Kathleen S Evenhouse
Writing With Vision
“In moments of great trial, you draw on the resources that you already have.” ~Kevin Korver Pastor Korver spoke these words to the congregation eight weeks after the unexpected death of their 27-year-old son Kirk. This was also the message from Kevin, his wife Laine, and sons at Kirk’s funeral. What do you know for… Read More
People of all ages were asked to finish the statement “I’ve learned…” What hit me as I read these is that the statements all focused on relationship discoveries. Some of these statements lined up clearly with I might have said at about the same age. Where are you in the age group? Before you reach… Read More
During the summer months I was blessed by grandchildren in my home, with overnights and cousin time a big priority for them and for me. The grandkids blessed me with their love, and I blessed their parents with time off of parenting—a win-win for everyone, right? One three-week stretch was mostly dedicated to these blessings,… Read More
Do you think God has a purpose for you, for your life? We have excuses and reasons why God shouldn’t choose us: We’re imperfect! We’re not qualified! In this, we are not different from a lot of people in the Bible. God called Jeremiah to be a formidable prophet. Jeremiah had labeled… Read More
Like the branches on a tree, we all grow in different directions, but our roots remain as one. No wonder we refer to a list of our lineage as a “family tree.” We are unique, but connected—with distinguishable looks or traits that makes it impossible to deny our connection. There is something that ties you to… Read More
Writing historical fiction is much like weaving a tapestry. We choose our stories and gather our materials—in other words: Research! The WHO—the writer chooses the story. the WHAT—he reads it from every perspective and angle he can. The WHY, HOW, and WHEN—she searches for inconsistencies and unknowns among reports of events, reads works of scholars… Read More
I’ve been on my “historical fiction bandwagon” in the last few blogs: Increase Your Bible Understanding Through History Why read historical fiction about Biblical characters? Historical fiction is a fantastic tool for discovering a past event, but did you know that there is a part of the author in each book she writes? Historical fiction… Read More
Kathleen S Evenhouse 