Faith (sharing our part in God’s story)

As a writer, I appreciate the image of God as the Author of Life. I know He has written a specific story for me, a story that is just one thread in a rich tapestry of colorful stories, a story that He loves revealing to me, one page at a time.

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What are your New Year’s resolutions for 2012?

by Melanie Jongsma, Wordsmith January 4, 2012 Faith (sharing our part in God's story)

It’s not too late for New Year’s resolutions—and if you’ve already broken the ones you made three days ago, it’s ok to start fresh today! A study by Richard Wiseman, PhD, shows that these five tips give people a better chance of success: Break larger goals into smaller steps. Reward yourself for each step you [...]

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How rich are you?

by Melanie Jongsma, Wordsmith November 16, 2011 Faith (sharing our part in God's story)
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I found this interesting website a while ago, and I thought it might be interesting to post it in preparation for the Thanksgiving holiday here in the United States. Sometimes seeing our own story in comparison with others’ gives us a new perspective: Global Rich List Aside from being dizzied by the intense background of [...]

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Lame Christian movies

by Melanie Jongsma, Wordsmith October 26, 2011 Faith (sharing our part in God's story)
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“You’ve got to see this movie—it’s Hollywood quality, but it was made by Christians, and we have to support Christians as they witness in one of the darkest corners of our culture!” Why do I always fall for this line? Most recently, the Christian movie I “had” to see was The Genesis Code, which was [...]

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Faith, action, and storytelling

by Melanie Jongsma, Wordsmith October 12, 2011 Faith (sharing our part in God's story)
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A year ago, Living Springs Community Church spent a Sunday morning “being the church.” We broke up into teams, each of which tackled a different project. The teams launched into the surrounding neighborhoods and performed a variety of services—cleaning up some local parks, washing cars at the senior center, writing letters to soldiers, delivering care [...]

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Seth Godin and
Brenda Salter McNeil inspire
courageous creativity

by Melanie Jongsma, Wordsmith September 14, 2011 Diversity (sharing stories of race, culture, and travel)
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“If you want to write, write,” author and blogger Seth Godin told us at the 2011 Global Leadership Summit. I was attending as part of a group of leaders from Living Springs Community Church, though I was just as interested in applying the learnings to writing as to ministry. Seth Godin’s presentation followed an inspiring message [...]

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