Purest Fiction: Bus Girl
She missed interaction: bouncing ideas between creative minds. Her agent and publisher agreed to forward messages, but she hadn’t stayed anywhere for more than a week all spring.
The author shuddered, remembering a book signing in Phoenix.
“Hello. I came down here to find warm weather, and I’ve found you too.”
Thanks for Goodness? I can easily imagine many of you shaking your heads at me, and saying “Of course, woman. Why ever not?” I agree that that is how it should be, and it’s my intent to live out the remainder of my life with that focus. However, it’s dangerously easy to fall into the
The Holy Spirit’s sixth gift is goodness. Getting a specific grasp on what that is, is not so easy. Goodness is one of the words we’ve tended to cheapen. The first definition Webster gives is: The quality or state of being good. The third option for a definition is: The nutritious, flavorful, or beneficial part
Purest Fiction: Tabloid Headlines—Threatened
The author sat in a plywood chair with her back to the window.
Traffic flickered in her peripheral vision. Was that a turquoise blur? She shifted, too late to confirm it, and laundry curling in the dryers like surf mesmerized her weary attention.
Rising from the chair, she paced, shaking her head. It was past time to shift images and settings for her work. She knew the urge to write would never leave and no matter where she went, something reminded her of her early tales. If she began a story staged in a hill town, would things change again?
The Holy Spirit’s fifth gift is Kindness. Obviously, even to our human reasoning, it’s easier to behave with kindness when Patience is already engaged. Love, Joy, and Peace are frequently categorized as emotions. Patience is an attitude, but Kindness is shown in action. God chose every gift I’ve mentioned in this series of blogs to
The Holy Spirit’s Fourth Gift is Patience The Holy Spirit’s fourth gift is patience. He gives it perfectly, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy to use. There are times we ignore it, when we focus on the situations we interpret as causing us suffering instead. Once that focus has set in, the devil has us
Purest Fiction: Her Newest Refuge
She took a hard look at her newest refuge.
It was too bad Pennsylvania had no recycling refund like Michigan. If they had, she’d turn in the cans for cash. Still, if she resisted the lure of the Internet, it would be a long time until her pursuers found her.
Focus on the prime benefit of peace: relationship with the Prince of Peace. On a surface level, the benefits of peace are obvious: Safety in the streets, genetic parents and their children living together in stable families with both parents present, economies producing goods that have positive effects rather than destructive ones…the list could go
The Holy Spirit’s third gift is peace. Yes, it’s easier to have peace in your life if you already have love, and joy, but the truth of the matter is that the roots of our word peace come from pact, or agreement. This implies ceased hostilities, and beyond that, relationship. I’d like to suggest that
Purest Fiction: Just My Life No Wheels
The author blinked watering eyes as a woman’s voice rose up the stairwell.
“Ed, that weird woman left a huge suitcase under the table. What should I do with it? Mayor Perkins wants his usual seat.”