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Book Review: With God There Is Hope for Humanity

[image error]With God There Is Hope: Hope for Humanity

Ellen Chaksil

Tribute Books

Copyright 2007

ISBN: 978-0-979-5045-1-8

Paperback, 472 pages $17.95; Also available in electronic editions

Christian Nonfiction

I have procrastinated on this review for months, and I'm still having a hard time writing it because of my mixed reactions.

First, I greatly admire the author's faith and her commitment to carrying out the mission she believes God gave her. She has worked on this mission for decades.

Her message...

EPIC Awards Are Coming

EPIC, the Electronically Published Internet Connection, recently announced the Twelfth Annual EPIC EBook Competition. The longest-running continuous e-book competition will be open for entries between July 15 and August 15, 2010 for books published June 1, 2009 through May 31, 2010.

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EPIC also sponsors the New Voices Young Writes Competition. Middle school and high school students from around the world may submit poems, essays, and short stories to the contest between August 1 and October 20...

Thank You to Our Military

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Don't Forget My Quarterly Drawing

If you've explored my site extensively, you know that I run a quarterly contest for e-book or other prizes. Last quarter, I didn't have many entries, so maybe it's time for a reminder.

All you have to do to enter is to fill out the form at the contest page. The next drawing will be held at the end of August from all entries submitted in the next three months.

This month's winner had a choice of one of the following prizes:

my romantic suspense novel (e-book) Dream or Destiny ,my contemporary...

Writing Lessons from the Bible: Guest Post by Katheryn Rivas

The inimitable Nobel Prize-winning American writer Ernest Hemingway once said to his friend and contemporary, F. Scott Fitzgerald, in reference to the Bible, "I found the source of practically every good title you ever heard of." Aside from this obvious truth (as something of a writer myself, I've certainly found my fair share of veritably epic, Biblically-inspired story titles), the Bible, I've noticed, is an unbelievable fount of writing inspiration, one that keeps on giving, and in the...

Memorial Day Tribute

ALMIGHTY God, our heavenly Father, in whose hands are the living and the dead; We give thee thanks for all those thy servants who have laid down their lives in the service of our country. Grant to them thy mercy and the light of thy presence, that the good work which thou hast begun in them may be perfected; through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord. Amen. ~ 1928 Book of Common Prayer

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Rejected? You're in Good Company

All of us face rejection from time to time. Often, we feel that we are experiencing something unique, but the most successful people are usually rejected more often than those who are less successful.

Entrepreneurs who build great companies may have failed at several previous endeavors. Politicians who go on to high office generally lose many races before they are elected. And, of course, most writers are rejected over and over again before they are published.

The Web site Online Colleges has p...

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National Missing Children's Day

May 25th is National Missing Children's Day, a day to raise awareness of missing children and to remind parents to teach child safety.

O LORD Jesus Christ, who dost embrace children with the arms of thy mercy, protect children from those who would  harm them, that the children may rejoice in the life that now is, and dwell with thee in the life that is to come; through thy merits, O merciful Saviour, who with the Father and the Holy Ghost livest and reignest one God, world without end. Amen.

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Global Day of Prayer 2010

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Today, Pentecost Sunday, is the Global Day of Prayer. Christians from around the globe are joining in prayer for the world.

We pray for salvation for unsaved people, for peace in the midst of strife and chaos, for those who are persecuted for their faith, for victims of natural disasters, for people around the world who are suffering in need and pain, for freedom for the oppressed, and for repentance and  salvation for the peoples and nations of the world.

Join in praying the Prayer for the...