October 2022 — Featured Stories by Koinonia Writers
Ghosts, Hydrangeas, Living to be 100, and so much more!
If you’re a Facebook user and aren’t following our publication there, you’re missing out. Daily, we publish our writers’ latest work. Read Christian writers every day!
Quick Stats
· As of October 31, 2022, we have had 482 writers join our publication!
· Out of the 26 days of October (we don’t post on Sundays), we published 115 stories with an average of 4.4 per day.
· Readers invested 69,522 minutes reading Koinonia’s stories.
· Koinonia has 3,225 Followers. (Up 300+ over same time last year)
· The total number of views Koinonia has received on all posts and pages is 39,867 Views (30 days).
· The average number of unique daily visitors who have visited Koinonia is 1,063 Visitors (30-day average).
Special promotions from our writers
Connie Mae Inglis’ novel, Rewriting Adam, recently won The Word Guild Award for best novel in the speculative fiction category. Find it here.
Kimberley Payne just released her new memoir, Through Trials to Triumph: A memoir of a Catholic girl’s high school years. It’s available on Amazon.
Jenny Alexander has a YouTube channel where she combines Bible lessons and drawing. She also shares life lessons and her Christian testimony.
This piece by Lynne Collier inspired our publication to host a 30-posts-in-30-days event in November. Read more detail about the Koinonia challenge here.
Our writers are prolific. If you love what you read from the lists below, click their profiles and read some more!
Writer-promoted short form
I’m Giving Up Novel Writing to be a Rebel! by Lynne Collier
There is a Huge Ghost on Medium by Katharine Trauger
Writer-promoted poetry
This Present Fog by Katharine Trauger
A Poem About Something I Take for Granted by Mary Gallagher
Hydrangea Bouquets by Lynne Collier
Writer-promoted content
Conquering Shame and Addiction by Andrea Chelle
Was I Chasing a Dream or Stuck in a False Identity? by Jonathan Carey
When Emptiness Speaks, Listen by Ed Newman
How An Incredible Truth Gives Us Hope by Gordon McFarland
Why Are Christians So Disagreeable When We Disagree with Other Christians? by Paul Walker
Understanding Australian Slang by Melissa Morris
Living to Be 100 by Mary Gallagher
Who Is Mother Teresa? by Kimberley Payne
Prepping Your Garden for Winter by Lynne Collier
Losing and Finding Myself by Julie Ranson
I’ve Been Thinking about Change and How It Affects Our Lives by Debbie Walker
At the Juncture of Seasons by Margie Hord de Mendez
Where is God When Bad Things Happen to Good People? by Paul Walker
The Greatest Hitmaker of All Time by Joseph Serwach
Why Don’t I Get to Pick the Gifts God Gives by Paul Phillips
What Power Does Satan Have Over Us? by Kimberley Payne
Divorce Recovery 101 by Jenny Alexander
October Scripture Prompt
Our October prompt (Isaiah 55:8) stimulated this commentary:
What Good Can Come From a Flood? by Jennifer Rock
Great Words of Comfort by Trudi Griffin
Don’t Be Double Minded about Single Mindedness by Katharine Trauger
Surrendering Our Plans by Melissa Morris
Talk, Talk, Talk by Julie Ranson
A Bold, Challenging NEW Vision for God’s People by Paul Walker
Why Humanizing an Omnipotent God Will Disrupt Our Faith by Verbieann Hardy
Want to write to a prompt? Find more info about November’s prompt here:
Writers, do you see what you’re missing?
Enjoy these conversations and learning opportunities as a member of our private Facebook group, Koinonia Medium Publication Writers. Again, this is for Koinonia writers only.
MORNING DEVOTIONS: We welcome Morning Devotions as single submissions and short series (2–3 posts). We are currently scheduling submissions about 1–2 days out, so you must wait briefly to see your post(s) appear. Please keep submitting! Submission Guidelines for Morning Devotions
Conclusion
I hope you’ve enjoyed this little round-up of what’s happening at Koinonia. If you have not yet liked our Koinonia Facebook Page, please like it today. This is where we post our published stories and then you can share them with your friends on social media.
Blessings and Peace,
Julie Ranson
Publication Owner
