[serialposts]When I started writing my novel back in 2009, I didn’t set out to write about human trafficking. I just wanted to tell the story of a girl we mentored, but I wasn’t surprised when my characters took on a life of their own and what came of...
[serialposts]from Elora Ramirez’ debut novel Come Alive, due out this Winter through Rhizome Publishing – Sunrises make me come alive. I’m usually up far before the sun makes an appearance anyway, so when the first light of the day creeps its way across...
[serialposts] If our God is the Father to the fatherless, how can we, who are called to be imitators of him, be any less? As I read Redeeming the Story, I couldn’t help but think of where my husband and I were seven months ago and where we’re at now....
[serialposts] The fatherless generation embraces pain to escape the anguish of a missing father. They believe and live the lies of rejection until the lie becomes the truth. Like Legion, they isolate themselves to escape the pain through drugs or self-injury –...
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