Writing Portfolio

REFRESH MAGAZINE

Honored to have an article in the summer issue of Refresh Magazine on one of my favorite topics: Joy and Peace. Many of us are struggling to get past the anxiety of the recent pandemic. Click here to read words that will inspire and encourage you.

refresh magazine

The year 2020 was a year filled with unprecedented anxiety and fear. The theme of the Spring issue of Refresh Magazine is “Don’t Be Afraid.” It’s filled with encouragement and strategies for dealing with worries of any kind. My article is called “Navigating Fear.”

TODAY’S CHRISTIAN LIVING

Today’s Christian Living is a wonderful magazine, and I love getting mine in the mail each month. I was thrilled to have an article published in the monthly column called Turning Point. It’s about how I learned to trust God during my son’s military deployment: “Learning to Trust God in Difficult Times” (September 2020).

REFRESH MAGAZINE

How do you sustain those hard-won spiritual victories? The short Bible studies in this issue of Refresh give strategies for doing just that. I contributed one of the articles: “Plant Your Flag!”

GOOD NEWS MAGAZINE

I’m proud to have work featured in Good News Magazine, whose mission is to spread the good news of Jesus. It’s a great magazine, written by people from all walks of life. My article is “Reclaim the Joy Jesus Intends for Us.”

REFRESH MAGAZINE

Honored to have an article in the Fall issue of Refresh Magazine. The theme is The Power of Knowing, and features inspirational stories about the difference that knowing God has made in each writer’s life. My article is about the lesson I learned from sunflowers.

georgia backroads magazine

What does the peacock have to do with one of the world’s largest industries? And how did it get started in the small northwest Georgia town of Dalton? Find out by reading “Finding Peacock Alley” in the Fall 2019 issue.

Good News Magazine

“Following Our Spiritual Light” is a devotion appearing in Good News Christian Magazine July 2019. I love the way the magazine did the layout and images. Great design!

GEORGIA BACKROADS MAGAZINE

“Hiking the George Disney Trail” appeared in the Summer 2018 edition of Georgia Backroads Magazine.The Disney Trail in Dalton, Georgia is one of the oldest designated trails in the state as well as the steepest short climb.

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“This Man of Few Words” is a biographical narrative of Dalton, Georgia poet Robert Loveman. Loveman grew up in Dalton during the years following the Civil War, and many marks of his national fame are still in place today.

CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL

Your story, “My Bully, My Friend” has made it to the final selection round for Chicken Soup for the Soul: Just Us Girls. The stories are great and this book promises to be a classic.
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