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Grab your favorite brew and visit a few minutes with Encouragement from Living History. That sums up my blog: thoughts grounded in the Bible, sprinkled with interesting tidbits from history, all applied to life today. Readers say, “I learn something new every time I read your blog.” Here’s an open invitation to sit a few minutes now and come back often to share your thoughts.

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Creativity and Compassion in the Face of Coronavirus

by Lana Christian · Filed Under: Compassion · on: March 14, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic is uppermost in virtually all our minds right now. Not just because the bug can make us ill. Hospitals are already overworked, but they’re also quickly becoming understaffed as schools close in the face of the crisis. Ending a sports season before it starts hurts the income-producing ability of everyone from hot dog vendors and ticket sellers to sports franchises. It’s hurt me financially, too. When a medical conference is canceled, doctors don’t need my medical writing services to create their abstracts, posters, or PowerPoint presentations….

Subbing for God

by Lana Christian · Filed Under: Sovereignty, Trust · on: March 8, 2020

Life is full of substitutions. Often that connotes making do with something less than the ideal—like subbing fennel seeds for anise or subbing a second-string pitcher for an injured closer. Hopefully a good swap works nearly as well as the real deal….

Called to Live Dangerously

by Lana Christian · Filed Under: Courage · on: March 1, 2020

Do you consider yourself a dangerous person?…

Prosthetic Faith: Life with a Limp

by Lana Christian · Filed Under: Faith · on: February 21, 2020

John Piper said we advance through life with a limp. My neighbor walked that out literally and spiritually….

Redemption in a Second Chance

by Lana Christian · Filed Under: Grace · on: February 13, 2020

Have you watched Sight & Sound Theatres’ production of Moses (available on Amazon)? It’s a stunning, biblically faithful depiction of the patriarch’s life, and I heartily recommend it. While watching it for probably the sixth time, something hit me. Hard….

Passion, Power, and Purpose

by Lana Christian · Filed Under: Purpose · on: February 4, 2020

What keeps you going when continuing doesn’t make sense?…

Why I Dig Research and Biblical History

by Lana Christian · Filed Under: Biblical history, Writing · on: January 28, 2020

I write biblical and historical fiction. And I love it….

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