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Tagged: beauty from ashes

Renovating the Heart: Introducing Secondhand Sunsets by Gail Kittleston
Posted on Monday, March 29th, 2021 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, beauty from ashes, Carol McClain, Dare to Bloom, fiction, Gail Kittleton, 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 Kittleston 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 ]
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 ]

Health: Lessons from Alone
@carol_mcclain We take our health for granted. We smoke or drink (or in my case, overdose on chocolate). Maybe we abhor exercise or refuse to get a vaccine because--hey--that's for old people and scaredy-cats. (And I have a right to chose what to do with my body--that's another blog). Two weeks ago, my husband and I had breakthrough cases of COVID (not an excuse for you to skip the vaccination because people get the yuck anyway). Had I not had the vaccine, I'm sure I'd have been in the hospital as I'm still struggling to recover. What did I lose… ...[ full story ]

Carol McClain