Carrie | July 27, 2009
Nothing is random in the Christian world view. True Christian believers believe God is in charge of everything from the largest matter to the most trivial thing. Scripture says that not even a sparrow falls to the ground without God’s awareness. Look at all the sparrows and how dispensable they are to us, but we [...]
Carrie | July 24, 2009
It constantly amazes me where instruction and enlightenment can be found and how it can be delivered. Take Madagascar, for example. The animated movie, not the country. You know, Alex the Lion; Marty the Zebra and all the rest. Madagascar is one of Neal and my favorite movies. We watch it once or twice every [...]
Carrie | July 20, 2009
In the 1981 movie, Chariots of Fire, Eric Liddle, Scottish runner and missionary, was often confronted by his sister, who had already gone to the missionary fields of China. She was troubled by Eric’s interest in running and urged him frequently to give it up to serve God. In one scene in which she has [...]
Carrie | July 13, 2009
The Fifty-Seventh Psalm in my Bible has been highlighted at least three times. In this passage, the Psalmist cries repeatedly to God for mercy and deliverance. “Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me,” he says in verse one. Later on, he cries out, “Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let your [...]
Carrie | July 8, 2009
I was recently made aware of Dr. Wicked’s Writing Lab, a blog dedicated to writing, and to a recent post, Write or Die. Write or Die is a writing motivator that is both fun and serious. According to Dr. Wicked: Write or Die is a web application that encourages writing by punishing the tendency to [...]
Carrie | July 6, 2009
There is an operating fountain at the Carriage Factory Gallery’s J. J. Krehbiel Park. It was imported from London, England and given to the Newton Fine Arts Association and the gallery by a relative of the Krehbiel’s upon the dedication of the building (which was originally a carriage factory) as a gallery. As director, part [...]
I've been an avid looker-at of books since I was old enough to sit on her lap and listen to the stories she read.
The oldest complete manuscript I have was written when I was in the eighth grade.
Throughout grade school and high school, I read every horse story I could get my hands on. Walter Farley was a huge favorite and I still enjoy reading the adventures of the Black Stallion and Flame and all the rest. But Marguerite Henry, C. W. Anderson, Thomas Hinkle and anyone else who wrote a story about a horse was on my to-read list. I couldn't get enough of them.
Then I found Agatha Christie and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and discovered another world; the world of mysteries!
More recently Dick Francis has combined my love of horse stories with my love of mysteries with his series of books.
In the early part of this century, I was introduced to the world of Christian fiction and in July of 2008, I took my first ever writing workshop. The workshop covered several aspects of writing from a Christian worldview and an entirely new vista opened before me.
I am, as yet, unpublished. I write every day, maintain painting and writing blogs, painting journals, writing journals and a number of other writing endeavors. Along with other members of my church family, I've written devotions for Advent and Lenten devotional booklets. For a time, I wrote a monthly column for the Newton Kansan newspaper.
I still enjoy a good horse story but I also enjoy a good mystery or cozy mystery, suspense and a little bit of action here and there, as well as literary works. I hope, Lord willing, to try my hand at each of those genres.
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