Monthly Prayer

Written by Donna Hues Prayer Team Member Heavenly Father, we bless and praise Your name for the marvelous way You choose to work in each of our lives.  As this new year begins, may we not allow the troubles of the past to cast a shadow on the working of the Holy Spirit to conform us more closely to the …

Written by Charles Earl Harrel Prayer Team Member “In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you” (1 Thessalonians 5:18 nkjv) Dear Lord, winter has arrived again, and for many of us, it is our favorite season—a time for being thankful, sharing hope, giving benevolence, and appreciating family and friends. These things are …

Jane Daly, of Dallas, signed a contract in mid-October with Elk Lake Publishing for her novel, The Girl in the Cardboard Box, which was the Cascade Award winner in the unpublished contemporary fiction category in 2017. Expected publication date is fall 2021. Virginia A. Johnson, of Sublimity, will have her story, “The Christmas Thief,” in one of the December 2020 …

Carolyn Bolz, of Riverside, California, recently found out she was one of the three winners (out of 500 submissions) in a “Dear Aging” contest sponsored by Guideposts magazine. Here is the link to her winning entry: https://www.guideposts.org/better-living/health-and-wellness/healing/dear-aging-how-it-feels-to-get-older. She also had “The Forgetful Emcee,” a short humorous piece, in the “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Becoming a Communicator” …

Xochitl Dixon, of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, released her first children’s book, Different Like Me, on August 4. It celebrates our differences and our sameness as God’s beautifully diverse and purposefully connected people. God Sees Her, a 2020 Our Daily Bread compilation, features more than 30 of her Our Daily Bread devotions. She has also signed a contract to write …