I remember being on lockdown in Afghanistan, usually triggered by a violent event – a shooting, an IED explosion, or a kidnapping. Expats would confine themselves to the walls of their own homes for weeks, moving only when absolutely necessary. At one point, lockdowns were happening so frequently without breaks in between that I felt like I was under house…
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Otherworldly Wisdom, Ours for the Asking
If you had a superpower, would you use it? What if you could fly or become invisible? Or walk through walls or time travel? It’s not even a question, right? What if I told you that you DO have a superpower? Otherworldly wisdom. This supernatural wisdom comes from Heaven and is both a superpower and your birthright as a believer. What…
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Fear of man and Amazon reviewers
I knew something was holding me back, keeping me from releasing my words into the world. Then God put a finger on it: fear of man. In her blog for writers, Kristen Lamb mentions an author whose book was rated a three-star rating by an Amazon reviewer because it was not Jimmy Dean sausages. Argh. For writers, rejection and criticism…
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