A 4600-mile trip from Colorado to California and North Dakota allowed some serious meditation on rocks. In other words, there were rocks in my head during long distances! I marveled at so many rock formations that finally an epiphany came, and I declared to my driver: “God certainly loves rocks! Everything on this trip seems…
Category: Art
Assurance Versus Fear; Life’s Encouragement
Friend William J. Petersen, author of over thirty books, has trekked through life using several Bible verses as anchors to give him assurance and insurance. At 88, he teaches a men’s Bible study and is a prolific writer. Read some of his insights below. Assurance As a young man, I adopted 2 Timothy 1:7-8…
Picture Book Teamwork: A Cinderella Story
A few years ago children’s book editor Sylvie Frank reached into a slush pile and pulled out John Sullivan’s picture book story Kitten and the Night Watchman. That Frank even read this manuscript is a little amazing. The slush pile represents unsolicited manuscripts and ranks as a low editorial priority. In the book publishing industry,…