Marlene felt a call to full-time Christian service as a teenager. If anyone had told her then, however, that God was calling me to a writing and speaking ministry, she would have said, "A loving God would never do that to me!"

She hated English in high school, and was terrified of the public speaking class she was required to take.

God's plan was certainly not her plan. Instead, it was "infinitely beyond [my] highest prayers, desires, thoughts, or hopes" (Eph 3:20 TLB)! He has given her the joy and privilege of being part of Christian publishing since 1968. Write His Answer Ministries is the umbrella for her full-time (and then some!) writing and speaking ministry as well as my ministry to other writers.

The Lord has opened so many doors for Marlene, including the opportunity to serve on the faculty of over 75 Christian writers' conferences and to give my one- and two-day Christian writer's seminars over 50 times around the nation.

Join us this week on Christian Devotions SPEAK UP! when host Scott McCausey interviews guest Scott Chaney.

Scott Chaney is the author of Christian Warriors. Within the pages of Christian Warriors, you'll find opportunity for fun. Just like other teens, Christian teen guys need stuff to do. Readers get to blow things up, take unforgettable road trips, make fast toys faster, and learn about some of the coolest gadgets in the universe. You'll even get to meet the members of Churb Records' hot new band MIKESCHAIR.

There are more items inside, too! You'll find a Christian Warriors wristband and guitar pick, a text-messaging cheat sheet, a foldout prayer journal and prayer cards, a giant road map to some amazing festivals, recycling stickers to help save the planet, and more! Christian Warriors is a must for the teen guy in your life - or anyone else's life, for that matter. It's an end to life as usual and the beginning of an exciting, adventurous life dedicated to God.

Don't miss this interview as Christian Devotions SPEAK UP! talks with Scott Chaney. Gear up for an exciting interview. Call-in Number: (347) 884-9367, Tuesday evenings, from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM

Candy Arrington’s writing provides Biblical insights and practical advice, often on tough topics. Her publishing credits include hundreds of articles in periodicals such as Focus on the Family, Today’s Christian Woman, Marriage Partnership, Encounter, Pray, The Lookout, The Upper Room, Advanced Christian Writer, CBN.com, The Writer, and Writer’s Digest. Candy’s stories have appeared in the Chicken Soup and Cup of Comfort series. Additionally, she is coauthor of When Your Aging Parent Needs Care: Practical Help for This Season of Life (Harvest House, 2009) and Aftershock: Help, Hope, and Healing in the Wake of Suicide (B & H Publishing Group). Candy is on staff with The Christian Communicator Manuscript Critique Service and is a member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors.

C. J. began writing the story that would become her first novel Thicker than Blood when she was a fifteen-year-old homeschool student. She has been in the antiquarian bookselling business for over a decade, scouting for stores similar to the one described in Thicker than Blood before cofounding her own online bookstore.

In 2006 C. J. started the Christian entertainment Web site TitleTrakk.com with her sister, Tracy, and has been actively promoting Christian fiction through book reviews and author interviews. She makes her home in Pennsylvania with her family and their menagerie of dogs and cats.

When she's not writing, she's reading. Her hobbies include book and art collecting, fly fishing, painting and drawing. Visit her online at her blog where she talks about books, writing, and publishing. You can also look her up at Twitter and Facebook.

Join us this week on Christian Devotions SPEAK UP! when host Marianne Jordan talks with Christian writing's Queen of the Market.

Sally Stuart has been writing for the last 40+ years, and has been putting out the annual "Christian Writers' Market Guide" for the last 23 years. Her other writing includes several Christian education resources books, a children's picture book, a basic writing text, writing resources, and a western novel--plus hundreds of articles and marketing columns. She writes marketing columns for the "Christian Communicator," "Advanced Christian Writer," and the Oregon Christian Writers' Newsletter. She speaks and teaches at Christian Writers' Conferences nationwide. Sally is the mother of three and grandmother of eight. She and her husband, Norm, spend their free time vacationing on the Oregon coast.

TUESDAY, December 29

6:00 p.m. EST

Join us this week on Christian Devotions SPEAK UP! when host Marianne Jordan talks with Will Bigham. "He's not cocky. He's not eccentric. He's just Will. If you ever met Will Bigham, you would never guess that he just won a million dollar development deal with Dreamworks, but that's just what happened after he won the Fox show, "On the Lot" - (Will) is not only a good filmmaker, but also a solid guy - a genuine family man who hails from Canyon, Texas -- who started out in acting before becoming a director."

Don't miss this interview as Christian Devotions SPEAK UP! and Will Bigham of Shamrock Motion Pictures. Christian Devotions Radio is a live call-in show. Call-in Number: (347) 884-9367 between 6-8 p.m. EST.

Upcoming guests:

2010 Schedule

January 5, Sally Stewart, Christian Writers Market Guide

January 12, C.J. Darlington, Title Trac

Christian Devotions Speak UP! Christmas Tribute

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Join us this

week on Christian Devotions Speak Up! when host Marianne

Jordan interviews award winning author Steven James, author of The Pawn,

The Knight shares his unique and honest view of writing to the non-Christian

with a defined Christian worldview. Marianne talks with Steven about his

success, his beliefs and his methods of teaching. Listen in for this intriguing

interview and find out why Steven likes to write scary.

Don't miss

this interview as Christian

Devotions SPEAK UP! spends a little quality time with Steven.

Christian Devotions Radio is a live call-in show.

Join us this week on Christian Devotions Speak Up! when host Marianne Jordan interviews award winning author Christy Barritt. Christy is the author of The Squeaky Clean Mystery Series. She's a teacher, speaker, author and mom. You'll love this interview and the bright and joyous humor of Christy Barritt.

Don't miss this interview as Christian Devotions SPEAK UP! spends a little quality time with Christi.