Trailblazer

@stephie

Ok here are some of my initial thoughts- I haven’t thought about this all fully, but this is what comes to mind after reading what everyone else has said thus far.

I agree with what @savannah_grace2009 said about stating what you believe rather than immediately coming against someone else. Often if someone feels attacked, they put up…[Read more]

@theducktator

I really enjoy politics and government. This interest started around 2020 with the election, and has only grown since then.

Lol same! I didn’t pay much attention to politics until 2020 but especially after the election I’ve kept up with it a whole lot more!

My previous fantasy WIP was basically a war between two groups. My current…

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@whalekeeper

I’m not super artistic, but I do enjoy photography, which is a form of art, so sometimes I like to mess around with photo editing to create potential covers (but the editing softwares I have don’t have great font options, so I don’t usually put any writing on them).

I also like hiking/mountains, so you won’t be as likely to find my…[Read more]

@the_lost-journal

“those d*** Christians” Did she say dumb? Or something else Idk about… but besides that, I think that would take patience, not snapping back at them.

No- I didn’t type the whole word because most people consider it a cuss word- she said “damn”. I don’t consider it as bad as the f-word but I definitely still don’t use it.

@the_lost-journal

1. What are your thoughts on Catholic reconciliation?

I don’t think we have to go to a priest to have our sins forgiven. Jesus is our great High Priest, and He is the One through whom our debt has been paid and sins forgiven, so all we have to do is ask Him for forgiveness and we can receive it. Now if it is a sin against a…[Read more]

Likewise I am not very familiar with how this works but it sounds like a fun idea!

@theducktator

You know you’re a writer when you come back from camp thinking about all the people you met and what parts of them are going in a book. I can finally picture one of my character’s hair now!

Haha I definitely have put real people into my stories before…. Mostly strangers who had interesting quirks or personalities or something abou…[Read more]

@freed_and_redeemed

This sounds interesting! I’m excited to hear more!

now you gotta put a chili pepper in a random scene somewhere as a joke.

Also I agree with @keilah-h, that would be really funny!

@keilah-h @raxforge

Worst. Idea. Ever! My brothers won’t stop jabbering about all the new stupid slang! XD

Yeahhh I considered telling my brothers and then decided against it lol. There is so much new “brain rot”, as my brother would say, that sometimes I feel out of touch with my own generation. I can’t tell you how many times I pretend I know w…[Read more]

@savannah_grace2009

I’m a little late to responding, but as I was reading the things you shared, I just had a couple thoughts. Not sure if they’ll be helpful or not, but I figured I’d share anyway and let you decide lol.

One thing I noticed that could potentially be a lie (and maybe this fits more for future scenes after this all takes place) is…[Read more]

@savannah_grace2009

Can it be any lies or does it have to be something that has to do specifically with Pythonos? I’m not familiar enough with your stories to help if they have to be specific, but I might be able to give a few suggestions otherwise.

@hybridlore

Oops I read your response and totally forgot to reply! Thanks for the suggestions!

In another example, let’s say your character Ellie has the character arc of… looking at her summary, I’m going to go with this: She feels compassion for those who are suffering, specifically trafficking victims, but struggles to actually step out and a…

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@smiley

yeah I threw in the chosen thing just to give a mini heart attack to everyone reading 😂😂

Yeah you got me too lol

I haven’t actually watched the Chosen… I’ve heard a lot of good things about it but never took the time to actually sit down and watch.

@ellette-giselle

Yeah, unfortunately it’s really messy. Usually stems from insecurities, I think.

@ellette-giselle

It was rough, and it was subtly done…….. yeah. I won’t go into it, but I went through a lot of abuse from them, but so subtly that it looked like I was the problem (I even believed I was) It wasn’t until things started to come to light and people started finding out what was really going on that i was able to see the truth.<…

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@the_lost-journal

Wow, that is a lot! Do you go to a mega church? I assume that because you talk about lasers and fog and such.

I don’t consider it a megachurch. That might depend on your definition, but most megachurches have more than 2000 members, and we’re not that big. We do have lights and such, but there are other smaller churches who use…[Read more]

@the_lost-journal

How big is your church? (if you go to church.)

Roughly 1700-1800

What is one thing you disagree/don’t understand with a different denomination?

Ummm… probably the biggest thing is what some of us were discussing above, regarding whether or not spiritual gifts are still active in the church today (I believe they are).

What is y…

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@the_lost-journal

I am 100% pro-life as well! (Inside the womb and outside the womb) I’ve never been to the March for Life, but I know a lot of people who have gone and I’d love to go sometime!

@stephie @whalekeeper @freed_and_redeemed @power

Interesting discussion! I also believe the spiritual gifts are still active today. I grew up learning that they are still in operation, but there were certain ones that I had more skepticism about for a while, until I started learning more about them and gained more discernment.

@linus-smallprint

I don’t remember hearing about your church on the news (I’ve watched news streams that have included some news from Canada) but I remember hearing about Artur Pawlowski and his church. And then in ’22 of course I heard about the Freedom Convoy and that was super exciting to see so many people taking a stand for…[Read more]