God has commissioned us as Christians to share the Gospel.  We are called to offer others the opportunity to experience a personal relationship with Him. Many people have responded to this command and have used their skills in writing to evangelize on our websites.

The task of sharing the Gospel with someone with no church background is harder than it seems.  How do you communicate clearly with someone who has little or no understanding of the terms, concepts and characters which make up our faith?

In light of this, we’ve put together a list of the most common problems we find in articles submitted for non-Christians. We also included “before and after” examples where applicable.

I Corinthians 9:22,23 says, “When I am with those who are weak, I share their weakness, for I want to bring the weak to Christ. Yes, I try to find common ground with everyone, doing everything I can to save some. I do everything to spread the Good News and share in its blessings.” (NLT)

Changing the way you write can be a scary thing.  Ask God to help you see your writing through the eyes your reader.  He can take your personal evangelism to a new level of effectiveness.

Each month we will have our General Monthly Theme that will guide our Editorial team in choosing content.

We will also have an Interactive Campaign that will flow out of that theme and will invite our audience to talk to us.

As you think of monthly themes also think about what questions might flow out of that theme to engage our audience in dialogue with a mentor.

Here are some questions suggested from our Mentor Coordinator, Terry, based on issues that she has seen addressed by our mentors.

Do you feel isolated, hurt or afraid and have no one to talk to?

Are you struggling with anxiety? Do you experience panic attacks and afraid to face the day?

Are you lonely in your relationship and wish it was different?

Why is it hard to ask for help?

Is your spouse addicted to porn and you’re feeling lonely, islotated and unloved?

Are you feeling the regrets of having an abortion and need someone to talk to?

Do you struggle with the deep darkness of depression and find yourself without hope?

Are you facing an unwanted divorce or separation? Is your world coming to an end?

Is there life after divorce, abortion, sexual, physical or emotional abuse?

Thanks for your thoughts!

Gail

Our 18 month theme schedule is becoming smaller and smaller as time marches on (Can you believe we are thinking of July content already!!) So guess what time it is!!! It’s time for us to get our creative juices flowing and start thinking of themes and Interactive campaigns

What does our audience want to talk about the most? What do they care about? What is their felt need? All these questions are great questions to ask yourself as you think about our new themes and Interactive campaigns. I invite you to add your thoughts and feelings below and join in this great discussion.

If catching a flick is your way to relax and unwind then we want to hear from you! TruthMedia has a new movie blog. Check it out at www.movies.thelife.com

The Movie blog’s purpose is to use movies and media to engage our culture in a discussion about life’s fundamental questions and ultimately create conversations of a spiritual nature.

We’re looking for those interested in commenting and posting on an occasional basis or as part of a team who will take on this unique challenge.

Movies provide a great platform to discuss ideas, values, challenges, faith and life.

Would you like to join the discussion? Let us know.

Our sites continue to grow! We are always on the lookout for good translators.

New language sites:

Arabic: http://www.anahena.com/
Russian: http://www.powertochangerussia.com/
Chinese: http://www.chenggongle.com/
Spanish: http://www.poderparacambiar.com/
Japanese: http://www.jinseiokaeruhiketsu.com/

Military site: http://militarylives.com

Coming VERY soon:

Malay
French
Italian

Hello Writers,

A new year is on the horizon! At Truth Media we are planning our 2007 issues.
We’re looking for some more of that great content that YOU have to offer.
Check out our themes for the coming months. Send us your thoughts and submissions. We’d love to hear from you.

Here are the themes for the first 6 months of the new year to get your ideas flowing.
For a complete list please see http://www.truthmedia.com/writing/themes.html

January 2007
Direction/What on earth am I here for?

