by Lindsay Harrel | Oct 6, 2014 | Other
Christian fiction is known by many as sweet and saccharine — sure to induce happy, glowy feelings about God and family. And for many novels, that’s the truth. But in today’s world, there’s more than that to Christian fiction (in fact, my friend...
by Lindsay Harrel | Sep 8, 2014 | Other
In less than 3 weeks, I’ll be attending the American Christian Fiction Writers annual conference. This is seriously one of my favorite times of the year. I get to gather with other authors who have the same passion as I do — to reach people with the love...
by Lindsay Harrel | Jul 21, 2014 | Other
By Jody Hedlund (@JodyHedlund) Every inspirational fiction writer faces the challenges of weaving spiritual themes and messages into stories without coming across as sounding “preachy.” While I don’t want my stories to come across as...
by Lindsay Harrel | Apr 7, 2014 | Other
A few weeks ago, I sang offertory at church. I had to pick a song, so I went through the list of songs in my repertoire. When I came across Nichole Nordeman’s “Gratitude,” I started to cry. Because we may make all sorts of plans for our lives...
by Lindsay Harrel | Mar 24, 2014 | Other
I’m going to get real here for a minute. Because I think too often as a Christian, I shove my struggles under a mat and pretend like I’m fine. But no one ever said living the life of a believer would be easy. Jesus least of all. So, I realized something...
