Helping to Change the World…Word by Word
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Helping to Change the World Word by Word
While today’s video is nine minutes long, it may be quite wonderful for many of you. (The last two minutes are a message from the artist.)
Watch the decade of the 80s in worship music performed acapella. Twenty-five songs in all. Which of these are familiar to you?
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Good morning, friends. Mr. Happy, Steve Laube, is going to say happy things today that will warm your hearts and tickle your toes. Well, maybe not. Unfortunately some may not like this dose of reality, but to prepare you for the wild and woolly world of publishing I think you should hear it. Getting an agent to represent you isn’t a guarantee of a book contract. It is a step in that …
Can you follow this magician? I don’t care how many times you watch it, it’s still magic! (If you cannot see the embedded video in your newsletter email, please click the headline and go directly to our site to view it.)
You may know a lot about Dwight L. Moody, his famous school (Moody Bible Institute), Moody Radio, and Moody Publishers. But what about his wife, Emma? In the midst of America’s Civil War, Emma Revell married Dwight L. Moody. He was a dedicated Christian who began as a successful shoe salesman but felt called to teach the gospel in a poor area of Chicago. So many families came that he and Emma …
Today’s video is quite inspiring. I had to watch it more than once. It is from the 2016 Paralympic Games. Each runner is blind and is accompanied by a sighted partner. I struggle to imagine running full speed without sight. It’s hard enough with it. I could not help but think of a dozen word pictures this action displays for us. In our daily walk with God. In our lonely struggle as …
In a change of pace today, I thought I’d post a link to an online guest lecture I did on the Transfiguration of Jesus. It is part of the “God’s Glory, Our Delight” Gospel Spice series hosted by Stephanie Rousselle. Click here to be taken to the hosted page for the study. I originally recorded it 18 months ago (in the midst of the pandemic shutdown), and it was used in one …
Weird English Language Quirks What is another word for “thesaurus”? Have you ever run into someone who was combobulated, gruntled, ruly, or peccable? If a book about failure doesn’t sell, is it a success? Did you know that “verb” is a noun? If there are typos in a dictionary, how would you know? A novelist once wrote, “He sat with his head in his hands and his eyes on the floor.” …
With inflation in the news, it is becoming a bit more difficult to calculate the current buying power of a dollar when compared to the past. (The Phoenix area where we live has experienced 13% inflation in the past year.) But this isn’t a post about inflation. Instead, it is a method to help you with your research. I made $1.80 an hour stuffing envelopes for my first job with a paycheck. I …
You are the canine in this story. You’ve spent years working to master your genre only to find three newbies, who aren’t even trained, setting up residence in YOUR genre! What do you do? Protest. Demonstrate your displeasure to your writing community. Huff and puff. Realize there is plenty of room and you don’t own the genre. It’s okay to share. Anybody relate?
It is important to treat the use of quoting the Bible like you would in quoting any source material. Too frequently I run across an author who has not bothered to take that step. But they should. The Word of God is powerful and should not be taken for granted. There are many readers who admit to skipping over Bible verses when quoted in full. The thought is that they are already familiar with …
