God is Greater
Can my voice be silenced because of my conservative Christian beliefs?
Joan C. Benson, Christian Author, Speaker, & Educator
“Therefore encourage one another and build each other up…”
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This Moment is Your Gift
Whether it is a minute, an hour, a day … or a year, what will you do with your gift? Sometimes, God’s gifts come in packaging we don’t anticipate. Sometimes, our expectations and plans are diverted. We stand in awe, asking, “How can this be?” In 1929, Molly, the gifted and aspiring young woman in […]
O Holy Night
I was a sixth grade teacher in a large Christian School delegated with the task of putting together the annual Christmas program. I began praying about our message as we celebrated the birth of Christ. Imagine approximately sixty sixth graders as your “cast.”
Something Inspirational for Christmas: His Gift, historical fiction by Joan C Benson
October 1929 was glorious, as most fall months in Michigan tend to be. Oak trees lined the streets in the small bedroom community of Royal Oak, Michigan, dazzling viewers with the spectacle of red, yellow, and burnt orange as the weather turned crisp. Signs of change were all around. The possibility of a brutal winter remained […]
Pandemic Lessons from Macy McCombs
I had the opportunity to interview Macy Mc Combs, a freshman at the College of Southern Maryland (CSM) when the 2020 pandemic hit our country. It is through her personal lens that I bring some insights today. So, Macy was thoroughly enjoying her new college life last February–new classes, new friendships, and a new future […]
Children and Chores – Essential, Irrelevant, or a Family Blessing?
Take a minute to read my thoughts and ideas on the topic of family chores recently published in MTL magazine: https://mtlmagazine.com/article/chores-or-no-chores-that-is-the-question/
EXCITING NEWSFLASH
Today is the official launch of my debut historical fiction novel, entitled His Gift. I am very excited to share with you that it is now available to you to read, review (I hope), and share with your family and friends. I truly hope this story will encourage you. It is based on a true […]
Questions, Questions, Questions
INTERVIEW WITH ELLA ROSE, A 2020 HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE: The current pandemic has shown its influence beyond the curse of illness inflicted on untold millions. We all have stories to tell of the ways our plans have changed in the past few months. Beyond the simplicity of “change,” in many instances, our plans have been […]
Finding Hope and Peace
Interview with Allison Hicks So, what do you do when you don’t know what to do? When life throws a curve ball, which it always seems to do at one time or another, we do have a choice. We have the choice to yield to an enduring despair, or we can figure out how to […]
