The Problem with Pantzing and Plotting 

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  Defining the Terms Bear with me a moment while I sound like an author. Notice I said sound like and author because, even after completing my ninth book (yes, the Psalm 137 novella is done!), it’s hard to think of myself as an author.  Pantzing  I AM NOT referring to the junior high practice of pulling down your friend’s gym shorts.   I AM …

August Novella News! 

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I’ve given hints and little tidbits about my next release, By the Waters of Babylon (BTWOB), but it’s finally time to share with my newsletter faithful a little more detail about this EXCITING story! The novella uses Psalm 137 as its foundation for the story, pulling supplemental plot from passages in 2 Kings 24-25, 2 Chronicles 36, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Proverbs.  I …

What Do Isaiah and Batman Have in Common?

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I’m guessing you’ve never thought of Batman while reading the book of Isaiah. Me neither. But in Isaiah’s Daughter, this courageous prophet must slip through a secret entrance in his personal wine cellar and enter a honeycomb of underground caves to rescue his friends. I thought he was a little super-hero-ish as I wrote some of his courageous decisions. His words. His deeds.   Granted, Isaiah’s family-owned home and its secret entrance wasn’t as snazzy as Bruce Wayne’s bat-cave, but his courage felt every …

Balancing Fervent and Flexible

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I’m not a Type A personality, but I do like to get things done—especially when I believe the tasks in question might make a positive impact on God’s Kingdom. These things are more than tasks, really; they’re a calling.   Such is the case with my newsletter debacle. For four months, October of 2017 through January 2018, my assistants and I were in sort …

3 Passover Truths to Enhance Your Easter

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Our girls have been blessed with amazing grandparents. They’ve had grandmas and grandpas that did all the cool things their dad and I sometimes lacked the energy to pull off. I never decorated Easter eggs until we had grandkids of our own. Never needed to because—you guessed it—the grandparents took care of Easter egg hunts, Christmas stockings, and even birthday cakes.  What did …

Christian Fiction Scavenger Hunt Stop #27

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Welcome to Scavenger Hunt Stop #27! If you’ve just discovered the hunt, be sure to start at Stop #1, and collect the clues through all 30 Stops, in order, so you can enter to win one of our top 5 grand prizes! The hunt BEGINS on 3/1 at noon MST with Stop #1 at LisaTawnBergren.com. Hunt through our loop using …