in the September 2019 issue of The Christian Journal. We moved from my childhood home in sunny Southern California to a one-traffic-light town on the outskirts of a Washington rainforest right before I started eighth grade. I made new friends,...

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August 6, 2021

Paint Chip Short Verse Part 1

August is proving to be very busy for me, in spite of being off work for six weeks starting July 12. I have a number of deadlines in August for articles to be published elsewhere. So I’ve decided to do something different for my paint...

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June 22, 2021

Never Give Up!

I’ve always been a writer. I have no choice but to put words to paper (or computer screen). It has only been the past nine or ten years that I seriously studied the craft of writing with a desire to improve each sentence and paragraph...

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June 15, 2021

Can I Get a Witness?

Recently someone told me that I talk too much about God and faith, that I write about Him too much on my blog. Funny thing is I had been feeling lately like I focused too much on fun poetry prompts and didn’t share about my...

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Another Fearless Year

Category: Writing

Don’t Quit

Melancholy Me Talks to God

Paint Chip Short Verse Part 4

Paint Chip Short Verse Part 3

Forgiveness Healed My Heart

Paint Chip Short Verse Part 2

God Used My Trials

Paint Chip Short Verse Part 1

Never Give Up!

Can I Get a Witness?

Category: Writing

Don’t Quit

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