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Happy New Year! Okay, I'm a bit late for a New Year message. But I've been busy! I've been making some adjustments and have an important announcement to make regarding the future of Prayerfully Penned. But first I want to revisit a little history. (If you want to skip to the announcement, just scroll down.)
Due to some collaborative ministry projects last year, it became necessary that I set up a basic website for Brighter Walk at the beginning of 2009. Now, a year later, the time has come to expand that site to include Prayerfully Penned and my other writings, so that everything is centralized.
Prayerfully penned,
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After several years of prayer, I took a step of faith in January of 2007 to create this blog and announced to just a few people that I intended to begin writing for God. I wasn't quite sure what I'd be writing, but I had prayed for several years about my desire to write for Kingdom purposes, and in the fall of 2006 God had begun to open doors of opportunity. This led to my early retirement from public education at the end of the school year in 2007.
The next year and a half included various ministry experiences, primarily with ProvenWay Ministries, including writing some resources for women. In December 2008, my heart was stirred to seek the Lord for clarification of my call and direction for the coming year. It was during this holiday season last year that God gave me the name "Brighter Walk", the name of my faith story. I've walked down many roads, some of them wonderful and advantageous, but others very difficult. God walked with me, though, and used those roads to help me understand His plan for all of us. While we are on earth, He wants us intentionally seeking Him and His way, and rejoicing in His provision of an ever-brightening path. The verse from which the name came is Proverbs 4:18, "But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, that shines brighter and brighter until the full day." We in ourselves are not righteous, but are made righteous by the sacrifice of Christ.
Due to some collaborative ministry projects last year, it became necessary that I set up a basic website for Brighter Walk at the beginning of 2009. Now, a year later, the time has come to expand that site to include Prayerfully Penned and my other writings, so that everything is centralized.
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Special Announcement!
Prayerfully Penned entries will now be posted to BrighterWalk.com. If you are a current subscriber via email, you will automatically be resubscribed to receive the inspirational writings on the new site. However, on this new website, there are additional options. I encourage you to visit the new site. You will see Prayerfully Penned devotional posts, as well as cultural commentaries and book reviews. The site is set up so that you can choose to receive all posts, or the categories of your choice.
Current Prayerfully Penned subscribers via Feedblitz will be automatically resubscribed for the devotionals category only of BrighterWalk.com. Other categories can be added to any subscription through the website. Followers through Networked Blogs and Google will need to sign up to receive either the RSS feed or the email subscriptions of your choice by visiting my website.
I would greatly appreciate your prayers for this new endeavor. My goal is not to expand myself, but my reach. By following His lead and promoting the truths of Scripture, I trust God will somehow use this broken microphone to amplify His message. Thank you so much for your continued support over these past three years, and for your patience as we transition into this new phase of communication.
Prayerfully penned,
