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A Writer’s Keyboard Prayer

By Bob Hostetleron February 11, 2021
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Lord God, my Father, my King,

my Sovereign, my All,

I RETURN to you with all my heart,

I ENTER your presence with gratitude and joy,

I ESCAPE into your arms and nestle in the shadow of your wing.

DELETE the stain of worldly strife and wicked desires.

SHIFT my attention and priorities to reflect your wishes.

COMMAND me and bend me to your will.

CONTROL my impulse, intellect, and intentions

until I see no OPTION

and pursue no FUNCTION

but that which is utterly and constantly

pleasing to you.

In Jesus’ name, amen.

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Category: The Writing Life, Theology

God’s Autonomous Zone

By Dan Balowon February 10, 2021
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In the late 17th century, Catholic theologian and scientist Blaise Pascal authored a book titled Pensées. In it, he wrote: What else does this craving, and this helplessness, proclaim but that there was once in man a true happiness, of which all that now remains is the empty print and trace? This he tries in vain to fill with everything around him, seeking in things that are not there the help he …

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Category: Creativity, The Writing Life, Theology, Trends

Judicious Sharing

By Tamela Hancock Murrayon February 4, 2021
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As a writer, you’ll face times of profound despair and, I hope, massive victory. When successful, you’ll want to share your news with your supporters. But I recommend muting your enthusiasm with your detractors. And we all have those. To my surprise, a person who never speaks to me or contacts me except to ask a favor linked me to a lengthy fluff piece touting sundry accomplishments. I sent …

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Category: Career, Marketing, The Writing Life, Theology

Banned Books

By Dan Balowon January 28, 2021
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January was a really bad month for Protestant reformer Martin Luther, 500 years ago in 1521. In fact, the entire year was the wurst. (He was German you know.) First, he was excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church by Pope Leo X after refusing to recant his writings. That was January 3. Then a few weeks later on the 23rd, the RCC held a meeting at The Diet of Worms in Germany, which was the …

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Category: The Publishing Life, The Writing Life, Theology, Trends

“Yet” Is a Wonderful Word

By Steve Laubeon January 11, 2021
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With a new year upon us it can be a a good idea to find your “word of the year.” For 2021, my word is “yet.” I was reminded last year to focus on what we have and not on what we’ve lost. It was a hard year for so many. Today, with the sinful world continuing to exhibit it’s need for a savior we should always contemplate the incredible gift of Jesus and the …

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Category: Theology

Wishing You Peace and Love on Thanksgiving Day

By Tamela Hancock Murrayon November 26, 2020
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On this Thanksgiving Day, let us approach this new season with a sense of peace and the constant reminder that the Lord is in control. I post this well-known prayer in hopes you might appreciate reading it again. From St. Francis of Assisi: Prayer for Peace Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace; where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; …

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Category: Personal, TheologyTag: Faith, thanksgiving, Theology

A Prayer of Thanks for Writing Tools

By Bob Hostetleron November 25, 2020
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For fountain pens and India ink, Legal pads and time to think, Olivetti, Underwood, Selectric, Typewriters both manual and electric, Typing paper, carbon paper, Correction ribbon and Liquid Paper, Dictionaries and thesauri, Keyboards, touchpads, countless styli, Strunk and White and Zinsser too, Staples, tape, and Elmer’s Glue, Desktops, laptops, iPads, printers, Modems, faxes, scanners, …

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Category: Personal, Technology, Theology

Give Thanks to God

By Guest Bloggeron November 23, 2020
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There is a verse in scripture which sets out in bold relief the great besetting problem of the human race. It is Romans 1:21: ‘for even though we knew God…we did not give thanks.’ Astonishing! How can we actually know God and not give thanks? Scarcely a day passes in which we are not deluged by at least a hundred instances of God’s goodness to us. Thanksgiving ought to be the most natural of human …

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Category: Guest Post, TheologyTag: thanksgiving

A Writer’s Fears (a prayer)

By Bob Hostetleron October 7, 2020
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Save me from fear, Lord.Give me courage to write;make me “bold in our God” (1 Thessalonians 2:2) to write for you,whatever the obstacles or blockages the Enemy may throw in my way. Save me from the fear of rejection;let me write today for your approval first and foremost,and if I receive it, let me be satisfied with it. Save me from the fear of inadequacy;remind me that “all my springs are in you” …

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Category: Personal, Theology

Can Silence Make You a Better Writer?

By Bob Hostetleron September 2, 2020
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Decades ago, when I was barely out of diapers, I started taking annual (sometimes twice-yearly) prayer retreats at the Abbey of Gethsemani in the hills of central Kentucky. It’s a silent Trappist monastery, and it’s been a boon to my prayer life. A lifeline, sometimes. It’s also been a boon to my writing life. Once I’ve checked in and been immersed in and surrounded by silence (interrupted only by …

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Category: Inspiration, The Writing Life, Theology
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