March 8, 2024 1st Quarter He Is Ministries Newsletter The Musings of Authors Mark R. Worden & Connie Cook Worden Mark’s Margin: In January of last year, Connie and I met through a Facebook author group and began a friendship through messenger, emails, and eventually calls. We also started reading each other’s books. Then we chose […]
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Lyrics by Connie Worden
Photo Credit: Freestockcneter on Freepik Once in a Garden Vs. 1: Once in a garden far away, There lay a blood-red rose Thrown to the earth, A bloody birth Where thorn and sorrow grows. How silent is That garden now Where every bird did sing. With bated breath The hush of death Would still each […]
Encouragement, Wood Turning, & God’s Healing.
Turning wood has become therapeutic and a metaphor of life for me:
HE IS! is on December Blog Tour
“HE IS” Goes on Blog Tour in December!
I have been working with an organization that helps books to find an audience through blog tours. My hope is that this will help HE IS to get more exposure to potential readers. 4 bloggers sent me 10 interview questions to answer. I thought I would share 2 of the questions and my answers: What […]
Silver Medal awarded to “HE IS!”
I was surprised to receive this notice on September 2nd from Readers’ Favorite: Readers’ Favorite recognizes “He Is!” by Mark R Worden in its annual international book award contest, currently available at http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1664269908. The Readers’ Favorite International Book Award Contest featured thousands of contestants from over a dozen countries, ranging from new independent authors to […]
When is an Author Inspired to Write?
I can’t answer this for others! However, there have been times in my life that are marked by growth and strong desires to write. I am in one of those times of life right now! Very thrilling and not a little exhausting. You may ask, “What sparks these times in your life, Mark?” Even if you […]
“HE IS!” Reviews and Recommendations
NEWS The book “HE IS! Knowing God through Fifty Scriptural Meditations” has now been circulating and available for over 6 months. People are still reading it, and some have finished and begun to write reviews. In my learning about marketing, it is the reviews that influence others to choose books to read. In past generations […]
English Plus Language Blog reviews “HE IS!”
I am very thankful for an insightful blog review of “HE IS!” over at the English Plus Language Blog. I learned somethings about my own book. The blogger observes that this book is in a catch-22 for marketing because it is between two book marketing categories: Is it a theology book or a devotional book? […]
Meet Indie Christian Writer Connie Cook!
One of my goals for 2023 is to meet indie Christian writers and to read some of their self-published works. As I stumbled along in the vast field of self-published Christian books, I found treasure in the writings of Connie Cook! I have read two of her books and highly recommend that you open at […]
Digging deeper in 1 Corinthians 13!
Back at blogging again after a long break from my first blog, MAGNIFY! The following is from a post that received a lot of traffic years ago and is reposted today for your edification: Love’s Description – Studies in 1 Corinthians 13:4-8a I Corinthians 13:4-8a – “Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; […]
Unforeseen blessings becoming an author!
I have surprisingly entered a new subculture as a first-time published author. In this author-subculture I have made new friends and found more books I want to read. Oh, for more time to read and write! What book would you like to read this year? If you are a reader or writer, I encourage to […]
God’s Providence in the History of HE IS!
Do you read the Acknowledgements and the Preface of books you read? If not, I encourage you to do so! It often gives one insight into the life of the author and possibly more understanding of his or her message. God’s grace and providence are thick in my life. Read about it from the Preface […]
Responses to a recent author interview:
Will you tell us something about yourself? I was raised in Southern Oregon but since that time have lived in 4 other states and spent four hot and lovely years in Manaus, Brazil. Presently, I live in Dillon, Montana these past 18 years. In my spare time I like to grab a fly rod and […]
Merry Christmas from “HE IS!” Ministries!
From my Bible Reading: I started reading through the book a Genesis earlier this month to finish out the year from the beginning of creation. It helps to add perspective to the preparation of heart and mind for a new year. I woke up early this morning and posted the following on my personal Facebook […]
Spreading the word about “HE IS!” in 2023!
I recently poured out my heart in an email to a mentor while I was in the process of thanking her for the zoom course, I had finished the day before: My mom graduated to heaven this past September and before she passed, I was able to finish reading her copy of HE IS to her as […]
“HE IS!” PDF gift for signing up for our Mailing List!
Christmas Gift — Tis the Season! In celebration of the Christmas Season and New Year’s Day, I am giving away the PDF version of “HE IS!” to those who share their email address with He Is Ministries so I can add you to our mailing list (I don’t share email addresses with others, and I […]
Methodology in writing HE IS!
In writing the devotional meditations, I did not try to start with an idea about God. I did word and phrase searches within a Bible search program to see what the Bible itself said about who God is. Those searches helped me find the many God is statements, where I read about each quality or […]
A Brazilian Influence in HE IS!
I spent 4 years of my life living in Manaus, Brazil. As Brazil takes the pitch on Friday in the quarter finals of the 2022 World Cup, I thought I would share and excerpt from HE IS that tells a bit of my experience in Brazil when they won the World Cup in 1994: Chapter […]
