One of my ongoing battles is with smartphone addiction. You know, compulsively checking the iPhone to see if there is anything new. Getting lost reading articles and digging deeper into pointless websites until 15, then 20, then 40 minutes have whizzed by with the phone still in my hand. Answering “uh huh” mindlessly to my […]
Archive for the ‘Preaching to Myself’ Category
Between Two Worlds – Internet vs. Home
Posted in Christian Living, Motherhood, My Life, Preaching to Myself on May 23, 2014 | 7 Comments »
Grumbling
Posted in Christian Living, Preaching to Myself, Scripture on April 30, 2014 | 2 Comments »
I came across a convicting passage in my reading today. I think we’ve all felt a little “zinged” by our consciences when we find Scripture verses like this: “We must not indulge in sexual immorality as some of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell in a single day. We must not put Christ to the […]
Trenches and Treasures
Posted in Christian Living, Preaching to Myself on April 19, 2014 | 1 Comment »
One night I dreamed I was one of the characters from my trilogy, except she and her brother were not involved in a science-fiction war in another world, but rather a small pocket of conflict in some middle-eastern country. The characters were with a group of rebels who had built trench works at the top […]
Until My Lord Release Me or Death Take Me
Posted in Christian Living, Preaching to Myself, Scripture on April 2, 2014 | 2 Comments »
I often have to remind myself that the Christian life is a life of discomfort. We must be uncomfortable with ourselves, striving to greater godliness and fleeing from our sin daily. We must be uncomfortable with the extent of our knowledge of God, seeking His face and searching His word diligently, even desperately, every day. […]
On Being Relevant
Posted in Christian Living, Inspiration, Preaching to Myself, Rants on March 29, 2014 | 13 Comments »
In recent years I have discovered something about myself, as a writer and also simply as a person – I have something to say. I have come to think of myself as a stargazer, one who looks out into the night sky of everyday life and sees beauty, directions, even constellations, tracing dot-to-dot pictures in […]
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Bethany A. Jennings is a YA speculative fiction and poetry author, a freelance editor, and a lover of artisan sandwiches. Born in SoCal, with a heart and soul raised in many different worlds, she now lives happily in New England with her husband, four children, zero pets, and a large and growing collection of tiny houseplants. She is a firm believer in the power of words to reach hurting hearts, uplift the weary, and pierce the darkness.
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