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Excelsior, Minnesota |
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Eau Claire, Wisconsin |
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Westwood Community Church,
Chaska, Minnesota |
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10 |
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Books:
- Excerpt in Chicken Soup for the Christian Woman's
Soul/September 2002
- Excerpt in God Allows U-Turns, A Woman's Journey/July
2002/Promise Press
Articles:
- Cover story; A Prairie Girl's Hymns of Praise/Minnesota
Christian Chronicle, (MCC, World Newspaper Publishing of Charlotte,
North Carolina) November 21, 2002/Distributed to 90,000 homes
in Twin Cities area
- Worship artist Chris Tomlin Writes Songs That
Get to a Person's Heart, featured in MCC, Sparrow Records
and Chris Tomlin website/October 2002.
- Women of Faith Brings Message of Hope, Healing
to Twin Cities/MCC/August 29, 2002
- Authored promotional materials, press releases
as well as Chaska Herald cover story for recording artist,
Carol Zimmerman in Hollywood movie, The Legend of the Candy
Cane (Zondervan)
- Cover Story, Oasis of Love in a Needy Land/MCC/August
2002. Also being featured as the international promotional piece
for Oasis World Ministries, a ministry designed to bring 1,000,000
souls to Christ in India
- Cover story, Rainbow Idea Transforms ID Badges,
as featured in the Chaska Herald newspaper, (circulation
50,000) Chanhassen Villager, (23,000) Eden Prairie News,
(45,000) and the Eastern Itascan/ Spring 2002
- The Christian Reader feature article Ragnar,
the Barbarian, Minnesota Vikings Mascot/January/February 2002.
Reprinted online
- Featured in CLASS promotional materials to Christian
writers and speakers across the country
- Cover Story, Vikings vs. Packers Rivalry Heats
Up On Christian Radio/MCC/February 2001
- One-on-one interviews with Rebecca St. James,
Sara Groves and other top recording artists to be released in
article format shortly
- Editor, five years standing, of Weavings
newsletter
- Staff writer for International Ministerial Fellowship's
newsletter, The Gathering
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Normandale College, Bloomington, Minnesota
Mount Hermon Writers Conference
Florida Christian Writers Conference
CLASSeminar (Christian Leaders, Authors and Speakers Seminar) graduate
CLASSReunion, CBA/Anaheim 2002, along with continuing education
in creative writing locally.
Vice President of Minnesota Christian Writers Guild, an active,
fast-growing, group of 150 writers and speakers.
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Julie is a full-time writer
who divides her time between freelance projects and novel writing. |
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Julie and her
husband, Rick have been married for 23 years and have three sons,
Sam, Joe and Jake. |
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| A believer
for her entire life, Julie has personally seen God work out reconciliation
in countless ways. Several estranged relationships have found closure;
others now thrive again. She firmly believes in 2 Corinthians 5:18-19,
"All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ
and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling
the world to himself in Christ, not counting men's sins against them."
As a Christian author and speaker, Julie believes
that God has called us to the ministry of reconciliation, first
to be reconciled to God and then to those whom we share our lives
with, working to not count "sins against them." Relationships
can heal, forgiveness is achievable.
Having completed her first novel, That Summer
Place, Julie is at work on her second novel, One Blood.
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