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WHY I’VE CHANGED THE FOCUS OF MY WRITING

One of the greatest gifts that I have been given in life is to be able to share my own story, how God even in the darkest moments, took my hand and walked with me. There is a powerful redemptive element in speaking out where you have been and where you are now. I will [...]

THIS ONE PRINCIPLE IS CHANGING MY LIFE

This One Principle Is Changing My Life “What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.” Ecclesiastes 1:9 Just ask any songwriter who has tried to come up with a unique way to say, “I love you,” or a mystery writer wanting to [...]

WHY I AM THANKFUL

Thanksgiving is a uniquely American holiday but as I thought about mothers struggling to will their children to live in the harshest places in Haiti or the families in New Zealand who will face their first Christmas soon without 29 miners lost in the Pike River mine disaster, my question was,

“What can each one of us be thankful for?”

Use your INSIDE VOICE!!!!!

Use your INSIDE VOICE!! I am a self-confessed gadget geek and fan of all things Apple, in fact I am writing this blog on a flight to Denver on my iPad and nifty little dock-able keyboard. I love my iPhone 4 with Facetalk. I love that when I finally get to my hotel tonight I [...]

BULLY

BULLY I stood in the Headmaster’s office with my knees shaking. I knew that I was in more trouble than I had ever been in my life. I was twelve years old and I had just punched a girl so hard on the nose that I broke it and gave her two black eyes. I [...]