Jason sat in the church pew on Sunday morning, hoping he wouldn’t be bored. “The Kingdom of Heaven,” the preacher said, “is like a master who gave money to his…
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Johnny walked on the other side of the street, past the fire truck, and stopped. Curious spectators watched the two men slide the stretcher into the ambulance, the boy under…
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Four-year-old Johnny was in bed, but he wasn’t ready for sleep—not until Daddy came to read him a story. His eyes brightened when he saw the red book in Daddy’s…
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Creativity is the writer’s greatest asset. If we write the same old way, we get the same old results. To escape our writing ruts and have new and refreshing words,…
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The Writing for Excellence seminars are like a writing conference for a day—at a fraction of the cost. We usually bring a great teacher from out of town, but in…
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The first time Susan practiced clustering, the book she was studying gave her an assignment to write a story about the word “fence.” Her first response was, “There isn’t any…
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Johnny went to a country school that had no cafeteria. Just like everybody else, he ate at his desk in the classroom, with the appropriate kind of lunch: a sandwich,…
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Janelle felt an urge to write. In difficult situations, God became real and she knew her experiences would encourage others. She needed to tell her story. The fulltime mom with…
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At the beginning of the year, Jim made another writing resolution. This would be the year he would finish his novel. A month later, he hadn’t made much progress. Not…
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After laying his cup on the table and lying on the couch, Larry looked to see if the cup lay squarely on the coaster or if its lie was part…
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Character is a critical key to becoming a person of quality, and it starts in the home!
