Janet Sketchley's Blog: Tenacity, page 66
April 8, 2016
Guest Post: The Spiritual Side of Writing Breaking Free, by Jennifer Slattery
I’m pretty sure every writer has that one story they long to see get published. Perhaps it’s the first one they wrote, or maybe one that touches on a deeply personal subject. Or maybe they sensed God’s hand so strongly as they wrote it, the story took on a deeply spiritual meaning.
Breaking Free was the first purely fiction adult story I wrote, it touched on encounters from my past, and it came about after a long spiritual stand...
April 6, 2016
Living for God’s Glory
Do everything without complaining and arguing, so that no one can criticize you. Live clean, innocent lives as children of God, shining like bright lights in a world full of crooked and perverse people.
Philippians 2:14-15, NLT*
In Canada, we’ve recently seen what looks to many like another travesty of justice. And we see legislation in the making that has frightening possibilities.
The US political scene has sent me to read the Book of Daniel. Around the world, terrorists spread hate and f...
April 4, 2016
Review: Rooms, by James L. Rubart
Rooms, by James L. Rubart (B&H Fiction, 2010)
Micah Taylor has it all: prestigious business, penthouse condo, a girlfriend who’s his perfect match. Until he leaves Seattle for Cannon Beach, Oregon, to check into a house he inherited.
The house is everything he’d have wanted had he designed it himself – except for the location, stirring memories of childhood tragedy. And except for the mysterious rooms that suddenly appear.
Rooms is a supernatural tale of how God might lead a person to revisit...
April 1, 2016
Guest Post: Can You See the Positive in the Negative?
Whenever I go through hard times, even if it seems it can’t get any worse, I try to look at the good things I have. Nine times out of ten, it helps and lifts my spirits up. For example, if I see rain instead of the sun, I thank God for the food I eat, the cozy home that keeps me warm and dry, the clothes on my back, and the comfy bed I sleep in. This said, it doesn’t mean I don’t have trials and tribulations.
I’m blessed beyond belief t...
March 30, 2016
Showing God’s Glory
“Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and glorify and honour the King of heaven. All his acts are just and true, and he is able to humble the proud.”
Daniel 4:37, NLT*
What I like about the story of Nebuchadnezzar’s madness and return to power (see Daniel 4) is that it not only shows God’s power, it shows His mercy on someone He knew would eventually be able to come to Him in worship.
King Herod had a similar moment of self-exaltation, but he received only judgement and death (see Acts 12:20-23)....
March 28, 2016
Review: The Red Door Inn, by Liz Johnson
The Red Door Inn, by Liz Johnson (Revell, 2016)
At 28, Marie Carrington can’t be called a runaway. But she’s fled her opulent home in Boston and doesn’t dare touch her bank account or her father will find her. Scared and alone, she’s out of options when she meets a kind, older man who’s out of his depth trying to open a bed and breakfast.
Jack Sloane promised his dying wife, Rose, that he’d fulfill her dream of a sanctuary on Prince Edward Island, Canada: a B&B where the heart-hurting could f...
March 25, 2016
Guest Post: Cracks of Light in the Darkness
Today Christians around the globe will gather to solemnly commemorate Jesus Christ’s crucifixion. Whenever it is overcast and rainy, we think, “How appropriate.” It is truly “the darkest day” of the year—no matter what the weather.
The sinless Saviour was humiliated, beaten, and then nailed to a Roman cross. While we won’t go into detail, suffice it to say it was one of the cruelest forms of execution ever devised.
As believers, we may rare...
March 23, 2016
When the Times Scare Us
How great are [God’s] signs,
how powerful his wonders!
His kingdom will last forever,
his rule through all generations.
Daniel 4:3, NLT*
Current political trends in Canada and the US frighten me, and they’re mild compared to some of what’s happening around the world. Because they’re closer to home, I have a greater sense of impending doom – my loved ones and I will have to live in the middle of what comes.
Humanly speaking, it’s going downhill fast. And not in the fun “sledding in the snow”...
March 21, 2016
Review: Berry on Top, by Valerie Comer
Berry on Top, by Valerie Comer (GreenWords Media, 2016)
It’s taken 10 years for Liz Nemesek to be willing to make even a passing stop in her hometown. Too bad the guy who drove her away came back first. Worse still, Mason Waterman is renting her parents’ old house, claims to have changed his life, and is now a good friend of her brother.
Liz can’t deny the changes – they were long overdue – but just because God forgave Mason doesn’t mean she will. Or that she’ll forgive God. Or admit that may...
March 18, 2016
Heaven’s Prey: the Playlist
First in the Redemption’s Edge series, last to get its own playlist…
There’s only one song mentioned in Heaven’s Prey. Quick, can you name it? Without scanning the rest of this post?
Didn’t think so 
Here’s the Heaven’s Prey playlist:music that complements the characters and theme. (Song list below the video, if you just want to see what’s there without listening to it all.)
Heaven’s Prey Playlist:
“Come Into His Kingdom” by Sheila Walsh (I think of this as the Heaven’s Prey theme song)
“Her...
