By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills The holidays are approaching like a jet on a mission—fast and filled with activities. Some of us love this time of year. The colors of gold, orange, and scarlet with a crisp feel of lower temps can be an emotional high—it is for me! The sweet scent and taste treats of apples, cinnamon, and pumpkin are

By Janet Thompson @DiAnnMills Guest Post: Janet Thompson @AHWministries We’ve all experienced a time when we thought, or maybe said aloud and sincerely believed, There’s no way I can do this! Then we find ourselves doing what we thought was impossible. Bravery isn’t about succeeding or failing; it’s about not letting fear imprison you from trying. We tend to categorize

By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Christian fiction writers often hear these questions: “Why write fiction when you could be creating nonfiction?” “If you feel writing is a ministry, then why are you putting your time and effort into fiction?” “A real Christian would be writing something with real sustenance, not fiction.” “Isn’t nonfiction how people learn how to live life to

By Barbara Latta @DiAnnMills This week’s guest blogger is Barbara Latta  @BarbaraLatta Observing Memorial Day is not a contemporary ideal. Remembering those who’ve given their lives for others has given us reason to value the sacrifices of courageous men and women. Twenty-two-year-old Marine Corporal Jason Dunham and some of his military buddies sat around their barracks in Iraq swapping stories.

By Darlene L. Turner @DiAnnMills This week’s guest blogger is Darlene L. Turner @DarleneLTurner Did you know every strand of hair on our heads is dead? So, where does it get its strength? It starts in the papilla (hair bulb), which feeds from cells in our blood vessels deep under the surface. One of my favorite Bible stories is Samson

By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills C. S. Lewis is one of my heroes of the Christian faith, and he may be one of yours too. C. S. Lewis is an inspiration to all who have read his books. As children, many of us were introduced to his Chronicles of Narnia series. As adults, we read and reread his insightful works about

By Sherry Carter @DiAnnMills Our guest blogger this week is Sherry Carter. For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Ephesians 2:10 I have a confession to make. When God calls me to do something, I immediately say, “I can’t! Even if it’s something I’ve done

By Katy Kauffman @DiAnnMills This week’s guest post is by Katy Kauffman Trapped. Desperate. That’s how I felt. Trapped inside my own mind with no way of escape.  I couldn’t eat, sleep, or pray like I used to. Negative thoughts kept rushing into my mind, and I couldn’t turn them off. I couldn’t even sing without feeling the weight and

By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills We are on a Sacred Adventure, a journey of the soul fueled by the opportunity to touch the lives of countless people. We have been given a treasured gift, the gift of writing. Writing is not an easy journey, but it’s one filled with holiness. Writing is a path each writer takes alone. But in the

By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Christmas is a time of love and giving of the heart. We want our loved ones to have the perfect gift they will remember and treasure. We also want to include the less fortunate, those people we may never meet. The truth is we don’t always have the money to purchase what we think is the