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If you’ve read my book Movers and Shakers (a Guideposts mystery) you already know about Grandma Pearl. She’s a key player in the story, though all of the information about her is shared posthumously. At the end of the book I shared a recipe that actually came from my own mother’s cookbook. It’s called Grandma …
Enjoy this cobbler recipe, straight from the pages of Janice Thompson’s novel, Tracking Tilly.
Press release for Tracking Tilly, book one in the Little Red Truck Series from author Janice Thompson and Barbour Publishing.
Sing a New Song from author Janice Thompson and Free Writing Lessons.com.
I’m 65 years old now, which means I’ve been to 65 Palm Sunday services in my life. But today, as I sat in my 65th, something occurred to me that I’d never noticed before. We were told our sermon was going to be from the book of Matthew, so I instinctively flipped to the (near) …
Developing believable and realistic characters is crucial for engaging fiction. Here’s a framework you might find useful as you create wonderful characters.
Paint me There – from author Janice Thompson and Free Writing Lessons.com
Have you ever been so disappointed, so broken down, that you felt you couldn’t go on? Don’t despair! Even in the hardest of times, it’s possible to have a glad heart. The body reacts to the spirit, so if you want to keep on keepin’ on, better do a heart-check!
Just Enough and Just in Time: a devotion from author Janice Thompson and Free Writing Lessons.com.
I have a saying, and it’s one I use quite often: “You can’t blame a blind man for being blind. You can only pray that the shackles will fall from his eyes.” What is Spiritual Blindness? Spiritual blindness is the inability to see truth, even when it’s staring you in the face. Sometimes I look …
Who Were These Men Mentioned in 2nd Timothy, Chapter Three? Over the past several months I have found myself gravitating to a familiar passage of scripture found in 2nd Timothy, chapter three. When a friend mentioned it again last night, I read it once more, as I have so many other times. This time, however, several new …
I feel like God spoke something specific to my heart this morning while in church. Maybe it’s for you, too: The Lord wants us to shake off self-pity. Yes, we’ve been through a lot. Yes, much of it was unfair..wholly unfair, in fact. But self-pity gets us nowhere. It causes us to cry out, “I’m …
Deep calls to deep. That’s what the Bible says. Until recently I didn’t fully comprehend those mysterious words. The deep, hidden places inside of me—easily covered by bright smiles and cheerful hellos—longed for something deeper in Him, an encounter that would impact me in every hidden corridor of my life, one that would nudge all …
Last night, one of my daughters (who shall remain nameless) was bemoaning the fact that, in spite of her kindness toward someone, that someone responded to her in a curt, short fashion. I encouraged her to just blow it off. Then, this morning, the very same thing happened to me and I found it difficult …
As I shared in my last post, I’ve been having some fascinating dreams over the past couple weeks. I’ve decided to write them down, to document them and to encourage fellow believers. About a week ago, I had a dream. In it, many Christians (pastors and others) were standing on the front lawn of a …
As individual believers we need to be like the explorers of old. Take Christopher Columbus, who, in 1492, was ready to set sail into places unknown. He had whatever equipment and knowledge was available to him at the time but above all of that he had a sense of adventure and he had faith for …
These things always seem to happen to me when I’m in a twilight sleep. I dreamed I was on a busy city sidewalk (probably NY or someplace really crowded). I saw that a huge box truck was barreling down the lane closest to me, but I boldly stepped out into the street, directly in front …
My story picks up on a Saturday. I’d spent the day prior baking and decorating the wedding cake you see in the photo. It was different from anything I’d ever done and required about 14 hours of intense work, much of that with poor posture and very little intake of water (a problem every time …
The sweetest thing happened in church this morning. The musicians started a worship song by Cody Carnes called Nothing Else. Instead of standing, I felt led to sit and soak in the presence of the Lord as these words poured out: I’m caught up in Your presence I just want to sit here at Your …
Like so many others, I’ve been spending a concentrated amount of time in prayer, worship, and Bible study over the past several months. Every day I listen to a song that might be unfamiliar to most of you – Never Lost by Tauren Wells. In the middle of the song he stops and does a …
I’ve been doing some work in my tiny backyard, trying to liven things up a bit. I replaced my broken bird bath (finally…yay!) and pulled out some paint to bring new life to a very old/rusted trellis, which I hung over a section of the fence that Bella (my ornery dog) has scratched up. I …
I have very few carbs in my life these days but what I do have are usually consumed in the morning in the form of a fruit smoothie. I use unsweetened frozen fruit, so only natural sugars. (I’m not diabetic or anything…just feel led to mention that in case someone wonders.) Anyway, every morning I …
One morning I found myself singing one of my favorite new songs, Famous For (Tauren Wells). I got to a line in the song that absolutely stopped me in my tracks. I let the lyrics settle into my heart and contemplated what the Lord might be trying to tell me about them. Here’s the section …
One of my all-time favorite Bible stories is found in the book of 2 Chronicles 20. Jehoshaphat was ruling over Israel when the country came under attack from several different directions at once. (Ever been there?) Vast armies were headed their way. Like any good ruler, Jehoshaphat panicked. No, really. The Bible says he was …
There is transformative power in the gospel of Jesus Christ–power to permanently affect lives, families, cities, and even nations. But it has to start in us, church. We have to activate it. I know you’re feeling what I’m feeling right now. This isn’t a “normal” time/season we’re in, and we can’t go on as we …
I’m very blessed to have so many friends and loved ones who are like-minded in faith and personal convictions. I’ve had several precious conversations with individual family members and friends over the past couple of months. Many of us have been sensing a greater hunger for the things of God, and we’ve been so excited …
I’ve had an ongoing fascination with Tasha Cobb’s song, Your Spirit. I listen to it several times a day, usually. I’ve been trying to figure out why it’s impacted me so strongly. Here’s the conclusion I finally came to: Say you had a cut on your hand. You tried all sorts of miracle cures but …
In the Christmas of 1964 I was five years old. All I wanted to find under the tree was a record player. Back in those days record players looked like little wooden suitcases. (I know, I know…I’m old.) You opened the suitcase and found the turntable inside. Christmas arrived and (lo and behold) there was …
We cannot expect contemporary culture to bend its will, its wishes, or its wants to conform to our biblical doctrine. Only when man is born again of the Spirit of God will the shackles fall off of his eyes. Then he will see for himself what is right and what is wrong, what is good …
I’ve never been a dreamer. Until a few weeks ago I could probably count on one hand the number of dreams I’d had that were memorable. But a few weeks back I began to really dive into the scriptures and to lengthen/deepen my prayer time. I read that familiar verse in Acts 2:17: ‘In the …
I created this template to serve as a springboard for praying as Jesus taught us in the Lord’s Prayer. Feel free to use and share! – Janice Thompson Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name! Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens.Praise him for his acts of power; praise him for his …
(Enjoy this devotion from my soon-to-be-released book, Paws for Reflection (from DaySpring) Delilah, the little Yorki-Poo, was Mama’s little baby. She slept in the bed with Mama, rode in the car with her to the park, and even shared nibbles of her yummy people food. Then, along came Roscoe, the Golden-Doodle. That giant oaf came …