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Tall Women Drink Perrier

November 5, 2014 Summer Kinard Leave a comment

With four children and a fifth on the way, I have had to deal with a strange phenomenon a fair…

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Posted in: advice, NaNoWriMo, overcoming blocks Filed under: character development, NaNoWriMo, writing tips

The Inside Story: How to Make Cake into Holy Cake

October 29, 2014 Summer Kinard Leave a comment

If you’ve read The Salvation of Jeffrey Lapin – or even the Jeff and Maddy Books page here on my blog –…

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Posted in: christian, food, Jeff and Maddy Books, novel, publishing Filed under: cake, Orthodox, tradition, who gets served first

Why Salvation Requires Feasts

October 16, 2014 Summer Kinard Leave a comment

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Posted in: christian, genre fiction, novel Filed under: cake, church, communal meals, feasts, theology

Rising From the Dead: A Christian Response to Zombies

October 9, 2014 Summer Kinard Leave a comment

Rising From the Dead: Toward a Christian Response to Zombies Zombies, which almost never occur in the singular, are hoards…

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Posted in: christian, faith, spiritual formation Filed under: anti-zombies, Christians, Zombies versus Jesus

Teaching Kids to Write

October 4, 2014 Summer Kinard 3 Comments

I firmly believe that children do not have to sit still in order to learn. (That’s one of the reasons…

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Posted in: curriculum, homeschool, publishing, teacher and writer, Uncategorized, writing for children Filed under: creative writing, critique groups, easy, homeschool, method

How to Tell Your Dad He’s Going to Die

September 19, 2014 Summer Kinard 2 Comments

How to Tell Your Dad He’s Going to Die: Ancient Christian Prayer as a Model for Saying Goodbye After fifteen…

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Posted in: christian, Friday Faith Talk Filed under: ALS, Christian death, complicated parent relationships, dying of ALS, healing through dying, how to die well

Your Real Smile

September 15, 2014 Summer Kinard 2 Comments

I came across this photo when I was scrolling through our photographer’s album from our Orthodox wedding earlier this summer.…

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Posted in: advice, christian, genre fiction, humor, publishing, writing as woman Filed under: being real, compare and contrast, Orthodox fiction

On Having An Ugly Voice

August 21, 2014 Summer Kinard 4 Comments

I was eight the first time I knew my voice was ugly. My cousins and I were playing around with…

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Posted in: advice, conversation, faith, gratitude, overcoming blocks, writing as woman Filed under: author voice, healing your voice, how to write with a strong voice, learning to sing, learning to write

Early Friday Faith Talk: The Pearl of Great Price

August 5, 2014 Summer Kinard Leave a comment

When I was a child, sometimes ends would not meet. We would have to put things in hawk (pawn them).…

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Posted in: christian, faith, Friday Faith Talk Filed under: Christian struggle, how to receive grace, meaning, pearl of great price

Waddling Toward Theosis

May 23, 2014 Summer Kinard 1 Comment

Every now and then, the work of years clarifies itself into a moment of grace. In May 2012, during my…

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Posted in: christian, faith, family, food, Friday Faith Talk, gratitude, spiritual formation, traditions, Uncategorized

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