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  • The Extravagance of God
    Posted on Monday, April 5th, 2021 | Filed under Blog | 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 | 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 ]

  • Love Life: Live in the Moment
    Posted on Tuesday, March 23rd, 2021 | Filed under Blog | 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 ]

  • Why Christians Are Hated
    Posted on Saturday, September 12th, 2020 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, Carol McClain, Hatred toward Christians, How to live godly, Isaiah 1:16-17, John 15: 18-19, Matthew 15:22, People hated Jesus--they'll hate us, Why Christians are hated, why society hates Christians, Writing Redemption

    By: Carol McClain @carol_mcclain Last week, a reader commented that no matter what we do, the lost will despise Christians. He was right. 18 “If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. 19 If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to …[ read more ]

  • Learn To Do Good: Hard/But Possible
    Posted on Tuesday, September 1st, 2020 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, Carol McClain, character, COVID-19, evil, good, holiness, How to learn to do good, Isaiah 1:16-17, Learn to do good, Luke 6:45, Six Ways to Be Holy, Why Media Hates Christians, Writing Redemption

    By: Carol McClain @carol_mcclain . We’re looking at Isaiah 1:16-17. And if you are with me, you know because we’re saved by grace and not works, people see our human nature and think we’re a bunch of hypocrites. News flash: Nope. We’re not. Oh? You already knew that. As a review, Isaiah 1:16b-17 reads: Cease to …[ read more ]

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    • The Extravagance of God

      @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 we live in an "unfair" world. Some people, with little effort or with family influence, have everything. Some because of race or religion have little. Despite this, God has strewn the world with beauty--free to anyone who will look. Besides flowers, fish intrigue me.… ...[ full story ]

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