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Deepening Your Faith

Dealing with fears and doubts. Obedience, success, hearing God, and more.

Overcoming Adversity

Detours. Disappointments. Spiritual attacks. And when everything goes wrong…

Refining Your Craft

Focus. Handling criticism. Writing transparently. Avoiding superficiality… and more!

The Writing Life

It’s not a job, it’s a journey. Find rhythms, helps, and best practices to keep you moving forward!

Promoting Creativity

Brain health. Soul care. Refilling your creative well. Avoiding burnout. Don’t miss these episodes!

Growing Your Career

Advice from top authors. Longevity. Legacy. Shaping – or renovating – your career.

Concerning Health

Be equipped to keep writing, meet deadlines, and stay productive through challenging health circumstances.

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Be a True Friend in the Deep

31 - Be a True Friend in the Deep Do you know people in deep places? People you want to help but don’t know what to say or do? Being a friend in the deep isn’t hard. All it takes is understanding, compassion, and truth. All of which can be shared through acts of kindness—some simple, some...

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Refilling Your Well of Creativity

32 - Refilling Your Well of Creativity The deep brings us many challenges, not the least of which is how it depletes our ability to be creative. How can you inspire others with your writing when it seems your well of creativity has nothing in it but dust? But God can refill that well, even in the...

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Write from the Deep: A Man’s Perspective

33 - Write from the Deep: A Man's Perspective When men are in places of deep struggle, the women who love them want to help. But knowing how to do that isn’t easy. Award-winning author James L. Rubart joins us to share practical ways we can uplift and care for the men we know and love. Show Notes...

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Can You Hear God’s “I Love You”?

34 - Can You Hear God's "I Love You"? Every day, in countless ways, God is saying to each of us, “I love you.” So why do so many people struggle with feeling His love? Why do we fall into doubt about the reality of God’s love for us? What if we can’t hear or feel it, no matter how hard we try?...

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The Real Christmas

35 - The Real Christmas No one wants to be in a difficult place at Christmas time. We want to feel happy and enter into the spirit of the season. But is that really what the season is about? Or is the reality of Christmas far more reminiscent of the deep than of decorated trees and twinkling...

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God’s Invitation in the Deep

36 - God's Invitation in the Deep We often struggle when we’re in deep places, wondering what we’ve done to deserve this, why God hasn’t fixed the problems, and why oh why are we there when we’ve done all we can to follow Him? But the truth is God is there, beside you, giving you an invitation to...

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Knowing God’s Heart

37 - Knowing God's Heart So often, we get it into our heads that when we accept Christ and set about following God, life will be not just better—which it is—but easier—which it often is not. In fact, when we seek God’s heart and determine to embrace it in our thoughts, actions, and writing, we may...

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How Do You Overcome Defeat?

38 - How Do You Overcome Defeat? Defeat is never fun. It can bring a host of emotional baggage with it, weighing us down, demoralizing us so much that we doubt our ability to do anything. So how do we keep defeat from undermining us? By seeing it through the eyes of faith. And how do we do that?...

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Why Does It Matter That God Doesn’t Change?

39 - Why Does It Matter That God Doesn't Change? Change. For many that’s a four-letter word, especially when they’re in deep places and struggling to cope. But here’s the good news: there’s an anchor you can hold onto, an anchor that is grounded and firm and never changes. Show Notes We want to...

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Spiritual Fuel to Build Strength and Endurance

40 - Spiritual Fuel to Build Strength and Endurance Are you using the right kinds of “spiritual fuel” to energize and strengthen your faith? Or are you consuming what seems like fuel, but is actually a corrosive that eats away at your spirit and endurance? Come join us as we discuss how to...

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