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Well, I listened to the podcast and it was great (as usual), as well as slightly convicting. That quote Josiah mentioned, along the lines of if you arn’t in your bible every day, you shouldn’t be writing every day (apologies for not having the actual quote) hit home and kind of hurt. How can I expect my faith to impact my stories when I’m not even reading God’s Word on a regular basis?

I really love this question, Grace, but since I’m still young, I’m not aware of all the ways my faith works itself into my writing. (Still figuring all this out…😛) But even with my little experience I can see how my faith has a huge impact on why I write, how I write, and what I write.

@taylorclogston I love the points you made!

That is so true! I think it’s easy for us to forget that we are all human, whether saved or not, and we share many of the same desires, struggles, and needs. (Obviously, after we are saved, a lot of our desires change, but that doesn’t mean we don’t struggle with wrong desires/wants just like everybody else…) As humans, made in the image of God we all share the basic need “to know and be fully known”, we were all designed for a relationship with the Father. Personally, I believe that is the core desire of every human, whether they know it or not, and we act out of that desire, attempting to fill that emptiness and satisfy the longing. Even after we are saved, we will never be completely fulfilled, or satisfied, until we reach Heaven. Although, through salvation and God’s work of grace in our lives, we are reunited with God, our relationship is still marred and won’t be what it could be until we reach the next life. (Sorry, I know I’m preaching to the choir…🤦‍♀️)

So, really, when it comes down to it, we are mostly all the same. I am still learning how to write with this in mind.😉

OUCH. I’ve been there before…I’ve climbed up on my little, self-righteous pedestal and proclaimed, “Alright, guys, don’t do that. Do this. Seriously, if you would stop being such an idiot and just do it the way I tell you, which after all is the truth, you would be happy.” I’ve closed my eyes to the pain and trauma and heartbreak and have treated people like machines; if I can just get the right words pounded through their thick skull, I can convince them. I forget that when I struggle with anxiety, and hate, and lust, and selfishness, that I last thing I want is someone shouting bible verses at me. It’s funny how I hate being preached at, yet I attempt to win others to Christ by doing exactly that. Don’t get me wrong, preaching has it’s time and place, but preferably not in fiction.

Okay, I’ll stop rambling now…hope there was something in there worth reading. 😬