Finally, a Simmer Starters post!! Here are my favorites from the past few weeks… It’s interesting to see which ones stick out at me most, stick in my mind longest, when I have to carve away at several weeks’ worth of links and choose the best. Sehnsucht (Annie Hawthorne) – This is just beautifully written and […]
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Simmer Starters – April 15, 2016
Posted in Christian Living, Encouragement, Simmer Starters, Speculative Fiction, Spiritual Warfare on April 15, 2016 | Leave a Comment »
Simmer Starters – September 12, 2015
Posted in Christian Living, Controversies, Culture and Politics, Fandoms and Geekery, For Your Amusement, Simmer Starters, Speculative Fiction, Spiritual Warfare, Writing on September 12, 2015 | 6 Comments »
Simmer Starters today: young adult novel key elements, why boys should play with sticks, how fiction helps us reimagine life for the disabled, how to speak geek, and more. There are a lot of links today because I forgot last week. I hope you find some useful things here! How SciFi and Fantasy Can Help […]
When God Gives You Darkness
Posted in Christian Living, Encouragement, Musings, Spiritual Warfare, tagged Bible, children, darkness, faith, glow stick, God, grief, ISIS, jesus, kids, light, martyr, persecution, Scripture, sin, stocks, suffering on August 27, 2015 | 7 Comments »
Oh, oh, here we go Welcome to the show Lights shining, so blinding From our head to our toes When this room blacks out You know we will stand out So come on, oh We’re gonna glow! – “Glow” by Britt Nicole Children love glow sticks. Actually, adults love glow sticks too. (At least I do…I […]
Pro-Lifers, Let’s Be an Unstoppable Owl Brigade
Posted in All Truth is God's Truth, Controversies, Culture and Politics, Rants, Spiritual Warfare on August 20, 2015 | 4 Comments »
You know that scene in the first Harry Potter story, when Harry starts getting his letters from Hogwarts? His aunt and uncle won’t let him keep or see any of the notes. Each time one arrives they shred it, confiscate it, smash it, burn it in the fire. Until one day Owl Post bombards their […]
When God Says “As You Wish”
Posted in Christian Living, Encouragement, Fandoms and Geekery, Motherhood, Movies and TV, Spiritual Warfare, Toddler Life, tagged Bible, C.S. Lewis, children, discipline, faith, God, kids, love, parenting, Princess Bride, punishment, Scripture, sin on July 2, 2015 | 3 Comments »
Last week I was chatting with a friend about parenting struggles. She has a child who had gotten addicted to TV, and she had to do the hard work of cutting back screen time. Not only was it upsetting to the child, but it was hard on Mom too! Now she has to entertain the […]
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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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