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Use what the Enemy has given you as an arsenal for the Cause of Christ."
Susan Van Volkenburgh
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In God We TrustThe year was 1864. The Civil War that had torn our country apart over the past four years was coming to a close. This Bloody Conflict had laid waste the nation, especially the southern states, leaving harsh feeling and economic devastation. It was during this period of war and reconstruction, this time when the nation struggled ...
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Living HistoryHow can one live history? For if history is an account of events that have occurred in the past, how can one actually live history? For those of us that really enjoy studying the past, living-books enwrap us in the arms of past events, transporting us into a world that is beyond the scope of our present reality. The term ‘living-book’ was coined by...
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Hard PressedLife has a way of becoming overwhelming. As Shakespeare writes in Hamlet, “When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions,” so life tends to buffet us on every side. How easy it is for us to lose ourselves within the midst of our troubles.
Sorrows and struggles engulf us as we try to walk our path in this world. Waves of disappointment crash over us, caus... |
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A Writer's DesireWith great effort I labor, putting my words to paper, hoping to create an emotional response in my readers. How lovely to be drawn away from our own world and enter into a world wholly foreign and new. To be swept away into a climatic vision that brings forth a new feeling, or a fresh idea. But putting together a story is not an easy task. It is often with sweat and tears that the ideas form and the words take shape.
It is of great interest to me how writing a simple desc... |