Janie B. Cheaney

2 days ago | redeemedreader.com | Janie B. Cheaney

The Cartoonists Club introduces young readers to the techniques and rationale of sequential graphic storytelling. Reading Level: Middle Grades, ages 8-10Recommended for: ages 8-14Makayla is a fountain of story ideas but has a hard time connecting them. Howard doodles obsessively but needs a story. Art’s creative juices flow through a multitude of media, while Lynda, a talented artist, never thinks she’s good enough. These four need inspiration.

4 weeks ago | wng.org | Kevin Martin |Lynn Vincent |Janie B. Cheaney |Nick Eicher

CULTURE TRENDING Lessons from the past TRENDING | Popular podcasts are hooking young listeners on history Books What would Jane do? BOOKS | Two books examine Austen’s world and its impact on ours Telling ourselves stories BOOKS | Tracing Joan Didion’s influences Discerning truth from lies: eight books BOOKS | Historical theology, apologetics, military history, and more Touring the City of God BOOKS | A new introduction to a classic text Into the unknown BOOKS | The case for things unseen...

4 weeks ago | wng.org | Janie B. Cheaney

In church on Easter Sunday: The sermon is about life. But more specifically, life in the resurrected body. “And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they went in they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus” (Luke 24:2-3). The corpse they expected was walking around alive—in a physical body, not a shimmering spirit. My mind spears off on a tangent: Consider that body. When our mortal bodies are not clamoring for attention with a stubbed toe or a hammered thumb, we ignore them.

2 months ago | wng.org | Janie B. Cheaney

Suppose, while browsing shelves at the local Barnes & Noble, you picked up a book titled A New Guide to Sex in the 21st Century. Can anything be new about sex? you wonder. Suppose you flip to the table of contents and read chapter titles such as “Sex Must Be Taken Seriously.” “Men and Women Are Different.” “Not All Desires Are Good.” “Loveless Sex Is Not Empowering.” And finally, “Marriage Is Good,” followed by “Conclusion: Listen to Your Mother.”A new guide?

2 months ago | wng.org | Kevin Martin |Lynn Vincent |Janie B. Cheaney |Nick Eicher

CULTURE TRENDING Commercial dreams TRENDING | Music artists ditch chart-topping albums in favor of landing a TV deal Books Reexamining an era BOOKS | Disentangling the various meanings of the Renaissance Why we write BOOKS | Conversations with Christian poets Married into ministry BOOKS | Is the role of pastor’s wife a Christian calling? Sin which clings so closely BOOKS | The rise and fall of a megachurch pastor Christian life and literature: eight books BOOKS | Monastic history, C.S. Lewis,...