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  • What Really Matters in Life: Lessons from Alone: Benefits of Adversity
    Posted on Thursday, August 12th, 2021 | Tagged: Adversity, Alone, benefits of adversity, Carol McClain, Discovery's Alone, Gal 6:7-8, Jer 29:11, Lessons from Alone, Vancouver Island, what really matters in life, Writing Redemption

    @carol_mcclain “Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. For he who sows to the flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life.“  Galatians 6:7-8 . Adversity Creates Determination I don’t need to tell you, we, …[ read more ]

  • The Significance of One
    Posted on Monday, May 10th, 2021 | Tagged: 1 Peter 4:10, Arlo Guthrie, Carol McClain, cause and effect of simple actions, God values the individual, individualism, Significance, the significance of the individual, Writing Redemption, you are important

    @carol_mcclain 1 Peter 4:10 As each one has received a special gift, employ it in serving one another as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. I heard an interesting thought by Arlo Guthrie this weekend–who’d have thought he’d inspire inspirational thoughts. The following is my abbreviated take on an interesting tale.   Guthrie told the …[ read more ]

  • The Extravagance of God
    Posted on Monday, April 5th, 2021 | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, beauty, Borrowed Lives, Carol McClain, cherish the now, fish, flowers, God's glory, photographs, Psalm 139:14, The extravagance of God, What do you love?, Writing Redemption

    @carol_mcclain When I see a flower I stop. I examine the bloom, look at it from all angles, check the smell, and at last–photograph it. Everything about flowers captivates me–texture, scent, color, size. My photo albums are full of pictures that probably bore others, but delight me. How could God have created such diversity? We know …[ read more ]

  • Renovating the Heart: Introducing Secondhand Sunsets by Gail Kittleston
    Posted on Monday, March 29th, 2021 | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, beauty from ashes, Carol McClain, Dare to Bloom, fiction, Gail Kittleson, growth through suffering, historical fiction, Secondhand Sunsets, spiritual themes, women with grit, women's fiction, Writing Redemption

    @carol_mcclain I’m branching out here in introducing other authors. Gail Kittleson is a gifted writer, teacher, and mentor. She’s recently released a new book: Secondhand Sunsets. I’d love for you to get to know her. Secondhand Sunset Recently, my husband and I decided to re-re-renovate a central portion of our very old house, …[ read more ]

  • Love Life: Live in the Moment
    Posted on Tuesday, March 23rd, 2021 | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, beauty in a snow storm, Borrowed Lives, Carol McClain, hepatica, little things matter, live in the moment, look at your world, Love Life: Live in the Moment, Matt 6:34, photography, seize the day, two important photography rules, Writing Redemption

    By: Carol McClain @carol_mcclain “Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient to the day is the evil thereof” (Matt. 6:34). I love photography. Although not a gifted photographer, I love practicing the craft. Recently, two points have been hammered home to create art rather …[ read more ]

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      “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. What we do with this hour and with that one, is what we are doing.” ― Annie Dillard, The Writing Life It's the new year, and of course, you've made resolutions. Do you want to exercise more? Cook healthy meals? Write a book? Have you resolved that this is the year you'd accomplish this? Nearly all of us have already broken our resolves. Why? Because we do what we want to do. Wait, our resolves are our desire, or so we think. Not if you're not doing… ...[ full story ]

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