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Continue reading →: SoaringThose who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength. They shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not grow weary, they shall walk and not faint. – Isaiah 40:31 (NIV) I was tired – dog-tired! I came back from vacation tired. I needed a vacation…
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Continue reading →: Christian Writer’s Conference 2024
The Write His Answers Christian Writer’s Conference for 2024 has come and gone. It was another four days packed with useful information and valuable networking with other writers, agents, editors, and publishers. All of this coming at you like a firehose rather than a water fountain. Looking back and reviewing…
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Continue reading →: Go-togethersThere are certain things in our society that automatically go together whenever you hear the words. When you hear, “peanut butter”, you almost always automatically think “jelly”. When I was a kid, I was in at least 3rd grade before I ever heard of having a peanut butter sandwich without…
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Continue reading →: Christian Writers’ Conference 2023
Join us for a packed four days of instruction and inspiration! Be prepared to be motivated to complete the work you only have in your head right now. Check out the Christian Writers’ Conference website to get registered today. Early registration has been extended to July 31. https://colorado.writehisanswer.com/
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Continue reading →: The Happy Wanderers 2008We sat in Omaha for four hours waiting to take off because of the weather in Chicago. The pilot finally said we were going to get up in the air and then Chicago can’t tell us to turn back – they have to let us land there. That should have…
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Continue reading →: The Other Shoe DroppedGod said, “It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you, He will never leave you or forsake you. Do not fear nor be dismayed.” (Deuteronomy 31:8) And, yet, I hear in my head, “something bad is going to happen.” I check our finances. All the…
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Continue reading →: Are we producing fat Christians?For a while, back a few years, I felt like I was getting to be a fat Christian. Not just physically fat, but spiritually fat as well. What is a fat Christian? It is someone who keeps taking in more and more teaching (good teaching), and who doesn’t go out…
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Continue reading →: In the Beginning…“In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.” God’s creation marked the beginning of all time. Happy New Year! Each year we mark the beginning of a new year by celebrating and wishing everyone a blessed and happy new year. I wonder what God was thinking as He…
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Continue reading →: Remembering the ManThere are two birthdays in December I like to celebrate. First comes my father’s birthday on December 8. He would have been 102 years old this year. When we remember the birthdays of people in the past, we remember the things they were known for. My father was known as…
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Continue reading →: The Plan
Christmas is more than celebrating Jesus’ birth. We are remembering that Jesus willingly took on the responsibility/burden of being our sacrifice which is also part of The Plan. This is how The Plan might have come about: The Son met with the Father before all time. Together they discussed their…
Marilynn Lester
The journey never ends…
He who began a good work in you shall perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ. – Philippians 1:6
Current Project…
The Long Trek
A story about a family walking alone from Danzig, Prussia, to Chortiza, Southern Russia, in the early 1800’s. Napoleon and his soldiers are dominating the countryside. Gypsies are roaming by clans from place to place. The main character, Gertie, has a lot to process in dealing with people outside her comfortable Mennonite community and learning to forgive people within her home community. Her desire to reflect the love of Christ puts a challenging perspective on her encounters with other people.
Marilynn…
Was raised in the Mennonite community. She can trace her roots way back to the 1700’s in Prussia. Marilynn, as a history buff, has always been curious about the trip her ancestors took from Prussia to Southern Russia (Ukraine) and what they could have encountered between the two points. Marilynn has done an incredible amount of research to discover the political and social climate of the day and is attempting to put it in fiction story form for other readers to enjoy.
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In 212 instances out of 250 the most influential person (in an individual’s life) had been a woman. – Eugenia Price, Woman to Woman.
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