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Three Nonfiction Books Any Christian Writer Can Write

By Dan Balowon June 12, 2025
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Agents routinely receive proposals from aspiring authors that are the only creative writing they have ever attempted. At the same time, someone who is eventually published successfully likely has a half dozen other things in a file they’ve never shown to anyone.

If you are an experienced or aspiring writer and are a disciple of Jesus Christ, you have the opportunity (or responsibility?) to chronicle several things that only someone with spiritual insight can write.

Disclaimer: These are likely not commercially viable for publishers, but each will add stones of remembrance to the area where you live and your church’s spiritual legacy.

Here are three books any Christian writer can write:

1. The History of Your Local Church

Every church has a story; and since it is much more than just a building, the stories of people need to be researched and written down. I guarantee your church has pivotal moments that would make a riveting novel if they weren’t true.

Stories of God’s faithfulness, of changed lives, the time when the congregation sang and the walls seemed to tremble, the year when things looked bleak and what God did during and after, a story of humble servants who taught a generation of six-year-olds, and the pianist who used their talent for the glory of God until the day before they passed into glory.

Writing your church’s story is not only an exercise to give you writing practice; it is part of your calling to use your talent and ability to edify and build others up.

2. A Biography of a Faithful Christ-Follower in Your Area

This book could involve someone well-known or not at all. A visible Christian in your town who has done many things to benefit the community is worth mentioning for all to read about and be reminded of.

But there is also the untold story of the humble prayer warrior who gave their financial “mites” to the church and community but did quiet things that left a lasting impression on those in the town by allowing their fruit of the Spirit and spiritual gifts to do their talking.

Of course, no one is perfect, but showing how God uses imperfect people never gets old. This could also be a collection, 10 People Everyone in ______ Should Know.

3. The Spiritual History of Your Town

Every town or city has a “spiritual” history. Because it inevitably involves people, the story is not a straight road from one glorious event to another.

Why are roads named as they are? Why is there a cross on the top of the hardware store? What was the first church in the town after it was established? What was the second? Were there church splits? What happened long ago when the itinerant evangelist showed up and ruffled some feathers? Are there any memorable or famous occurrences that people need to know about? What used to be on that property where the Walmart and Applebee’s currently reside?

Life everywhere is full of stories, good and bad, exciting or boring, that need to be remembered. That’s what writers do. They record the stories and give perspective.

So, there’s your assignment.

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Category: Encouragement, Inspiration, The Writing Life

My Best Reading Advice

By Bob Hostetleron October 16, 2024
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My wife and I, newly married and preparing to enter training for ministry, hosted a seasoned pastor in our home for one of our entrance interviews. He asked what sorts of books we’d been reading, and we answered. I expected him to be impressed with my answer. After all … well, never mind. But he smiled kindly. “May I offer a piece of advice?” What were we going to say? “No”? So we gave the …

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Category: Book Review, Career, Encouragement, Inspiration, Reading

Where’s Your Writer’s Galilee? Judea?

By Bob Hostetleron September 26, 2024
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Sometimes being a writer—and writing for publication—is so delightful, amazing, and wonderful, that you feel like a pig in mud. And sometimes being a writer feels more like you’re a pig in raisin sauce. Maybe you can’t identify. Maybe you’re just loving the writing life, riding high, cashing the checks, and collecting the awards. If that’s the case, then you can close this window now. Just click …

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Category: Encouragement, Inspiration, The Writing Life

Can Writing Heal the Writer?

By Bob Hostetleron September 11, 2024
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Most of us know, as readers, that the words we read have tremendous power to heal. But can the words we write heal us too? I asked some writer friends if they’ve been healed by the act of writing. Here are some of their responses: When my son was young, we were in a life-threatening accident in which our elevator landed abruptly in a basement and quickly filled with water. Surviving that event …

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Category: Encouragement, Inspiration

Thank You for Being Here!

By Tamela Hancock Murrayon September 5, 2024
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Anyone who reads blogs notices that many posts don’t generate comments. A lack of responses doesn’t mean no one is reading the blog post. Most blog posts don’t invite comments. They are intended to inform. Here, we do our best to be accurate, encouraging, and educational. However, we know opinions differ. In the Christian publishing community, the polite person is reluctant to express disagreement …

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Category: Encouragement, Inspiration

Christian Authors Are Special

By Dan Balowon August 28, 2024
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Since the author’s worldview and perspective are significant elements of a book’s content, whatever that worldview happens to be, books written by Christians are not like those written by those who are not. The core message of a book written by a Christ-follower is special. Their acknowledgment of Genesis chapters 1 and 3, and their belief that God sustains the world and has a plan for …

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Category: Career, Christian, Encouragement, Inspiration

Answering “Where Should I Start?”

By Megan Brownon August 14, 2024
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For many aspiring Christian authors, the work of writing and publishing can feel both exhilarating and overwhelming. With endless advice on structures, marketing strategies, and writing techniques, it’s easy to get lost in the details. Many times, new authors will ask me, “But where do I start?” Before diving into the nuts and bolts of the writing world, there’s a foundational step that …

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Category: Career, Encouragement, Faith, Get Published, Theology

Marketing God

By Dan Balowon August 8, 2024
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Since beginning my career as a marketer, I’ve seen many things come and go, strategies that worked in one situation but not in another, and seemingly great ideas that never worked at all. Marketing is an inexact profession, consisting of trial and error. Keep track of what you do. Continue those things that work; stop doing things that don’t. Rinse. Repeat. John Wanamaker, founder of the …

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Category: Encouragement, Inspiration, Theology

Surviving the Journey

By Tamela Hancock Murrayon May 23, 2024
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Do you have what’s needed to be a successful writer? I think you do! A teachable spirit. As a naive beginning writer, I wanted to make an impact by being different. But my story structure and plots were too divergent for the genre to which I aspired. For instance, an early draft of a novel that later went on to be published in a new form showed the character falling into sin at a party. Please …

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Category: Encouragement, The Writing Life

A Case for Reading Physical Books

By Bob Hostetleron April 4, 2024
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Ebooks are great. I read, on average, 25 or more ebooks every year. They’re convenient, especially when traveling. They don’t take up precious shelf space. They don’t have to be dusted. I don’t feel guilty when I read an ebook, but I purposefully choose physical books for the majority of my reading, for numerous reasons. Reading a physical book provides a more sensory experience. Touch, smell, …

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Category: Encouragement, Inspiration, Personal
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