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Intersection Column | The Bone Wars
by Kimberley Woodhouse A few years ago, I asked my readers on my Facebook page what they’d like to see next from me in my...
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Oct 30, 20234 min read
Intersection Column | When Children’s Hearts Mend
by Cheryl Grey Bostrom I know this: When adult family members sink or break, their children often bear the brunt of heartache. Then, as...
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Oct 23, 20235 min read
Intersection Column | Wisdom Belongs to the Aged
by Elizabeth Goddard I grew up in a small East Texas town, surrounded by a big loving Christian family that included my grandparents on...
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Oct 16, 20234 min read
Intersection Column | The Importance of Family
by Irene Hannon A couple of years ago, I received a letter from a reader that startled me. She said I must have been raised in a very bad...
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Oct 9, 20234 min read
Intersection Column | Forecasting the Unpredictable
by Suzanne Woods Fisher Don’t you love it when experts get it wrong? I do. Last summer, weather forecasters predicted that California...
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Sep 25, 20234 min read
Intersection Column | The Impact of Neighbors
by Holly Varni I admit I completely fall into the cliché of “Every book is an autobiography, fiction or not.” When story lines and...
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Sep 18, 20234 min read
Intersection Column | Forever Changed
by Tamera Alexander The stories that have lived inside me the longest are often the most difficult to write, and A Million Little Choices...
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Sep 11, 20234 min read
Intersection Column | Who Doesn’t Want to Be a Princess?
by Melody Carlson Although the idea of discovering one’s related to royalty might be intriguing and interesting, I’d be completely...
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Aug 28, 20235 min read
Intersection Column | A Season of Both
by Mollie Rushmeyer In 2004, I did something no one who knew introverted me could’ve ever expected—I signed up to attend a summer-long...
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Aug 21, 20234 min read
Intersection Column | A Little Bee Told Me…
by Amanda Cox I can’t recall the moment that I first became enchanted by honeybees. I’m sure it had something to do with watching the...
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Aug 14, 20235 min read
Intersection Column | A Story Fell from My Family Tree
by Valerie Fraser Luesse When readers ask how I became a storyteller, I often credit the old black-and-white Magnavox TV that anchored a...
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Jul 31, 20234 min read
Intersection Column | The Unexpected Summer
by Rachel Hauck Every summer, the cousins on my mom’s side gather for four days in eastern Tennessee. We laugh, take walks and naps,...
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Jul 24, 20234 min read
Intersection Column | Lifting the Veil
by Cindy Morgan They say the first rule of writing is to write what you know. Though fiction is a creation of untrue events, I believe...
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Jul 17, 20235 min read
Intersection Column | Kindred Spirits
by Cathy Gohlke Growing up, my family moved too often. Meeting new people and establishing friendships was hard for this introvert, and...
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Jul 10, 20234 min read
Intersection Column | Stories from My Youth
by Susie Finkbeiner A couple of years ago, I walked to the neighborhood park with my kids. It was a sunny day, just right for spending...
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Jun 26, 20235 min read
Intersection Column | Writing Truth into Today's Fiction
by Cindy K. Sproles I'm a mountain girl, born and raised in the Appalachian Mountains of upper east Tennessee. In the mountains,...
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Jun 19, 20234 min read
Intersection Column | What I Learned from Tearing Apart an Indigo Plant
by T.I. Lowe There is an indigo revival happening in my home state of South Carolina. I didn’t realize just how much until I started...
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Jun 12, 20235 min read
Intersection Column | Confronting the Elephant in the Sanctuary
by Janine Rosche When I wrote the first draft of With Every Memory back in 2016, I’d been married for nearly fifteen years. Marriage to...
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May 29, 20234 min read
Intersection Column | How Do We Delight in the Lord?
by Patricia Bradley “Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart.” Psalm 37:4 has been “my” verse since I...
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May 22, 20235 min read
Intersection Column | Showboat Time on the River
by Ann H. Gabhart Write what you know. Most writers hear this advice when they decide to undertake the challenge of writing a book or...
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