* *God’s will vs. horoscopes
* Why do we read horoscopes?
* Do you love your job?
* Career assessment quiz
* Success: How is it measured?
* Get to know yourself better
* *Your spiritual inheritance and mission
* *Living as citizens of heaven
* Finding a place that fits
* Relationships that build you up
* *Unrooting worldly things from our lives
* *Sharing the gospel where you are

February 2007
Friendship/Camaraderie

* Alternatives to bachelor(ette) parties
* Boundaries with friends
* Dating: Should you be friends first?
* Maintaining long-distance friendships
* Competition/Jealousy between friends
* Differences between male/female friendships
* Dealing with being burned by friendship
* When you disapprove of your kids� friends
* Friend testimonies
* When friends lead you into temptation
* Spa outreaches
* How should Christians relate to old friends?
* Friendship evangelism

March 2007
Life Coaching

* Accomplishing your dream/Identifying your goals
* Focused exercises, eg. journalling
* Mentoring/ Discipling someone
* How to grow as a leader
* Building personal and family character
* *What is God calling you to do?
* * Writing your story/testimony

April 2007
The Fear Factor

* Facing our private and public fears
* What�s holding you back from living life to the fullest?
* Where peace can be found
* Gaining perspective when disaster strikes
* The sensationalism of news media
* Kids and bullying
* Intimidation and guilt in relationships
* Anxiety disorder

May 2007
Reality Check

* What are you really spending your time, energy, money on?
* What do you really want?
* Are you making progress on your goals?
* Seeing the world through fresh eyes
* Finding ways to change the world
* Things we believe about ourselves
* * Things we believe about God
* *Are you assured of your salvation?

June 2007
Spirituality

* What do we believe?
* Scientific evidence for God
* Atheists, agnostics and other faiths
* Is faith just a crutch?
* Is the Bible true at all?
* Exploring prayer/what should we pray for?
* How does God see me?

Our Marketing Advisors tell us that these are the top 15 key word and search queries from the last 48 hours from the largest Metacrawlers on the web.

What if we used this information to write articles on what people are searching for now rather than writing what’s on our minds?

How would you initiate articles using this information? Let’s share ideas….

Top 15 Searches
1 3338 jokes
2 2932 myspace
3 2902 google
4 2873 cars
5 2783 world cup
6 2462 top 100 baby names
7 2389 paris hilton
8 2325 funny ads
9 2323 ebay
10 2151 yahoo
11 2103 myspace.com
12 2083 games cheat
13 2055 play games
14 1972 summer dresses
15 1857 game cheats for ps

Top 15 Key words
1 211671 google
2 164166 myspace
3 151888 ebay
4 148176 yahoo
5 138522 lyrics
6 118470 myspace.com
7 108291 paris hilton
8 105283 girls
9 101183 golf training aid
10 95530 mapquest
11 90649 yahoo.com
12 82887 games
13 81273 jenna jameson
14 79895 carmen electra
15 78684 panic at the disco

I’m happy to welcome all our devotional writers to our WriteClick Blog! During the next few weeks, as you write your articles, feel free to discuss your thoughts and ideas here. Our theme for August is “Women of the Bible”. Tell us who you have chosen to write on. If several choose the same woman we can share the different aspects of her story and cover it more fully as we share what God has put on our hearts.

Share a thought from your own quiet time to encourage the other writers. As we seek to inspire spiritual growth in our readers we need to be deliberate in creating it for ourselves as well. Let’s enjoy some community together as we have the common goal of hearing from God in order to share it with our audience.

Brainstorm here with ideas for future themes.
Thanks for being a part of the Truth Media Writers Team. WriteClick is our coffee shop chat time. Please drop in.
Warmly,
Gail

At Truth Media we keep our Editorial Calendar updated with themes that run for the next 12 months. We?re due to update our calendar again this month. View our current themes at http://www.truthmedia.com/writing/themes.html

Send us your suggestions. If your suggestion is chosen you will receive a copy of Gail?s devotional book, ?Everything You Need?.
http://www.gailrodgers.ca/orderBook.htm

Get those ideas in!! We?re waiting to hear from YOU.

Men Today Online is looking for fresh ideas for weddings/stags. For our May issue, we want to feature some wedding tips for men, especially since, according to stats 80% of men are actively involved in their weddings (as they should be!). SO, if any of you have any ideas or articles or interests, please let us know! Anything from tips to get involved, stag ideas, Dos and Don’ts, humourous wedding/stag stories… let us know!