Edit: Here’s the link to the Substack! https://faithchang.substack.com
When I started working on my book, I imagined I’d be posting in-process reflections along the way. Writing for me has always happened in the margins of life (a fact I used to resent but have learned to be grateful for), so it turns out my brain didn’t actually have space for anything other than the manuscript. I did manage to snap a few photos of me working on the book Sam-I-Am style: in a car and on a train, at a park (using a clipboard I borrowed from my kids which was actually from my childhood), with some trees, and in Lamott and Herbert’s (literary) company.
I’m excited to be sharing more about the book in the upcoming weeks. Right now it’s made its way to potential endorsers and I’m praying through the nerves of waiting to hear back. But also, now that I’m feeling a bit of mental space clear up, I’m hoping to be writing regularly again and decided to finally start a newsletter.
For years I’ve been enjoying receiving regular emails from writers I appreciate. I like not having to be on social media to keep up with their work, being able to forward it to friends and mark it to read later, and having it in my archives for future reference. Social media can be kind of hit or miss with sharing what I write on my blog, so—after reading a pretty compelling post by Lore Wilbert about quitting the algorithm and just writing, I finally made my way over to Substack to start my own.
I’m hoping to send my first newsletter soon, and even though it’s called a “newsletter,” it’ll be the same kind of content I’ve been writing since Xanga days. I’ll continue to share reflections on what God’s been teaching me with the prayer that God would take my words and, by his grace, use them to give courage to others also muddling along in faith. I’ll also be posting updates on my book releasing with The Good Book Company next year.
If you want to get those posts/essays/thoughts directly sent to your inbox, you can subscribe below. If you’ve already signed up for emails of my blogposts (i.e. if you’re getting this in your inbox), I’ll be transferring emails before sending out my first newsletter, so you should get it automatically.
And as always, “if my writings have been useful to you, may the Lord have the praise. To administer any comfort to his children is the greatest honor and pleasure I can receive in this life.” (John Newton)
Keeping Heart 