by Elaine McAllister | Mar 3, 2018 | Writing
“We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master.” – Ernest Hemingway Recently, in my unattainable quest to become a master, I attended the Florida Christian Writers Conference along with a few hundred aspiring writers. Are we now master...
by Elaine McAllister | Mar 1, 2018 | Friends, Writing
Well, I did it! Who would’ve thought it? Certainly, not I. I’ve just returned from the Florida Christian Writers Conference at Lake Yale, just outside of Orlando. It was truly a great opportunity and one for which I am so thankful. Everything came together in the last...
by Elaine McAllister | Jan 20, 2018 | Life, Writing
“I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it.” – Vincent Willem van Gogh I like that quote from the famous Dutch post-impressionist painter! Think about it. There isn’t one thing we do NOW, that we didn’t do ONCE, for the very FIRST time!...
by Elaine McAllister | Jan 12, 2018 | Faith, Life, Thankfulness
It was 3 a.m. and I was wide awake, sensing the need for prayer! There were no howling coyotes or barking dogs. There was no thunderstorm, but I was awakened from a sound sleep and a telephone number was as clear to me as if it were written in large, glow-in-the-dark...
by Elaine McAllister | Nov 29, 2017 | Faith, Life
It’s real. This struggle. The churning in my gut. The thoughts racing haphazardly through my mind. Those fears. Those what-ifs. Those prayers for which I have no words. I’m thankful God knows my groanings, and I’m thankful for His promises of peace,...
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