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Condemned to Death Over a Cup of Water
Illiterate. “Untouchable.” Christian. And a Woman. But Asia Discovers Her Voice. Asia Bibi, a Christian mother of five, was condemned to die by hanging in Pakistan seven years ago–literally for sharing a cup of water. She’s been in prison ever since. These posts on Asia Bibi are the start of a series on Stories of […full post]
Reckless Faith for the Last Days
What if this were the last year? I’m not saying it is! But if it were, how would you live? Asia Bibi’s story has been in the news for years. The mother of five has been in prison since 2010… over a cup of water. Her crime was to offer water she’d fetched from a well […full post]
So What’s Your Book About, Actually?
Well… it’s about two people in places they never chose to be, undergoing trials we can scarcely imagine. But in the end it’s a tale of reckless faith and (spoiler alert!) none of it’s too grim for God. My book is definitely a work of fiction, but an astonishing true story inspired it. On April […full post]
Now I’m Somebody! (Or Am I?)
I just spent four days in Nashville at the American Christian Fiction Writers’ Conference. It was fabulous! Workshops and worship and fellowship with hundreds of writers who are hard at work creating what the keynote speaker, Ted Dekker, terms “transformational fiction.” The headline news is… I was a finalist for an award and, to my […full post]
Confessions from My Secret Life
Unless you know me well, I’ve probably been keeping something from you—at least until now. You see, there’s a hidden aspect to my life. A mysterious pursuit. It involves long hours of solitary effort in a garret room. Painstaking research into obscure topics in untraveled reaches of the world-wide web. Weekend excursions to far-flung places […full post]
