Writing Devotionals

If you are interested in writing devotionals and would like to have them considered for publication in Internet Cafe, read the section below taken from their blog/site.

Guidelines For Writers

The purpose of The Internet Café is to unite women of faith, regardless of our stage in life, our roles as women, our hair color, our political party, or the church we attend. We believe that one of the best ways to do this is to encourage each other in faith, by our spoken and written words accompanied by a short study each day to challenge and motivate you.

Most of our devotions are written by regular monthly contributors but we do accept submissions for use in guest spots. Also, from time to time a writer will step down to pursue other interests that God has placed on her heart and will need to be replaced. That is why submissions are important.

We are seeking devotions that will capture the interest of Christian women and inspire them to pursue the heart of our Father. Devotions should:

* be uplifting and void of condemnation.
* reflect a Biblical perspective.
* contain Bible verses (along with its reference and the translation it was taken from.)
* contain a short prayer.
* have questions to ponder at the end of the post that would welcome dialogue with our readers.

We are interested in inspiring devotions that share the God moments in day-to-day life; the honest transparency that brings you closer to the heart of Jesus; and words that guide readers into Biblical truth. We are not interested in publishing work that is written in an academic tone with the purpose to solely teach as though in a Sunday school setting. We must reach our readers and make the word relevant by using personal stories, experiences, and analogies. We also do not accept poetry. While we enjoy a theological type of writing, this blog is based around devotional material.

Devotions should be approximately 400-700 words in length, and should be well proofed for errors before submission.

Authors must own the rights to any works that are submitted.

Devotions must be submitted in a Google doc, Microsoft Word for Windows format or .pdf files with the author’s name, telephone number, URL, and email address marked at the top. Authors should also include a short bio and photograph.

We will try our best to consider all submissions, but unfortunately, we will not be able to include all devotions that are sent to us.

Please note that all writing is done on a volunteer basis.

Please email your submissions to:
lori@internetcafedevotions.com
http://www.internetcafedevotions.com/2005/01/guidelines-for-writers.html

Hope this is of benefit to someone.

Blessings to all!

Persons to Emulate

There are so many wonderful persons we can emulate - to strive to live lives of character as they did. Of course, first and foremost, we should strive to be like Christ; but the Bible gives us details on the lives of persons whose lives are worth noting. Two that I have thought about lately are Josiah and Paul.

Josiah was eight years old when he became king. Can you imagine becoming king or queen when you were that age? The Bible says, "He did right in the sight of the LORD...and did not turn aside to the right or to the left." (2 Chron. 34:2) This passage also tells us that when he was sixteen ("in the eighth year of his reign"), he began to seek God and to purge Judah of things that were dishonoring to God. Josiah went on to do many wonderful things to serve and glorify God. There was no king like Josiah.

We all know about Paul. He went from be a Jew among Jews - of a distinguished family, highly educated, without fault as far as the law was concerned and zealous in persecuting Christians. Once he met Jesus though, he turned from these things and no longer considered them of any value or consequence. As zealous as he had been in persecuting Christians, he was now even more zealous in preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ. Paul was willing to lay down his very life for the cause of Christ. He recognized that apart from Christ he was absolutely nothing and counted everything, except his relationship with Jesus Christ, to be of no consequence ("rubbish"). (Read Philippians to learn more about Paul.) Oh, to be more like Paul. Would there be a world full of lost persons today if we were more like Paul?

Today is a good day for reflection.