CCWC & GPCWC Keynoter – Praying the News

Impacting Our World Through the Power of Prayer Donna Brennan interviews CCWC & GPCWC faculty member Craig von Buseck It’s easy to become fearful, angry, or cynical when watching the news. It can make us want to retreat from the larger world or to stop watching the news altogether. But Craig von Buseck, Director of Ministry [...]

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Concerned

I’m concerned! Tonight’s news did a powerful “show and tell” of the struggle so many Americans are facing financially. My heart broke as I watched an interview of a sixty-four-year-old man from Philly who is living on food stamps and “barely surviving.” A college graduate, he was laid off from his job and hasn’t been [...]

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End of year message and free workshop

I am more convinced than ever that “for such a time as this” God is raising up an army to “write His answer.”

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Thankful for His Blessings

We Thank You, O Lord To the tune “We Gather Together”  We thank You, O Lord, for Your mercy and blessings, Your love that we never can merit or earn. Our praises we’re bringing to You on this Thanksgiving. We worship You, O Lord -, our hearts for You yearn. We need You, O Lord, [...]

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GPCWC – Addressing Today’s Critical Issues

Beyond the opportunity to learn from an outstanding faculty of over 65 editors, agents, and authors and to meet with them one-on-one, the August 10-13 Greater Philly Christian Writers Conference will be addressing today’s critical issues in our new Seminars for Concerned Christians. Thursday, 1:00 – 4:30, “Who Is My Neighbor?” Along with Michele Clark, professor [...]

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Are you writing a novel?

Bonnie Calhoun asked me to write a 1,000 word article about the August 10-13 Greater Philly Christian Writers Conference for the July issue of her Christian Fiction Online Magazine. I’m always careful to follow guidelines, but once I got started writing about all the opportunities for novelists, I ended up with 1,400 words and I could [...]

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Jesus Is the Reason!

As reported on CNN, the billboard below recently went up on Rt. 495 at Kennedy Blvd (on the NJ side, right before the Lincoln Tunnel entering Manhattan).  What is happening to our nation that was founded on Judeo/Christian principles? Are we like the frog in that kettle, unaware that the heat has been turned up [...]

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Hallelujah!

Yes, hallelujah! For the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah,Hallelujah. The kingdom of this world is become. The kingdom of our lord and of his Christ, and of his Christ. And he shall reign for ever and ever. . . . King of kings, and lord of lords. King of kings and lord of [...]

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Be Still, and Know . . .

Has your week been like mine with exhausting mental gymnastics and information overload? I’ve been struggling to convert an InDesign file to Word of a book I’ve agreed to edit.  My email inbox continues to hover at around 800 messages (please forgive me if I’ve not yet answered an email you sent me), and I’ve spent tons [...]

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