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This is where I'm telling the story of publishing Anelthalien. Some posts tell about how Anelthalien began, some tell of what is happening right now, and all tell how amazing God has been through all of it. Also, you might find the occasional guinea pig post or maybe even something different.

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Fear Will Never Take You Where You Need To Go

Fear is isolating. It isn't always physically isolating, but fear always reminds you of the unbreachable distance between you and what...

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Mar 19, 20202 min read

What's Up With These Names?!

Most people who have encountered Anelthalien have asked about the name. They wonder what it is, where it came from, what it means, and...

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Jan 30, 20203 min read

Something Different

Apparently when you write a book, you must weave it around the core of what is known as a "felt need". This ambiguous "felt need" is...

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Jan 23, 20203 min read

The Humility of Dependence

During the times I just focused on God's guidance and not my mistakes or inability, I made smooth forward progress

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Dec 27, 20192 min read

How to Pray When Your Brain Won't Stop Talking

How to pray when your brain won't stop talking

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Dec 9, 20193 min read

Satan Will Kick You In The Face

Satan hates you. Whether you believe in him or not, like him or hate him, or just try to not think about him, Satan hates you.

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Nov 26, 20192 min read

The Wrong Man for the Job

I'm not an author. I didn't write the book I wrote. That sounds odd, but stay with me.

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Nov 11, 20192 min read

Experiencing God

The adventure with God was meant for just that: experiencing God. God wanted you to go with Him so you would be with Him and grow closer to

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Nov 8, 20192 min read

Bring to Light What's Going On

Don't keep it hidden when God prompts you to talk about it. It is so hard but so necessary to bring to light what is causing darkness.

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Nov 5, 20192 min read

The Bright Sunrise

Seconds, weeks, years slide by. All that time you keep your eyes shut to the bleak, hopeless reality. All that time you keep your mind...

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Nov 1, 20192 min read

Just Listen

You stand here at these mountains because God chose you to sit in the front row seat, right beside Him, to view His glorious power.

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Oct 24, 20191 min read

Dark Mountains

You were in hopelessness. You were in brokenness. God started to provide some glimmers of hope. You thought those sparkles would lead you...

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Oct 18, 20192 min read

Escaping to Something Different

Sometimes when you're running with God--and you just start to run well--life steps from the shadows and punches you in the gut. You lay...

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Oct 3, 20192 min read

Focus On Something Different

Have you ever really wanted God to do something? Maybe it was something you felt anxious about, like a sick family member who you really...

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Sep 26, 20192 min read

What's The Purpose of Life?

God has a mission: He wants all people to choose Him as God. Everything is part of God's mission to bring all people into and deeper into...

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Sep 23, 20192 min read

A Way Where None Exists

I had heard God tell me to just start and go wherever He led. We started a run together. Our run through the countryside was easy,...

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Sep 19, 20192 min read

When You Feel Like Giving Up

I feel like giving up. And I'm one of those Exodus 2- 6 Moses types who when life gets intimidating, I run and hide in the farthest...

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Sep 16, 20192 min read

Listen

Listening isn't easy. We all grow up learning that listening is necessary, and by the time we reach adulthood, we recognize the value of...

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Sep 9, 20192 min read

Waiting

We all hit roadblocks. We all find ourselves at points where nothing seems to be moving forward at all and so we wait. Waiting feels like...

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Sep 5, 20191 min read

Enough

Right now I'm working on the interior of my book. Part of that means reading through the story again (for about the seventh time)....

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Sep 2, 20191 min read