SEPTEMBER 2024 WORD PROMPT

A Port in the Storm

Koinonia Prompt #23: Refuge

Julie Ranson
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2 min readSep 2, 2024

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Our September word prompt (#23) was suggested by Koinonia writer Elizabeth Erlandson.

The word refuge means: (from Merriam-Webster.com)

  • shelter or protection from danger or distress

I’ve included a handful of ‘random’ quotes that might help you think about the many facets of refuge (noun). There were so many great quotes, I’ve included extra! Read more here.

Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness. — Maya Angelou

What a blessed truth to understand that, in the middle of all of our difficulties and calamities, we have a refuge. — A. W. Tozer

God is not an employer looking for employees. He is an Eagle looking for people who will take refuge under his wings. — John Piper

I suppose it could be pretty easy for you to think up a suitable story idea for our September word prompt. You’ll likely find biblical application if you wish to take that approach. It’s up to you!

Just follow the rules below.

“For your born writer, nothing is so healing as the realization that he has come upon the right word.”
— Catherine…

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Julie Ranson
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