Is God calling you to "write His answer"

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Write His Answer Seminar
Carlisle Inn, Sugarcreek, OH
March 14-15, 2008
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Get Your Book in Print Seminar
Allentown, PA
March 29, 2008
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Lancaster Christian Writers
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Lititz, PA
April 19, 2008

Colorado Christian
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May 14-17, 2008
YMCA Estes Park Center
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Greater Philly
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August 7-9, 2008
Philadelphia Biblical University

Write His Answer Seminar
Maryland
September 6, 2008

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Base your words on the Word.
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but you are uncertain how to get started or how to squeeze one more thing into a life that is already full? Perhaps you are procrastinating because of self-doubts. Perhaps you've been writing for a long time but you're struggling with discouragement and rejection slips. Perhaps you've even begun to question your call. Or perhaps you are writing and publishing regularly but long to make a greater impact through your writing.

Whether you've dreamed of a writing ministry or are widely published, Write His Answer Ministries will encourage you to write about a God who is real, who is reachable, and who changes lives.

Write His Answer Ministries is the umbrella for my writing and speaking ministry and my ministry to other Christian writers through

	Bible studies
	how-to books for writers at a reduced price and a secure shopping cart
	At Home Writing Workshops (a correspondence study program)
	Christian writing seminars and retreats
	the Colorado and Greater Philadelphia Christian Writers Conferences that I direct
	the Greater Philadelphia Christian Writers Fellowship that I founded in 1983
	editing and mentoring services to Christian writers
	helping Christian publish affordably but professionally through Ampelos Press

I felt a call to full-time Christian service as a teenager. If anyone had told me then, however, that God was calling me to a writing and speaking ministry, I would have said, "A loving God would never do that to me!" I hated English in high school, and I was terrified of the public speaking class we were required to take.

God's plan was certainly not my plan. Instead, it is "infinitely beyond [my] highest prayers, desires, thoughts, or hopes" (Eph 3:20 TLB)! He has given me the joy and privilege of being part of Christian publishing since 1968. I have made over 1,000 sales to Christian periodicals and have authored five books including an expanded edition of Write His Answer - A Bible Study for Christian Writers (Write Now Publications, 1999). I am the compiler and editor of For Better, For Worse - Devotional Thoughts for Married Couples (Christian Publications, 2004) and My Turn to Care - Encouragement for Caregivers of Aging Parents (Thomas Nelson, 1994, and Ampelos Press, 1999).

The Lord has opened so many doors, including the opportunity to serve on the faculty of over 75 Christian writers conferences and to give my one- and two-day Christian writers seminars over 50 times around the nation. And I never cease to be awed by what He does at each year's Colorado and Greater Philadelphia Christian Writers Conference that I direct. When He blessed me with an honorary Doctor of Letters in May 1999, all I could say was, "Wow!" Only God could take someone who felt as inadequate as I did (and often still do) and make all this happen.
 

When I attended my first writers conference, I had planned to listen to several different speakers.
But after I heard you speak, I changed my plans and attended every session you taught.
After my first writers conference, I sold the first three pieces I submitted, mostly thanks to you.
Since then I have authored or coauthored eleven books,
written articles for several periodicals, and written greeting card copy for DaySpring.
I edited two online magazines, Barefoot Path and Barefoot for Kids, for three and two years respectively.
Thank you for getting my writing career started on the right track.
Jeanne Gowen Dennis, www.jeannedennis.com

For Such a Time as This

I believe God is calling and equipping Christians to "write His answer." But as the theme for the 2007 Colorado and Greater Philadelphia Christian Writers Conferences reminded us, we need to write "not only with words, but also with power" (1 Thess. 1:5 tlb). Next year's theme, when the Philly conference will be celebrating 25 years of ministry, is "Write His Answer" (Hab. 2:2).

Please help us, Father, to seek your empowering. Thank You for Your promise that now we have "every grace and blessing; every spiritual gift and power for doing Your will . . . during this time of waiting for the return of our Lord Jesus Christ" (1 Cor. 1:7 tlb).
 

Help Feed the Hungry While You Build Your Vocabulary

“About 25,000 people die each day from hunger or hunger-related causes, most of them children.” You can make a difference by going to http://www.freerice.com (the source of the previous quote). By playing their vocabulary building game, you can donate 10 grains of rice for every correct answer. I NEVER play games on my computer, but so far I’ve donated over 1,000 grains of rice!

The Web site checks out at http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/charity/freerice.asp as being legit. They report: “On 7 October 2007, the first day of the site’s operations, only 830 grains were donated. As of 17 November 2007, the number of grains of rice given away amounts to 2,457,120,420.”  

The game has 50 levels of difficulty. The Web site says it is rare for people to get above level 48. I haven’t been able to make it past 40, but I’m determined to build my vocabulary and even more determined to help feed the hungry. I’m praying you’ll join me.
 

A Word from Candy Abbott
Fruit-Bearer Publishing

I shudder to think what my life would be like if I had never met Marlene Bagnull,
and I rejoice as I reflect on what God has already done with my writing
 through her workshops and conferences.
Without her, there would be no Delmarva Christian Writers' Fellowship or WriTeen Crue,
not to mention the many other organizations she has inspired.
Her conferences and mentoring are an anchor for excellence in Christian writing.
Without her, my writing would stink. So, thank you, Marlene, for taking my raw material
and seeing the potential in me.
Truly, God has used you and your teachings to equip me to "write His answer."