Month: December 2016

Hello once again Christian writer friends! Christmas has crept up on us again, so here’s an idea for the festive season:

Why not take a break from your novel, and write a short story set at Christmas?

How about a story to draw young readers into what Christmas is really all about? The awesome fact of Emmanuel, God with us, who came to serve not to be served, in the humblest of circumstances . . . apparently 36% of children don’t know whose birthday is celebrated at Christmas . . .

The best stories for younger readers often have the simplest plots . . . one main conclusion or outcome to be reached, with obstacles to overcome along the way . . .

Language evolves over time – it’s a fact of life. That’s why many of us don’t usually read the King James Version of the Bible . . . the language we use today has changed considerably since it was translated from the original Greek and Hebrew in the early 1600s. Modern translations tend to . . .