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FINDING INSPIRATION AS A WRITER

FINDING INSPIRATION AS A WRITER

by Meadow Rue Merrill | Jul 21, 2014 | Faith Notes, Monday Meditations | 3 comments

As a book-addicted kid, I planned to publish my first novel a few years after college. I would stay home, raise children, and happily work at my desk while getting paid. Three years after college, I got my first book contract: a deal to write a travel guide to...
WHEN LIFE IS OVERWHELMING, FINDING TIME TO PRAY

WHEN LIFE IS OVERWHELMING, FINDING TIME TO PRAY

by Meadow Rue Merrill | May 5, 2014 | Faith Notes, Monday Meditations | 5 comments

SMACK dab in the middle of working and raising five children I’ve come to the sudden realization that I can’t do it all. In no particular order, for me, “all” consists of: cleaning my house, feeding my family, working in exchange for organic...
HOW DO YOU DEFINE FAITH?

HOW DO YOU DEFINE FAITH?

by Meadow Rue Merrill | Apr 14, 2014 | Faith Notes, Monday Meditations | 0 comments

WHAT do spring and faith have in common? Growing up on a 10-acre farm in Oregon, we grew almost everything we ate. Wal-Mart didn’t even exist! But on the few occasions my mom took my brother and me to the local market, I hovered over the refrigerator case of...
MANAGING LIFE’S BUMPS

MANAGING LIFE’S BUMPS

by Meadow Rue Merrill | Mar 3, 2014 | Faith Notes, Monday Meditations | 0 comments

SHE came hurtling across the ice, pink snow-pants pulled down over bright white skates. Stumbling and lurching, she tried to keep her balance–all with a big grin plastered across her face. “The bumps make it hard, don’t they?” I offered, trying...
HOW DO YOU DEFINE FAITH?

THE DIVINE ALCHEMIST, HOW GOD TRANSFORMS ORDINARY WORK INTO SOMETHING PRECIOUS

by Meadow Rue Merrill | Sep 9, 2013 | Faith Notes, Monday Meditations | 4 comments

Women authors tend to publish their first book a decade after male authors, a friend once told me, because women’s careers are more often interrupted by raising children. True? Who knows. When I became a mother sixteen years ago, I hoped to raise children while...
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