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  • Are You, Christian, Lurking in the Dark?
    Posted on Thursday, October 8th, 2026 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: 1 John 3:1, author Carol McClain, Isaiah 60: 1, Isaiah 60: 1-3, live a godly life, Matthew 15: 21, Writing Redemption

    Carol McClain Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. Isaiah 60:1 As a Christian for over forty years, I’ve seen some truly glorious and godly believers. Sadly, so many, while saved and loving the Lord do things we condemn in the unsaved. How many have divorced …[ read more ]

  • Christian–You Are Righteous, But Are You Merciful?
    Posted on Monday, May 4th, 2026 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: Are you merciful, attitude toward the sinner, author Carol McClain, beatitudes, Blessed are the merciful, Carol McClain, Matt. 5:7, Micah 6:8, Writing Redemption

    Carol McClain Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy. Matt. 5:7 Don Carson, a theologian and co-founder of Gospel Coalition, writes: “Mercy is a loving response prompted by the misery and helplessness of the one on which love is to be showered.” If I only knew then what I know now. I used …[ read more ]

  • Five Ways To Keep Your Resolutions
    Posted on Monday, January 2nd, 2023 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, 1 Cor. 15:58, adoption, Annie Dillard, author Carol McClain, Borrowed Lives, fiction, foster care, How to keep your resolutions, the writing life

    “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 …[ read more ]

  • What do comparisons do?
    Posted on Monday, September 5th, 2022 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, 2 Corinthians 10:12, author Carol McClain, Carol McClain, comparisons, comparisons hurt, Proverbs 31, proverbs 31:10-31, Writing Redemption

    carol_mcclain I’m sure glad Lemuel’s mother isn’t my mother-in-law. She asked her son this question in Proverbs 31 verse 10: Who can find a virtuous wife? I’ll rephrase for the purposes of this blog–are you a virtuous wife? Wait-wait. Here’s the answer. No one Don’t believe me. Take this quiz and see how you match up …[ read more ]

  • God Can Create Beauty from Tragedy
    Posted on Monday, March 8th, 2021 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, author Carol McClain, Baskin Creek, beauty from ashes, Beauty from tragedy, Borrowed Lives, carolmcclain.com, Gatlinburg Wildfire 2016, Great Smoky Mountains, healing from pain, Is 61:2, Smoky Mountains, Writing Redemption

    By: Carol McClain @carol_mcclain “(He has called me) To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified” …[ read more ]

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    • Are You, Christian, Lurking in the Dark?

      Carol McClain Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. Isaiah 60:1 As a Christian for over forty years, I've seen some truly glorious and godly believers. Sadly, so many, while saved and loving the Lord do things we condemn in the unsaved. How many have divorced a spouse while still being "best friends" with their ex? How many babies arrived eight months after a marriage? How many have skirted the edges of the law and bragged about their exploits? Of course, the list of things we ought not  do stretches far… ...[ full story ]

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