By Lisa Jordan @lisajordan Yesterday I bought my airline ticket to Memphis for the 2026 ACFW conference, and I remembered my first ACFW in 2005—flying alone and walking into a hotel full of strangers. That initial conference was everything I’d hoped for and more. I formed friendships, realized how much I still had to learn about the writing industry, and …
ACFW 2026 Conference Prayer: Day 9
Please join us in today’s prayer, written by a member of ACFW’s Forty Days of Prayer team. Day 9 Focus: For Cynthia Ruchti, as she emcees Scripture: Psalm 66:16 (NLT)–Come and listen, all you who fear God, and I will tell you what he did for me. Prayer: Lord, we lift up Cynthia Ruchti, our emcee. Give her a clear mind and …
ACFW 2026 Conference Prayer: Day 8
Please join us in today’s prayer, written by a member of ACFW’s Forty Days of Prayer team. Day 8 Focus: For finances for those attending conference Scripture: Psalm 121:2 (ESV) — My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. Prayer: As we prepare for the 2026 conference, I lift every financial need to you, Lord. May you …
ACFW 2026 Conference Prayer: Day 7
Please join us in today’s prayer, written by a member of ACFW’s Forty Days of Prayer team. Day 7 Focus: For those teaching workshops Scripture: Proverbs 8:1 (NASB) — Does not wisdom call, and understanding lift up her voice? Prayer: Heavenly Father, Thank you for the Conference instructors and the workshops they will lead. Please provide time for them to …
ACFW 2026 Conference Prayer: Day 6
Please join us in today’s prayer, written by a member of ACFW’s Forty Days of Prayer team. Day 6 Focus: For the Choir as they practice and sing at conference Scripture: Psalm 150:6 (NLT) — Let everything that breathes sing praise the Lord! Praise the Lord! Prayer: Dear Lord, What a gift You’ve given us in singing together. Bless the choir …
ACFW 2026 Conference Prayer: Day 5
Please join us in today’s prayer, written by a member of ACFW’s Forty Days of Prayer team. Day 5 Focus: For those teaching continuing education tracks at conference Scripture: Psalm 28:7a (NIV)– The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and he helps me. Prayer: Heavenly Father, we thank you for the authors and speakers You’ve …
ACFW 2026 Conference Prayer: Day 4
Please join us in today’s prayer, written by a member of ACFW’s Forty Days of Prayer team. Day 4 Focus: For ACFW members unable to attend conference Scripture: Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV) — “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a …
Where Does Our Fiction Fit In?
by Aubrey Reiss Taylor @aubtaybooks Writing this post led me back to some musings I had scribbled during the first year of my writing journey. At the time, I was questioning where I fit in, and it’s a question I am still unable to answer perfectly. Markets and genres are important ways to define our writing, yet these are areas …
ACFW 2026 Conference Prayer: Day 3
Please join us in today’s prayer, written by a member of ACFW’s Forty Days of Prayer team. Day 3 Focus: For special guest speaker, Karen Kingsbury Scripture: Jeremiah 1:9 (NIV) — Then the LORD reached out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me, “I have put my words in your mouth.” Prayer: Jesus, Thank You for the gift …
Take Time to Spur One Another On
by Stephanie Cardel @stephaniecardel “And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching” (Hebrews 10: 24-25, NIV). I didn’t become a Christian until …