Author: Mishael
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How Choosing a Word of the Year Shapes Your Creative Life
Choosing a Word of the Year is about more than just tradition. It’s about following a creative framework that shapes your focus, your storytelling, and your spiritual growth. My word for 2026 is REVEAL, and it’s already reshaping how I approach my creative life. Every January, the world seems to split into two camps: the… Read more
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The Practice of Gratitude: A Simple Habit That Can Change Your Life
We live in a world that constantly demands our attention. Notifications, emails, and endless scrolling often greet us before we’ve even had our first sip of coffee. For years, my mornings began with my phone in hand, eyes scanning headlines or messages before I even had a chance to breathe. Then, one day, I decided… Read more
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How to Build Each Other Up This Thanksgiving
“Otherwise, if you give thanks with your spirit, how can anyone in the position of an outsider say ‘Amen’ to your thanksgiving when he does not know what you are saying? For you may be giving thanks well enough, but the other person is not being built up.”— 1 Corinthians 14:16–17 (ESV) Thanksgiving Day always… Read more
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Discovering Wholeness in The Peace of God Bible
In a world that often feels restless, divided, and noisy, the promise of peace can sound almost too good to be true. Yet Scripture tells us that peace is not only possible, it’s what we were made for. The Peace of God Bible (NKJV, Thomas Nelson) is a beautiful new resource designed to help us… Read more
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The Parable of the Talents: Faithful Stewardship or Prophetic Protest?
When Jesus told stories, He rarely made them simple. His parables are layered, provocative, and often unsettling. One of the most debated is the Parable of the Talents (Matthew 25:14–30). At first glance, it seems straightforward: a master entrusts his servants with vast sums of money, departs, and later returns to settle accounts. Two servants… Read more
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Are Writers Really Scatterbrained? How Creativity and Forgetfulness Connect
Writers have long carried the reputation of being absent-minded, distracted, or downright scatterbrained. From the eccentric professor stereotype to the dreamy novelist who forgets to eat while chasing a plot twist, culture loves to imagine authors as brilliant but disorganized. But is that really the truth? And more importantly—what does it mean for those of… Read more
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The Greater Miracle: Forgiveness and Healing in the Story of the Paralytic
In the Gospel story of the paralytic man lowered through the roof by his friends, Jesus asks a piercing question: “Which is easier to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or ‘Get up and walk’?” (Matthew 9:5, NIV) On the surface, the answer seems obvious. Anyone could say, “Your sins are forgiven,” because there’s no visible… Read more
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Empathy, Assassination, and the Oldest Trick in the Book
I never heard of Charlie Kirk until he was dead. In recent years, I’ve made a point of staying away as much as possible from anything the least little bit political. But my Facebook feed blew up in waves of anger and jubilation after the man was assassinated, and I was instantly curious. I’ve learned… Read more
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What the Resurrection Lily Reveals About Trusting in God’s Love
“Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin. And yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.” — (Matthew 6:28-29, KJV) There’s something quietly arresting about the resurrection lily in this photo—its pale pink petals unfurling… Read more
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Tikvah: The Tether of Hope
I recently came across a note in Strong’s Concordance that stirred something deep in me. It was about the Hebrew word for “hope”—tikvah. The entry read: “From patriarchal narratives to post-exilic prophecy, hope is revealed as a secure tether to the steadfast love and purposes of God, ultimately fulfilled in Christ and still operative for… Read more