Book Reviews: Reconciled Runaway by D.M. Griffin

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Rating: ★★★★★

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Snatched from his Jewish home in the Holy Land by the clutches of Rome, Onesimus found himself living a life he wasn't supposed to live. As a young boy, he thought he was settling a family debt. Instead, he was sold into slavery. With no control over his own fate, Onesimus let bitterness fuel his rebellious choices well into adulthood. He began running away from God long before he ran away from his earthly master, Philemon. 

The Ephesus Pages: A Journey Begins

 
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I'm so excited to let everyone know that The Ephesus Pages: A Journey Begins is now available for download.  It is crazy to think that this story started off as an eight-part mini-series and has now developed into three different parts of the same story. While Part I: A Journey Begins released today, Part II: Mysteries in Ephesus is still being written and should be ready in the first quarter of 2025. It will be uploaded as additional content to the story that released today when the time is right. 

Joseph, The Levite

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This is a throw back to my post on the HHH Blog. You can see the original post here.
I am re-posting this here as an introduction to a few posts that will be added to help me build consistency in my posts. May you find encouragement through it. 

The Ephesus Pages- Authors Note

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I thought that for today's post, I would share a bit about why my upcoming release was written. Without further delay, this is the Authors note. The Ephesus Pages Part I: A Journey Begins is live as a Pre-Order right now and will be released on my oldest daughter's birthday 12/20/24. I hope you will check it out for yourself. 

John Mark, The Runaway

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This is a throw back to my post on the HHH Blog. You can see the original post here.
I am re-posting this here as an introduction to a few posts that will be added to help me build consistency in my posts. May you find encouragement through it. 

The Ichthys Letters: Loss and Grief

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I am so excited to share this Ichthys Letter with you all today. There are more on the horizon as well. Since I began this series back in February, The World of Kedoshim has grown. It is no longer just a vision hanging on my living room wall and in all honesty, there is actually less space on that wall now. 

As I continue to work on the next part of the story in book 4, The Hope of Inheritance, this letter takes us to the end of The Cyprus Journal, but just before the beginning of The Hope of Inheritance. This is a season of transition and change and I can't wait for you to read this. Consider it an introduction to book 4. 

Yes, I know, I'm just getting started, but do not worry, there is a specific reason I am releasing this Ichthys Letter now, feel free to post your guesses in the comments below. 

Its Time for an Update

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Well, my dear friends! It has been quite some time since I updated this website, and I'm sorry to say that. After the release of the first 10 Episodes of my next story, The Ephesus Pages, I began focusing on a secret project for my kids that requires a Pen Name, leaving everyone wondering where in the world I had gone. 

The Ichthys Letters: Pain and Glory

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I am so excited to share this Ichthys Letter with you all today. There are more on the horizon as well. Since I began this series back in February, The World of Kedoshim has grown. It is no longer just a vision hanging on my living room wall and in all honesty, there is actually less space on that wall now. 

As I begin to work on the next part of the story in book 3, this letter takes us to the end of Finding Philemon, just before Demas and Onesimus leave for their journey to Rome around 95AD. Many of the Founders are long gone and this one letter will usher in the final era of The World of Kedoshim. Yes, I know, I'm just getting started, but do not worry, there is a specific reason I am releasing this Ichthys Letter now, feel free to post your guesses in the comments below. 

The Characters of The Cyprus Journal

It is finally time to make the big reveal. The Cyprus Journal is now out and ready for anyone to grab and the cast is listed below. I am so excited about this story, and I can't wait to keep building the World of Kedoshim. 

Kedoshim: A Journey Remembered (Prologue)

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This is the first scene I wrote for the Kedoshim Story World. There are likely a good amount of things that can and should be reviewed, but it was the very beginning of this dream...

The Latest Updates

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It has been a whirlwind of an adventure so far in 2024. There have been some exciting things taking place. I was honored to be part of a Facebook takeover and even some really fun giveaways. One of which is still going on until 3/26. You can sign up for newsletters and get placed into a drawing for several gift books from more than 20 authors. It's been fun and you can see the giveaway here. 

The Cyprus Journal- Cover Reveal

Here it is everyone, 

Finally ready to share this with you all. 

The Ichthys Letters: Joy and Wisdom

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I am excited to finally publish the first draft of this letter for my newest blog series, The Ichthys Letters. This is a series I have actually been working on for most of February and to have these tie into The World of Kedoshim is going be a lot of fun. There will be little connections in these letters to stories I'm working on, and even stories that I plan to write down the road. I pray you will find these letters encouraging in their own right and that God will speak to you through them as much as he has spoken to me through creating them...

The Ichthys Letters: The Letter to Philadelphia (The One that Began it All)

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With my introduction to the Ichthys Letters being released just under a week ago now, I thought it would be really fun to share the very first letter, as it was written for my college assignment, here for everyone to see. I am going to re-write this one in the tone, and mindset, that I write today, and will also give you more background into these characters in another post, but it's always fun to remember, isn't it? I will publish the second one soon as well. Without further ado? 

The Ichthys Letters: An Introduction

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One of the most useful communication methods to hit the dirt running during the New Testament Era was letters. Letters were sent all over the Biblical Landscape and the message that was sent along with them was usually one of significance. Not just anyone could write either. In truth, most of the Letters that became what we know as the Biblical New Testament Narrative were not even written directly by the authors they are attributed to. 

Finding Philemon: Lessons Learned

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One of the things I've always desired to do in my career as a writer has been to publish a blog post or to record a video of the lessons I learned throughout the writing process and how those lessons impacted my life, whether it be in the spiritual sense, the emotional sense, or even the educational sense. I have to be honest here, I fully intended to have this post up last week. I failed to put the time aside to do that though. I am glad though, because it gave me more time to reflect on all the things that have taken place in 2023.