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  • 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 ]

  • Joy: How do you find it when your world falls apart?
    Posted on Tuesday, December 13th, 2022 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, Borrowed Lives, Carol McClain, Ecclesiastes 1:9, How to find joy, Isaiah 35:1, joy, Philippians 4:8, Romans, Romans 8, romans 8: 35-39, sorrow, sorrow at Christmas, Writing Redemption

    @carol_mcclain The wilderness and the wasteland shall be glad for them, And the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose. (Is. 35:1) This last Sunday, Neil and I lit the third Advent candle–the rose one. Joy. Of all things with the recent loss of my mother (not to mention my usual litany of sorrowful things–I …[ read more ]

  • Proof You Matter: Look at Tamar
    Posted on Monday, March 14th, 2022 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, Borrowed Lives, Carol McClain, gen 38:6-30, Genealogy of Jesus, Jesus, Matthew 1: 3, Proof you mattar, Romans 8:38, Tamar, Women matter, Writing Redemption, your ministry

    @carol_mcclain   Odd to many, I love the genealogies of the Bible. In them, we find a rich history. I cannot breeze through them because each name tells a story that takes time to understand in order to uncover the depth of meaning. You matter. You’re not a name in a list of names, just another …[ read more ]

  • Why Trust God
    Posted on Wednesday, February 2nd, 2022 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: Borrowed Lives, Carol McClain, how to trust God, Isaiah 40:31, Isaiah 55:12, Job 8:21, Psalm 121: 7-8, Trusting God is like riding a roller coaster, Why trust God, Writing Redemption

    @carol_mcclain Why do I love roller coasters?   They’re safe. They’re designed by engineers who know (not people like me who would have a hard time engineering a box). They’re tested so no one would be hurt. Thousands of people have ridden the ride before me. They take me places I could never go on …[ read more ]

  • Seeing Comets
    Posted on Monday, January 10th, 2022 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, Borrowed Lives, Carol McClain, comets, Hale-Bopp comet, Hyakitake Comet, Kahoutec Comet, Psalm 139:14, Writing Redemption

    @carol_mcclain A lifetime fled without my ever having glimpsed a comet. In 1973 Kahoutec visited our skies when I lived in New York City. With the city’s manmade display of lights, my chances of seeing Kahoutec were non-existent. Actually, the city had little to do with my ability to witness the comet. I was too …[ 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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