Oct 11, 2014 | 1st pages, Religious, Self Help
Old time religious chill bumps covered my entire body. I thanked the man and hung up the phone. I was thrilled beyond belief by this confirmation of my vision and the firm connection to the flow of truth that I call the Now Nexus. Emeth, Truth, is the Third Person of the Holy Trinity! This was a revelation to me. He is the unchanging connection we have to the Father that runs through the Son; this connection is what I call the Now Nexus and this nexus now leads us to the knowledge of God’s will and His desire for our lives.
The Now Nexus is not a transcendental meditation technique with psychobabble to boot; it exists solely because of the grace of God and the vast miracles of faith. It brings greater understanding and more meaning to God’s Word. It empowers a higher sense and sensitivity to the spirit in symbols, words, music, language and even letters. It provides greater understanding and control of the mental images and word pictures that so often flash in our minds. In truth it is a powerful helper that connects and positions us for Christ’s leadership in our life and it attracts others to the amazing power that is available to us all now.
The title of this work is intended to attract attention and hopefully draw a new age of believers into the true power of now. In many cases in this text, Now is used to personify that part of Himself that God gives us, our lives.
The word nexus [i] is defined as: (1) a connection, tie, or link between individuals of a group or members of a series; (2) the group or series connected. Nexus in this work is intended to have such meanings to a point that I call the golden point that once reached goes beyond mere sensory communication onto shared mind, vision, epiphany, enlisted consciousness, realization, and oneness with God’s will, intention, and desire. Thus, the Now Nexus is our super-exalted lifeline, a sort of spiritual umbilical cord.
[i] Nexus: Think of being on an old one-way street that now suddenly opens before you as a brand new multi-lane two-way Perfect Highway; of going up the down stairway to heaven, of a spiritual (fiber) optic cable. Knowing we were made and appointed for times such as these now we can see all the attributes of our nexus in Isaiah 35:8 and even all those that Webster’s New World College Dictionary; Fourth Edition uses in Defining the English Language for the 21st Century.
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Feb 15, 2017 | Interviews
Today we are chatting with Barbara Barnett the author of The Apothecary's Curse.
Tell us something unexpected about yourself!
I'm a grandmother!
What novels affected you the most growing up?
The Trial and The Castle, Brave New World, 1984
Where did the idea for your current book come from?
I've always been fascinated by the nexus between science and magic, but also as a trained scientist, about the consequences of exploiting knowledge and science unwisely.
Do you think there's any way you could ever run out of ideas for books?
I have an entire file folder my computer with ideas and more ideas! I write in multiple genres, fiction and non-fiction. So I don't think there's much of a chance!!
What is your routine for writing and has this method changed over the span of your career?
I like to explore the my writing with my characters, sometimes letting them take control (if only I could get it back!). I write on my macbook, feet up and a cup of coffee at my side.
How important is marketing and social media for you?
I've always been an advocate of Twitter, especially. I was an early adopter, and I have made many professional contacts on Twitter as well as built so many relationships with my readers.
What advice would you have for other writers?
Write every day. Let your characters guide you. Don't overly plot things out, but use a storyboard or an outline to give you a roadmap.
What are you reading now?
Sevenses by Neal Stephenson.
What’s your next step?
I'm working on a new novel. It's a sequel, but Apothecary can be easily read as a standalone.
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Jul 31, 2015 | 1st pages, Romance
Prologue
Fortune is a moving target. We take aim at the future as though wearing blinders in a shooting gallery, never sure when the next duck or rabbit will cross our path. Sometimes we’re intent. Sometimes we’re distracted. Sometimes we’re so preoccupied by an itch, we don’t see the ducks waddling across the path right in front of us.
Sometimes we’re so focused on the foreground, we fail to see the background. Some of us are quick on the trigger; some are too late. Sometimes one’s misfortune is another’s fortune.
Politics and religion, war and peace, prosperity and want, invention and tradition, famine and plenty, health and sickness, emotion and logic and luck all exert a gravitational pull on our individual ambitions, providing the context in which our personal tales play out their inevitable scenes.
At the intersection of the historical and the personal, the choices we make or avoid making lead to opportunities seized or opportunities missed. These moments of nexus are rarely sought and even more rarely anticipated.
Chapter 1
Sunday September 21, 2008
On a Sunday afternoon in late September 2008, with the world’s financial infrastructure teetering on the verge of collapse, a silver Honda Accord and a black Volvo sedan pulled to the white curb on Washington Street. Both cars were filled with boxes. Both drivers held a cell phone to his ear.
From the curb, concrete steps led up to a concrete courtyard before a brick apartment building. Three stark concrete benches sat heavily around a large concrete planter box, from which a twenty-foot tall sycamore spread branches with golden leaves that quivered now in a cool breeze.
On the block of eight to twelve story buildings, four were boarded up, surrounded by wire fences, and rubble-strewn gaps showed where two buildings had been demolished. Nine over-arching, 60-year-old elms lent the street an air of community and history.
Building activity could been seen on both sides of the street — yellow dumpsters, trash shoots and scaffolding, one rooftop crane, heaps of broken wood and bricks, the white dust of gypsum, pick-up trucks and vans, and the sounds of pneumatic hammers and electric saws. In a year the whole street would have the hopeful look of gentrification.
