On February 28, I will be interacting for three hours with a Torrey Honors Institute class at BIOLA University. We’ll be discussing my novel Safely Home, which the students will have read.
Since writing my novel Safely Home, which is set in China and involves religious persecution, I’ve received innumerable confirmations of the persecution of Chinese Christians. Those who live in China now and know the country from the inside know that persecution, in some places, is very severe, while in other places it is mild or almost nonexistent. At the same time, I've heard many sincere but naïve comments from American evangelicals who say, “There’s no longer any persecution of Christians in China.”
I addressed this issue in the foreword to Safely Home I added a couple ...
The protests of China as host of the Olympics come from a wide variety of people from many countries, on a variety of issues, ranging from Tibet to supplying arms to the corrupt government of Sudan in its genocidal war on Darfur (see previous post), to religious liberty.
I love the Olympics. Nanci and I were jumping and screaming yesterday when our American guys came from behind to win the 4 x 100 freestyle relay. An amazing race. Wow!
I was asked recently about what the biggest payoffs and challenges in my writing are. One question was whether writer’s block is one of the difficulties.
Writer’s block hasn’t been a problem. Maybe it's because I do so many other things besides writing. When I finally get to writing after pushing all else aside, I'm so ready that words tend to pour out.
I learned long ago that I should never wait for inspiration or a good beginning. I ask God’s help and jump right in. I'll either cut it out or clean ...
I'll never forget hearing nearly seven years ago that China had been selected as the host country for the 2008 Olympics. Now the time has come.
I have very mixed feelings about the Beijing Olympics. I'm glad because it will put China under the greatest world scrutiny it's been under in modern times. Since China is extraordinarily image conscious, this may restrain the hand of persecution against believers. Whether or not it does, it will certainly result in the gospel being brought into China, because every Christian athlete, coach, trainer, and support personnel can bring in a ...
Congratulations to this month’s book giveaway winners! All three will be receiving a brand new, signed copy of Randy’s novel Safely Home.
The winners are:
1) undividedheart
2) vertigo
3) Letha Schrader (posted as anonymous)
Winners, please e-mail me as soon as possible at Stephanie@epm.org with your mailing address and who you would like the book signed to.
To all who entered, thank you. Those of us here at EPM have so appreciated and enjoyed reading your kind comments and learning how the Lord has used Safely Home in your lives.
For those who would still ...
The Safely Home giveaway is now closed! Please check back March 7 for next month's giveaway.Note from Randy: Stephanie Hallman, who works with our ministry, put together the following and will be in charge of the monthly book giveaway. My only suggestion was to change from a one book giveaway to three, since I love to give away books. (It’s easy for me since I‘m not the one who ships them, I just sign them!). So, here’s Steph:
We’re excited to announce that beginning this month of February, Randy’s blog will feature a ...
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