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December 2009 Issue of JournEzine

  

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elcome to the December issue of JournEzine. This month we are featuring articles about our favorite time of the year: Christmas!  In addition to our articles, we have our Christmas writing contest winner, the 2nd and 3rd place finalists and honorable mentions.  Also, be sure to check our video and audio features, including an amazing Christmas light show with 45,000 bulbs attached to a house!

By the way, if you enjoy writing (as much as reading) be sure to check our submissions menu above to learn how to  submit articles for consideration for future issues of JournEzine.  Your friends and family may be reading your published article in the near future!

Enjoy …

Light of the World 4th Annual Christmas Story Contest

 

Welcome Reprieve By Debbie Engle - 1st Place  

 

Christmas in New York By Patricia Stirnkorb - 2nd Place  

 

Light Girl By Marita Thelander - 3rd Place  

 


Lights of Christmas Past, Present, Future By Sharlyn Guthrie - Honorable Mention
 

 

Special Missions Christmas By Nancy Quinn - Honorable Mention 

 

Whiter than Snow By Terri Tiffany - Honorable Mention 

 

Made with Love By Julie Arduini - Honorable Mention 

 

Christmas Time By Xochitl Wodrich - Honorable Mention 

December's Feature Stories

 

All I Want for Christmas is to be Left Alone! By Rev. James L. Snyder

 

Hanukkah - The Feast of Dedication By Mid Stutsman

 

Occupy 'Til I Come: Depression & Being Constructively Active By Peter Stone

 

‘Tis the Post-Season By Kristine Lowder

 

The Christmas Tree By Nancy Quinn

 

A Perfect Government is Born! By Cheryl Courtney Semick

 

Christmas Light By Mariel Davenport

 

Behold, the Christmas Grinch Cometh By Rev. James L. Snyder

 

Exile By Patty Wysong

 

The Dayspring By Debbie Ott

 

Ducks and Beavers Civil War By Kathleen June O’Hara

 

Have You Considered Mary? By Jan Ross

 

David's Christmas Speech By Sherri Woodbridge

 

Ignite Your Passion Tour

 

A Christmas Gift Lost By Gladness Janet Wakio

 

The Street Light By Debbie Roome

 

The Six O’clock Rule By Rev. Robert “Doc” Burrows

 

A Light in the Snow By Karen Reno Knapp

Consider This ...

 

The Life and Testimony of Thomas A. Robinson, As Shared by His Family

Filoiann's Focus

 

Are We There Yet? By Filoiann Wiedenhoff

 

“People of Purpose” Interview with Thelma Wells By Filoiann Wiedenhoff

Military Miracles

 

Soldier's Bible Ministry Update

 

Soldiers Pocket Bible Graphic Art Competition

Going Global

 

Uganda Update By Denise Matthews

 

India Update

Media

 

Christmas Light Show - Amazing Grace Techno

 

Cartoonology By E. Larry Ross

 

A Classic Christmas Song by Amy Grant

 

Sarah's Choice (Movie) - Starring Rebecca St. James

Poetry

 

Jesus the Savior By Cindy Wyatt

 

A Different Christmas Poem By LCDR Jeff Giles, SC, USN

   

Thank you so much for taking the time to read this month’s issue of  JournEzine, an outreach of  Heart of God International Ministries, Inc.  We encourage you to share this unique issue of   JournEzine with your friends and family. 

 

Contact information is included for many of our contributing authors; please feel free to give them feedback—writers THRIVE on it and grow from it as well.   We encourage you to submit articles for future issues; submission guidelines and topics for future issues are found under the “Submissions” tab at the top of the page. 

We’d love to include your thoughts, experiences, testimonies, and stories as we continue our “journey” through this life as “one” in the Lord Jesus Christ.

 

God bless you!  May your life be filled with the blessings of God in every way … spiritually, emotionally, physically, relationally, and every way!


Jeanice McDade
Managing Editor, JournEzine
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