The Ephesus Pages: A Journey Begins

 
Greetings, 

I'm so excited to let everyone know that The Ephesus Pages: A Journey Begins is now available for downloading.  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. 

As released to my email subscribers, I plan on keeping this story at .99 cents until January 10th, 2025. I wanted to give back a little this holiday season and I hope that many of my readers will take advantage of this opportunity. I love this story and John Mark and Aristarchus both hold a high place in my heart as Characters in The World of Kedoshim. I have enjoyed learning as much as possible about these two people as well as others and can't wait for readers to engage with this story. 

In The Ephesus Pages: A Journey Begins, you will begin to see a unique story telling adventure from two different perspectives. Some of the episodes in this series are told from John Mark's perspective while others are told by Aristarchus in Ephesus. The two stories are different but also the same and they will converge at some point down the road, but in Part I it should be pretty clear who is telling what part of the story.  Both Characters have a common goal in mind that will lead them closer to the ministry they have been called to and I hope that those who read Part I will enjoy the context of what has been written. 

If you Pre-Ordered this one, please make sure you download the most recent file. There were some unexpected last minute changes that had to be updated. Don't worry though nothing major, it's just best to have the newest version of the story. If you remove the download from your Kindle app and then redownload it from your library, it costs nothing and will give you the updated version. With every story there are those moments where... Well, you just have to make an update or two.

There are so many quotable lines in this story and I've had a great deal of fun over the course of the last ten days sharing them with everyone on my social media accounts. While I did not anticipate that this would happen, I truly believe that God gave me every word of this story as a means for encouragement to you, my readers, and honestly, myself. It is exciting to see his hand at work in this story and I look forward to any feedback given with regard to the outcome of The Ephesus Pages: A Journey Begins.

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Thanks again for visiting 'The Gathering Room' and I’ll see you in the pages. 

MJE

PS (Keep a look out on my Facebook page, Writing the Journey, for more content.)

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.