Christian Author and Songwriter
Christian Author and Songwriter
The Bride by Joy Margetts Joy Margetts is a Christian Historical Fiction author based in North Wales. She says, “The natural beauty and history of my adoptive homeland, and my love of the Word of God combine to inspire my writing. My desire in all my writing is to point to Jesus and His kingdom.“ The […]
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The Jesse Tree Christmas is all about Jesus. We know that, and yet so often we get caught up in trees and tinsel, crafts and cake, reindeer and wrapping. Jesus can easily become an afterthought. The Jesse Tree tradition is a wonderful antidote to this problem. Essentially it offers a daily reading from the Bible
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Valuable by Liz Carter Why your value is not defined by how useful you feel. How many times have I prayed “God please use me?” More than I can remember. A well meaning prayer, certainly. And one that rolls off the tongue easily if we’ve been brought up in the church and/or have a hunger
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Encouragement for writers from Psalm 1. How can delighting in the Lord help us to prosper and yield fruit in our writing?
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The story of a thief’s redemption. Beneath the Tamarisk Tree is based on the words of Jesus in Luke 23:43, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.” From this verse, the author Rob Seabrook has imagined not only a complete backstory for the thief, whom he calls Dismas, but also a future story of his completed redemption
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Thoughts from the Song, Redeemer of Life, in The Wanderer Reborn. I sang of despair, eyes flowing without ceasing; Yahweh from heaven looked down and saw. I called on His name from the depths of the pit; He heard my plea and took up my cause. Redeemer of life, all-sufficient one, Help me grasp the
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The obituary doesn’t mention her faith
But she served her God, and she overcame
And I know she’s with her Jesus now.
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Adam’s Song is a song featured in The Wanderer Scorned book that imagines Adam’s journey from the Garden of Eden, through the fall and blame game with Eve, to the point of confession and blessing soon after the birth of Abel.
In church, we talk a lot about sin and finding forgiveness and about guilt and being cleansed. But how often do we talk about shame? Not very much. In fact, I believe we often feel compelled to cling onto shame. We believe we’ve been forgiven and are grateful for it, but shame about our past or present remains. The question is – should it?
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