I’m a born-again Christian, a wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, poet, free lance writer, aficionado of many creative crafts, and lover of life in beautiful Wisconsin. Since 1963 my poetry, essays, short fiction, and vignettes have been published in many news periodicals and magazines–including Grit, Country Living, and Time of Singing. I have self-published a book of poems–Morning in My Eyes, and a collection of poetry and seasonal prose reflections–A Time under Heaven.
Along with family, writing, and my Pembroke Welsh corgi I love reading, writing, painting, spinning and knitting, walking, just being outdoors in God’s creation, and too many other delights to even begin mentioning. 
Please visit my other blogs:
http://gracewithsalt.wordpress.com/ – Biblical insights from a fellow pilgrim
http://northernreflections.wordpress.com/ – essays on everyday life
http://northernview.wordpress.com/ — The Messy Palette . . . growing through art
http://richesinglory.wordpress.com/ — mining treasures in chronic illness and pain
Margaret L. Been
My biggest concern with Converge is the articles I have come across by Gary Rohmayer who follows, writes and teaches mysticism. Below is a portion of his answers to questions presented to him. I don’t have the source marked, as I copied and pasted it to my files.
How did a hard-charging church planter like you
become a spiritual mystic?
I was 19 when I came to Christ. I was mentored by a
former missionary. For 2½ years we met every day
for prayer and Bible study. I readWatchman Nee,
Jim Elliott’s journals, Through Gates of Splendor (Elliott’s
story as told by his wife Elizabeth), Hudson
Taylor’s biography, GeorgeWhitefield. I’ve always
had an appetite for this material.
As a brand-new Christian I read GeorgeMueller’s
biography. It powerfully impacted my life. The first
Fenelon book I read was TalkingWith God. I would
read a chapter and then journal about it—a very
soul-shaping season in my life. It was Fenelon mentoring
me: all he says about humility, self-love, selfprotection,
real prayer and devotion, patience.
In 2005 God led me to begin writing in my
weekly newsletter about Fenelon’s insights. I wrote
an intro thought and then included a couple of
quotes. The response I received was profound.
Indianapolis church planter Darryn Scheske said,
“These devotional insights carried me through a difficult
season of life and ministry. I found the combination
of Fenelon’s thoughts and the Scripture passages
Gary selected to be deeply encouraging, healing
and challenging.”
I’ve collected the devotions and put them in an Ebook:
Quiet Thoughts for Driven Leaders: 50 Thoughts
to Quiet Your Soul.We give them to people who sign
up for our newsletters. (Go to http://www.convergeusa.org
to download Rohrmayer’s E-books.)
David Brainerd was another early influence—a
28-year-old church planter among Native Americans.
I’ve written 40 devotionals based on his journals.
The collection, Quiet Thoughts for a Missionard material.
This is very troubling
I agree!