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The fourth candle for the last Advent Sunday stands for Love. What Christ has done for us, what He is doing, and what He will do—all reveal His love for us. The greatest gift in the world? That is giving what is most dear. Sacrificing what we want to provide what others need. The dearest […]
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MORE: Advent week 3 with Writing Connection December 13, 2025
Look around. Even with the sun radiantly bright, our world is dark. Humans can argue about raising a family, budgeting for expenses, politics, politicians, climate change, whether the change is cyclical or anthropogenic, diet, exercise, sleep deprivation, big Pharma, vaccines, green spaces, carbon footprints, and more and more and more and more. That list barely […]
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More on Advent / Week 2 with Writing Connection December 6, 2025
As the first week is Hope, the second week is preparing the way for Christ. That knowledge—of what Christ has done, is doing, and will do—gives us PEACE, for we know that He directs our lives. Many people become caught up in the questions: Who and What? Why and How? Christ is a mystery that […]
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MORE: Advent wk 1 November 30, 2025
More: Advent, Chrismons, & Writing ~ 1st Week Welcome to More and a celebration of the Advent season. The denomination of my formative Christian years didn’t celebrate the church year. We had Easter and Christmas, but those two Sundays were the only ones devoted to special events of the church: Sunrise Service and Gift-Giving for […]
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6:43 / On Hiatus / The Write Focus October 29, 2025
Well, this has never happened. Changes disrupt ~ but do bring progress. Listen to learn while The Write Focus is on hiatus.
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6:42 / Fall into Poetry with Poets / Nancy Brewka-Clark October 22, 2025
Nancy Brewka-Clark is our guest poet for this episode of The Write Focus. With clever one-liners, Nancy shares how poetry affects writing and life. Her collection Beautiful Corpus published just as Covid struck, and the intended splash of a new publication became lost in the lock-down world and had lost all shiny newness when society […]
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6:41 / Fall into Poetry with Poets / donalee Moulton October 15, 2025
Returning to The Write Focus podcast, this time to talk poetry and fiction, is Canadian writer donalee Moulton. We talk free verse vs. pure verse, twilight creativity, the benefits of poetry to our writing and to our souls, and many more topics. We also consider the dilemma facing many writers. It’s the question Am I […]
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6:40 / Fall into Poetry with Poets / Janet Innes October 8, 2025
Welcome Back to Fall into Poetry with a Poet, from The Write Focus. Our poet for this episode is crime fiction writer Janet Innis. While we suffer through storms and glitches, we do still manage to have a great conversation about poetry, fiction, and writing in general. Poet before she began writing crime, Janet Innes […]
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6:39 / Fall into Poetry with Poets / Michael Cody October 1, 2025
Welcome to the official start of autumn. We’re two episodes into our Fall into Poetry series—this is the third—with a focus this season on poets who also write fiction. Our primary question is How Writing Poetry Made our Guest a Better Fiction Writer, but I guarantee we will delve into a lot of other corners […]
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6:38 / Fall into Poetry with Poets / Pam Ebel September 24, 2025
Welcome to our second episode for Fall into Poetry with a Poet. Our poet this time is Pam Ebel, and this makes her third appearance on the podcast. Pam is a pure writer, which in my opinion means she writes many different styles and she shares her knowledge freely with us, with other writers at […]
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