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February Faithful Writer’s Tookit

By Elizabeth Cottrell

FAithful Writers Toolkit February 2019

Encouragement for Faithful Writers everywhere. Please share with your writing friends. Reading time: less than 4 minutes. Faithful Reflection: Remember the seasons As I write this in mid-February in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, we’ve just had five inches of snow, and sleet is now falling on top of that. We’ll be inside until the […]

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Word Of The Week: Fructify

By Elizabeth Cottrell

This week’s word is “fructify.” Fructify make fruitful or productive bear fruit become fruitful “Fructify” began with an agricultural meaning as far back as the 14th century and derives from the Latin noun fructus meaning “fruit” and later from the Middle English word “fructifien” (fruit). Its usage was later expanded to convey a figurative sense of “fruit,” and it […]

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Word Of The Week: Vituperative

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This week’s word is “vituperative.” It invokes fire and brimstone in my mind. Vituperative abusive and venemous (educaliingo.com) uttering or given to censure: containing or characterized by verbal abuse (Merriam-Webster) According to Merriam-Webster, the word vituperative first appeared in the early 1700s, though some sources date it as far back as the 1500s. It is derived […]

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Word Of The Week: Xenophobia

By Elizabeth Cottrell

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This week’s word is “xenophobia.” Sadly, it’s a word we’ve seen in the news a lot lately, and it may be useful in your own writing or journaling.  Xenophia fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign (from Merriam-Webster) fear or dislike of customs, dress, etc., of people […]

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Word Of The Week: Doldrums

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This week’s word is “doldrums.” Even though its meaning is probably familiar, I loved learning about its nautical connection. Doldrums a period of inactivity or stagnation  a state of feeling listless or despondent When capitalized, Doldrums refers to a part of the ocean near the equator, known by sailors to have light or shifting winds […]

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Faithful Writers Toolkit: January 2019

By Elizabeth Cottrell

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An encouragement boost for Faithful Writers everywhere. Please share with your writing friends. Reading time: less than 2 minutes. January 26, 2019 Faithful Reflection January is the perfect time to begin again, and I reflected on this theme in my recent January Compass Points newsletter to blog readers. What little ideas keep niggling at you? […]

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Word Of The Week: Adumbration

By Elizabeth Cottrell

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This week’s word is “adumbration.” Adumbration a sketchy or faint impression or resemblance a foreshadowing or prefiguring a darkening or shadowing. This word is derived from the Latin word “umbra” which means shade or shadow.  Examples of “adumbration” usage Her childlike meekness carried with it the adumbration of power. Those who underestimated her soon learned […]

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Faithful Writers Toolkit: November 2018

By Elizabeth Cottrell

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  Please share with your writing friends. Reading time: less than 3 minutes November 25, 2018 Happy Thanksgiving, my Faithful Writing friends: Faithful Reflection It’s difficult for God to communicate with us if we don’t ever pick up the phone. In this post, I explore “Ten Ways To Talk To God.” One of them is […]

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I am a freelance writer, ghostwriter, and blogger called to encourage readers to strengthen the bonds of faith, family, and friends and to cultivate the joy and impact of personal, handwritten notes and letters. More Info.

 
 
 
 
 
 

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