History, Real Life, and Faith
The one hundredth anniversary of the start of World War I is significant to me and my family because a doughboy earned his American citizenship as a result. That doughboy was my grandfather, Antonio Ruvolo. What’s a doughboy? Click to Tweet “Doughboy is an informal term for a member of the United States Army or Marine Corps, especially members of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I….
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Some of you know the lyrics: “Now’s the time to say goodbye to all our company . . . “ That point is nearly here for the novel I’ve spent the last twenty months writing, and I’m having a hard time. I have to say goodbye very soon. There’s a grief that comes from saying goodbye to people you’ve spent a…
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What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet . . . William Shakespeare’s famous line from Romeo and Juliet rings across the centuries and lodges in my head these days as I finish up my novel. One of the most often asked questions of novelists is how they chose names…
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The first woman journalist to visit WWI trenches–and her treacherous journey to no man’s land.
The heroine in my current novel is a would-be World War I foreign correspondent. Early in my research, I discovered few existed. Only one woman got to the trenches and interviewed the famous. Perhaps because she was famous herself? I recognized her name, as would mystery lovers: Mary Roberts Rinehart. A novelist and journalist, as well as a mother and…
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What are partners in ministry? A friend sought partners in her ministry when she returned to the mission field several years ago. She focused on finding folks to pray for her, because, as Oswald Chambers said, “Prayer does not equip us for greater works— prayer is the greater work.” Once she filled a calendar of people commited to pray for…
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