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Love at Christmas

By Tamela Hancock Murrayon December 24, 2015

In the spirit of God’s love at Christmas, I share with you a reading from The Book of Common Prayer:

1 John 4:7-16 King James Version (KJV)

7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.

12 No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.

13 Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.

14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.

15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.

16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him

May you be blessed with much love and joy today, and every day.

Well, best laid plans, and all that. You may have noticed there wasn’t a blog from me last week. I was all ready to write about Bethlehem– And WHAM! Life took an unexpected turn. Rather than being in my office, writing a brilliant blog to bless you all, I spent the day dealing with health crises for my older brother. It started at 2:30 am with a phone call from emergency services, and I …

Category: Personal, TheologyTag: Christian, Christmas, Theology

Joy to the World?

By Steve Laubeon December 14, 2015

The angel said, “I bring you good tidings of great joy!” We really need some of that these days. With Paris and San Bernardino still in the news cycle we are reminded of the evil among us. And then this past week I received a series of bad news from industry friends. A publishing friend lost his home to a fire. A client called to say they’ve been diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma which is a cancer …

Category: Personal, TheologyTag: Christian, Christmas, Theology

Not Going My Way?

By Dan Balowon November 3, 2015

In case you haven’t noticed, things in the world are generally not going the Christian-way in politics, law, education, business, marriage, religion…or anything else. Evil seems to winning all around us. American Christians who once thought of themselves as the “moral majority” are now the “imperfect minority.” We thought we could change the world through the ballot box. We were wrong. Call it …

Category: Theology, TrendsTag: Christian, Theology

Please…Preach to the Choir

By Karen Ballon July 15, 2015

How often have you heard a writer say, “My book isn’t for church people. I mean, I don’t want to preach to the choir, I want to reach those searching for Christ.” Not for nothing, but friends, who do you think is in the choir? Sure, some of the people sitting in the pews of any given church are life-long believers who know all they need to know about God and living a life of faith. I mean, …

Category: Book Business, Book Business, Book Proposals, Career, Christian, Creativity, Faith, TrendsTag: Christian, Craft, Faith

Why We Must Be Forthright

By Tamela Hancock Murrayon June 18, 2015

I’ve heard more than one writer say, “I’m sneaking Christianity into a book for the general market!” Wanting to reach the unsaved is a wonderful mission, but in my opinion, sneaking (and I’m not kidding when I say authors actually use this verb) Christianity into books isn’t the way to do it. Why not? Well, for one, that’s not the example Christ set. …

Category: Branding, Craft, Creativity, Marketing, Trends, Writing CraftTag: Christian, Craft, Writing Craft

The Myth of God’s Goodness

By Karen Ballon June 10, 2015

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I’m in the process of developing a program with a friend to minister to writers who are in deep places in their lives. I’ve been asking God to show me how to encourage and share His truth with those who feel lost, abandoned, worthless, like they’ve wasted their gifts…those who are in pain and struggling… WHAT was I thinking?? There’s only one way to really minister to people in certain situations: …

Category: Christian, Personal, TheologyTag: Christian, Theology

Born (again) in the USA

By Dan Balowon October 7, 2014

There are a lot of 40’s in the Bible. Dozens of times the number appears. It rained for forty days and nights so Noah had enough water to float his ark. The Israelites wandered in the desert for forty years. Jesus fasted and lived in the desert for forty days. Jesus walked the earth for forty days between his resurrection and his ascension. And many more. It’s a Bible number, like three, seven or …

Category: ReadingTag: Christian, Faith, Reading

God’s Map

By Dan Balowon June 17, 2014

“We can make our plans, but the LORD determines our steps” (Proverbs 16:9, NLT) This has significant implications for authors and book publishers. Over my career, I observe cases that prove that “your future is determined more by your successes than by your plans.” Anyone who knows me has probably heard me say that at one point or another, multiple times. Of course, that statement is flawed, …

Category: Dan, TheologyTag: Christian, Planning, Theology

Marcher Lord Press is Rebranded with a New Name

By Steve Laubeon June 2, 2014

by Steve Laube At the recent Realm Makers conference in Philadelphia I had the privilege to announce that Marcher Lord Press is being rebranded as Enclave Publishing. I am excited to officially reveal the new logo below (More thoughts after the picture). Notice the tip of the sword… Why the name Enclave Publishing? An enclave is essentially defined as a group of like-minded people in a place …

Category: Book Business, Publishing News, SteveTag: Christian, Enclave, Enclave Publishing, Fantasy, Marcher Lord Press, science fiction