Your face looks the same as when last I saw you—your hair as white as ever. You smile at me as your dear friend introduces us. “Good to...

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Andreli leaned back against the trunk of an old oak tree and rubbed his blistered and dirt- covered feet. Two long hard days of travel...

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The leather purse skid across the dusty cave floor—drawstrings shaking loose and gold coins skipping out like stones on a creek. Chaim...

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"How can imperfect people, in an imperfect world, write about a perfect God?" My lively professor asked as she tossed a handful of wavy...

You wake up, shower, grab breakfast, and head to work for the day. So far so good. You slog past one of your least favorite co-workers,...

Jo March, Anne of Green Gables, and the heroine of practically every Hallmark Movie out there is a talented, struggling writer polishing...