Rebuilding
My webhost recently lost all my blog files, and now I must rebuild this site. What an apt metaphor for life! Even when we’ve experienced losses and reverses, we can be confident that, through God’s...
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Encouragement for Difficult Days
Have disappointments or unfair situations dragged you down? Diana’s new book, 52 Heart Lifters for Difficult Times, offers an entire year of joy-kissed meditations to help you regain a bounce in your...
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Enjoy a Sample Devotion from My New Book
_____________________________________________________________ This selection is from 52 Heart Lifters for Difficult Times. _____________________________________________________________ Matching the...
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Gail Welborn’s Reviews of My Book
Nonfiction writer and prolific book-reviewer Gail Welborn has written several wonderful reviews of my new book, 52 Heart Lifters for Difficult Times. Here’s where you can read what she has to say:...
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Changing the Picture
A selection from 52 Heart Lifters for Difficult Times “See what great love the Father has lavished on us” (1 John 3:1 NIV). Like most toddlers, my grandson loved to test barriers that barred him from...
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The Ancient Art of Motherly Nagging
“King Solomon . . . got up and welcomed her, bowing respectfully, and returned to his throne. Then he had a throne put in place for his mother, and she sat at his right hand” (1 Kings 2:19 MSG)....
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Cover Story
I’m excited to be on the cover of the October 2014 Christian Communicator and receive a byline for my sidebar, “Platform-building for Non-book Writers.” Thanks to Jeff Grogan for the great job he did...
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What’s Your Passion in Life?
Diana Savage’s passion in life is to help others succeed. Using her writing, speaking, and editing skills, she’s already helped hundreds of others on their journeys to success. Browse this site to...
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How I Came to Be a Reluctant Amazon Bookseller
Here’s what 2,971 books look like when boxed and shrink-wrapped for shipping. Eighteen months after releasing my book, the publisher took it out of circulation and offered to let me buy as many...
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Finger Foods Are for Wimps
by guest blogger Jeanette Levellie Illustration by Ron Levellie The idea of serving finger foods began innocently enough at a meeting of the Missionary Mamas. Mrs. Practical suggested we bring...
View ArticleWhy We Need to Take Sides
by Diana Savage When Elie Wiesel received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986, his powerful acceptance speech summed up his beliefs concerning the oppressed: I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever...
View ArticleThe Black Eye of Depression
Bruises and black eyes aren’t the most common results of domestic violence. Depression is.1 Overwhelmingly. When anyone feels helpless to escape intimate-partner abuse, it often leads to feeling...
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When a Loved One Is Mistreated
Note: my good friend and writing colleague Jeanette Levellie has written today’s post. – Diana When a Loved One Is Mistreated by Jeanette Levellie When I married a minister four decades ago, I was as...
View ArticleWhen Victims Cover the Evidence
Years ago, a tiny apartment I moved into didn’t have room for all my cookware, so I decided to fasten a large piece of pegboard above the kitchen doorway and hang the pots and pans there. During the...
View Article4 Tactics Manipulators Use to Control Their Partners
Many people think of domestic abuse as two individuals, in the same home, who beat up on each another. Or perhaps one of them baits the other partner, who responds with slaps or punches. Nope. That’s...
View ArticleWho Is God’s Interpreter?
Each Labor Day weekend, one of North America’s largest music and arts festivals is held in Seattle, Washington. No doubt as a wry nod to Seattle’s reputation for rain, the annual event is named...
View ArticleFleeing to Safety
In my work with fellow ministry leaders over the past four decades, I’ve seen great reluctance in urging domestic violence victims to seek safety. Such hesitation is often fueled by the fear that we...
View ArticleIs the Bible to Blame for Domestic Abuse?
Sometimes people accuse the Bible of creating conditions that foster domestic abuse. But the fault is not with the Bible’s actual teachings. Incorrect interpretations are to blame. And we must not...
View ArticleAm I Really Being Abused?
Too often victims stay in abusive relationships because they think, “He doesn’t hit me, so it must not be abuse,” or “What’s happening to me isn’t as bad as other cases I read about.” But domestic...
View ArticleThe Trap of “What Will Others Think?”
Bible teacher Joyce Meyer asserts that “being excessively concerned about what others think leads only to torment.”1 A quote attributed to Winston Churchill echoes that thought: “When you’re 20, you...
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