Interview

As a publication on Medium, we have grown to over 300 writers. We are excited to see what God is doing to get His Word out there.

Through this interview series, we want to share with you a little snapshot into the lives of our writers.

Andrea Cannon lives in East Texas. You’re invited to join us in learning a little bit about Andrea and what makes her tick.

When did you join Medium? What influenced your decision to join?

I first started publishing on Medium in 2016. I can’t remember how I stumbled across the platform, but at the time is was characterized as a place for writers to share their creativity. …

Dear J.,

I suffer from depression.

I have since I was a young child. But never labeled it as such. Because I’ve had it for so long, I think I’ve assumed it was “normal” and that everyone experienced it.

I would feel helpless, unmotivated. I believe that I masked it well through high school and university with alcohol and drugs.

I’ve always hated that haunting feeling in the back of my mind, is this as good as it gets? Is this it?

I always felt like something was missing. …

Interview

As a publication on Medium, we have grown to over 300 writers. We are excited to see what God is doing to get His Word out there.

Through this interview series, we want to share with you a little snapshot into the lives of our writers.

Mabel Osejindu lives in London. You’re invited to join us in learning a little bit about Mabel and what makes her tick.

When did you join Medium? What influenced your decision to join?

I joined Medium last year in 2019. I began sharing my poetry with friends and they seemed to really enjoy it. They encouraged me to share my poetry more widely online. …

Devotional

Because the group planned a full-day snowmobile trip, we left early in the morning.

Although the weather forecasted to be sunny later, the earlier hour started out cold. About an hour into the ride, we stopped to take a short break.

My husband asked if my new mitts were keeping my hands warm. I told him that although my fingers were warm, my thumbs remained cold.

He then asked if I remembered to turn on the thumb warmer switch. From then on, my hands kept warm, including my thumbs, because I switched on the power.

Switching on the power works the same way in our Christian life. …

When it comes to networking, most people are familiar with the two simple tips to carry business cards in your right pocket and collect other attendees’ cards in your left, and wear your name tag on the upper right side of your chest.

Although these tips may be handy and I could probably come up with 5 more similar ideas like volunteer at the event, ask open-ended questions, remember to smile, keep records of who you meet, and followup with a short email. But networking is so much more than this.

Simply put, networking is about helping others.

It’s not about schmoozing and looking to see what’s in it for you. It’s about meeting the needs of others. …

Namaste! (Hello!)

I work at a Canadian college and last year we had a historically large influx of international students with the majority of them coming from India.

As I work in customer service with these students, I thought it would be of mutual benefit for me to research and identify their beliefs and values.

I discovered three main values of this group:

• family
• personal space
• negotiating

Knowing these values will help influence my customer service interaction with members of this group and will be helpful to others prior to a customer service interaction.

The first value of this group is family

Unlike our culture in Canada, people in India respect the elderly and look to them for advice. Many generations may live together in one household along with other relatives. …

I’ve posted our Koinonia Publication Newsletter for December.

It’s early because we are closing over the Christmas holidays.

You can read it here:

“December Writing Tips, Recommended Stories, and Scripture Prompt”

Have a very Merry Christmas!

Kimberley Payne

co-founder of Koinonia