Gifted Quill - Resources

Like many people, there is more than one side to Nancy Lucas. While this site is to provide general information about her business Gifted Quill, she would also like to share things that have made her life successful. Thus, listed below are books or sites she recommends grouped by category.

God, Jesus, the Bible, Christianity

• Bible Gateway for an online search of the Bible by topic, verse or key word in every print version and most languages.
• God Allows U-Turns
• Good News Tracts
• Lifetime Books and Gifts
• Christianbook.com

Marriage and Communication

• Non-Violent Communication
• Love & Respect: The Love She Most Desires, the Respect He Desperately Needs by Emerson Eggerichs 
• Created to Be His Help Meet: Discover How God Can Make Your Marriage Glorious by Debi Pearl

Children/Parenting/Family

• Focus on the Family
• No Greater Joy Ministry
• Endangered Minds: Why Children Don't Think And What We Can Do About It by Jane M. Healy
• Feingold Association addressing diet and its relation to ADD, ADHD, and allergies
• PlaygroupSuccess.com
• How to Start and Run a Successful Playgroup - Slide Show
  
  
• American Family Association
• The Natural Child: Parenting from the Heart by Jan Hunt
• Birth without Violence: Revised Edition of the Classic by Frederick Leboyer
• Supernatural Childbirth by Jackie Mize
• Vaccines: Are They Really Safe and Effective by Neil Z. Miller

Youth

Challenge Day

Prayer

• The Power of a Praying® Wife by Stormie Omartian
• The Power of a Praying® Parent Book of Prayers by Stormie Omartian
• Stormie Omartian

Counseling

• Private counseling the privacy of your home via the phone with Jan Hunt
• Exodus International addressing homosexual issues
• The Anger Workbook: A 13-Step Interactive Plan to Help You... (Minirth-Meier Clinic Series) by Les Carter, Frank Minirth
• She's Gonna Blow!: Real Help for Moms Dealing with Anger by Julie Ann Barnhill 

Writing

For aspiring writers, if you would like to write and inspire others, these sites were most helpful in Nancy Lucas’ development and continue to serve as resources today.

• Christian Writers' Market Guide 2007: The Essential Reference Tool for the Christian Writer by Sally Stuart
• Writer's Market 2007 by Robert Lee Brewer
• American Christian Writers
• American Christian Writers of South Florida
• Writer’s Market
• Christian Writer’s Guild
• Christian Authors Network
• Right Writing w/ Terry Whalin
• Faith Writers
• Fellowship of Christian Writers
• CLASS (Christian Leaders, Authors & Speakers Services)
• To start a blog www.blogspot.com
• Christian Writers’ Group
• Spirit Led Writer