Love Letters

By Joy Angela Valdez “Joy, girl, people don’t take time to write letters anymore. Snail mail is no longer in fashion!” My friend Marsha was lamenting once again the loss of yet another tradition. Although she is many years younger than me, like me, she has a heart for writing and mourns the death of
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A Chinese Girl’s Christmas in Asia: No turkey died in the process

By Sofina Tan, Singapore I only began to truly celebrate Christmas when I was 16 years old. And I am glad to say that no turkey died in the process. You see, I became a Christian at age 16 in a Hakka Church in Singapore. Hakka is a Chinese dialect that I never learnt to
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I Knew Nothing

Meet Nur Un Nabi, one of many worthy candidates for whom we are seeking to raise scholarships to attend ‪‬‬LittWorld 2015, our unique Christian publishing conference. By Nur Un Nabi, Bangladesh “If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you. This is to
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Waking the Dragon

Last month Jenny Young attended “My Story for His Glory,” a Christian writer workshop and retreat in South Africa. Led by fiction author and MAI trainer Joan Campbell and author Mandy Hackland, the week-end retreat was attended by 13 writers. They chose between two tracks: fiction and devotional writing. Jenny, who works in a secondary
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No One Cried at My Friend’s Funeral

By John Gathuku, Kenya Yesterday we lay to rest the man who literally took me to church. No one cried at the funeral; his wife and children didn’t shed a tear. He was our neighbor and a faithful choir member at a church in our hometown. He brought me along when he went for choir
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The Nativity Painting

By Sharon Rose Estores Montojo, Philippines/USA For the last six years, my family and I have been decorating the house in preparation for Christmas. We usually start with putting up the Christmas tree. This means bringing out items I have stored since last year like the stockings, tree-shaped candles, snowman cookie jars and Christmas village
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Written in Tears

This article is an entry in the MAI Devotional Writing Contest. Try your hand at a 400-word devotional to encourage fellow writers worldwide. See contest guidelines and rules. By Yessy Sutama, Indonesia To become a well-known writer is one of my big aspirations in life. To imagine that someday my book becomes a classic reading
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The Season of Oranges and Unfinished Writing Projects

This article is an entry in the MAI Devotional Writing Contest. Try your hand at a 400-word devotional to encourage fellow writers worldwide. See contest guidelines and rules. By Melanie N. Brasher, Canada He has made everything beautiful in its time. ~Ecclesiastes 3:11 In the cool November air, I sip tea on my porch, watching
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Painfully Pruned, Violently Edited

This article is an entry in the MAI Devotional Writing Contest. Try your hand at a 400-word devotional to encourage fellow writers worldwide. See contest guidelines and rules. By Elizabeth Wickham, Spain I grew up in a ground-floor apartment. Outside my bedroom window was a community almond tree that I considered practically mine. In the
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Under the Robes

This article is an entry in the MAI Devotional Writing Contest. Try your hand at a 400-word devotional to encourage fellow writers worldwide. See contest guidelines and rules. By Elizabeth Van Tassel It’s one of those mornings when the alarm didn’t sound, my son wants to hibernate rather than attend school, and we catch each
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