Consider the Dewberry

By Julie Lavender

My quarantine walk with God looks different than pre-Covid walks. With less traffic on some of the roads surrounding my neighborhood, I’ve taken a different path. But, the coronavirus has led most of us on different paths, right?

CONSIDER THE HONEYSUCKLE
By Julie Lavender

I’ve taken a different path during my morning walks with God recently. The bigger road that leads to our neighborhood is less-traveled with many working from home, so I often walk that road now, as it eventually leads to a cow pasture. With social distancing, it seems that I’ve taken to chatting with the bovines.

Share good news and the Good News with newspaper writing

By Julie Lavender

(This post originally appeared on Edie Melson's blog, The Write Conversation. I'm giving you a portion of it here, to hopefully entice you to click here to read the article in its entirety. I hope you'll join Edie and me there, on my walk with God as a journalist, and learn more about newspaper writing.) 

To report the condition of our country and world in recent days, most of our newspapers scream dire and depressing headlines. And though we need that important information disseminated, good news stories and inspirational features can add a balance to otherwise difficult news to swallow. 

Now’s a great time for writers to contribute encouraging articles and faith-based stories to local newspaper. The slim staff of most newspaper entities keeps busy reporting “just the facts,” and stringers can add that leverage of boots-on-the-ground, local , feel-good stories to the content. 

Consider the Fringe Tree
By Julie Lavender

My walks look different these days, but God’s beauty still abounds. My husband and I passed a white fringe tree on our walk this morning. The fleecy white, barely fragrant flowers hang from the branches and flutter to and fro when the winds stir.