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Remove Unforgiveness: (Part 7) How to Get it Done

Reader, this is the last part of the series. You may not read beyond this sentence, but I hope you will. No doubt, removing unforgiveness requires taking a risk you may not be willing to take. Continue reading →

Comment August 30, 2020August 30, 2020 kwoyafaginmaples

Remove Unforgiveness: the sound of your voice

Your words are truly powerful.  You have the ability to speak life or death–negativity– into your life and situation with your voice. This is considered true in pretty much every religious context, but has also been acknowledged in psychology and scientific contexts as well. What we speak out of our mouths matters. Continue reading →

2 Comments July 27, 2020August 30, 2020 kwoyafaginmaples

Remove Unforgiveness: The Enemy (Part 5)

Have you ever been past anger? I mean—virulently and completely livid with someone for something they did? Now here’s the second part of this line of questioning: Have you ever found out later that you were wrong? That you had misdirected your anger? This happened to me just recently. And I really thought I was right. Continue reading →

2 Comments July 15, 2020July 26, 2020 kwoyafaginmaples

Remove Unforgiveness: The Evidence (Part 4)

As a creative writer, it’s hard to type this, but imagine yourself as a garden. Because this is the point in the series where the often-used symbols of seeds, plants, and fruits come in. Continue reading →

1 Comment July 7, 2020July 7, 2020 kwoyafaginmaples

Remove Unforgiveness: (Part 3)

Have you written your Kill List? .

When I finished writing out my own list, I wrote a brief description of what each offender had done. I looked carefully at the details of the offenses. The verbs of what people had done. Continue reading →

2 Comments July 2, 2020July 2, 2020 kwoyafaginmaples
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Remove Unforgiveness: (Part 2) The Kill List

Who have I not forgiven? I wrote this down, and as I considered, there was one particular person I knew I was carrying a fresh and violent anger towards–with good reason. Continue reading →

6 Comments June 29, 2020June 28, 2020 kwoyafaginmaples
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Remove Unforgiveness (Part 1)

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 “Remove Unforgiveness.” God spoke these words to me in February 2020. Continue reading →

3 Comments June 26, 2020June 28, 2020 kwoyafaginmaples

Write Your Book in 2019

When I tell people I’m a writer, they usually respond with some version of, “I’ve been trying to write a book…” and then this trails off into infinity. Continue reading →

Comment January 15, 2019January 14, 2019 kwoyafaginmaples

And Then You’re Holding a Copy of Your First Book

It happens to all of us. Some mornings I wake and immediately shake my head. It’s because before I begin the day, I’m already physically or emotionally exhausted, and I wonder how I’ll do it. How will I get through my to-do list when I already feel so tired and overwhelmed?  Continue reading →

3 Comments October 22, 2018October 22, 2018 kwoyafaginmaples

Exercise is to Writing as Writing is to Exercise

Writers write. Writers work-out, too. While we spend a lot of time mulling over ideas, working, and generally adulting, we also workout. I LOVE seeing photos on social media of writers going to the gym. Continue reading →

Comment August 23, 2018 kwoyafaginmaples

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