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I legit heard about Krav Maga just today for the first time. so weird when that happens, you hear about something multiple times in one day after never hearing about it before. and you're a pianist too?? so cool to have another pianist here :P the blades of acktar is an AMAZING series.

Kacie wrote: "I legit heard about Krav Maga just today for the first time. so weird when that happens, you hear about something multiple times in one day after never hearing about it before. and you're a pianist..."

WHOOAAA, that's crazy!!! It really is weird when that happens (but cool too). XD I am!!! Pianists Unite! ;) YEEESSS!!!! I'm so happy I ended up finding them (er...correction: my sister did and she told me about them). ;P

Hi everyone! My name is Maddie, and thank you Lily for inviting me! This group already is so much fun!
I live in California and trust me, I wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for my adorable niece and nephew. LOL I love to paint, and play piano. The coolest place I’ve been to is Churchill Downs, home of the Kentucky Derby, because I also love horse racing!
Three fun facts…hmmm. First off, I’m a listener Big time! XD I collect anything to do with Ronald Reagan. Very strange I know, but he is my favorite President, and such an icon. Lastly, my favorite word is: Remnant. It just sounds so cool, and I love how it is spelled.
My favorite book, after many many years of firmly believing I couldn’t pick just one, is Ella Enchanted, by Gail Carson Levine. It just always topped my must read list! But Levine is not my favorite author. There are still far too many for me to choose from, but a few of my many favorites are: Jennifer Nielsen, Tolkien, Jenny B. Jones, R.C. Lewis, C.S. Lewis, and I could go on! But I will say I have seen a lot of you mention some of my other favorites, and I can’t wait to talk about it!! My least favorite would be pretty much any dystopian novel. I feel like that genre needs to let it go and stop coming out with new books! LOL
My favorite Bible books are Esther and Ruth. With so many negative role models in today’s world, I really enjoy reading about Godly women. And the scripture I am really loving right now is 1 Corinthians 10:31 “So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.�� ��

Victoria wrote: "Krav Maga is a self-defense/fighting system created by the Israel Defense Force that's a combination of karate, boxing, wrestling, judo, and other martial arts! It's cool because the place that taught me it is a Christian organization that reiterates the fact that we're not learning Krav to hurt peo"

Wow, that sounds like a lot of fun! I'd like to learn judo, but we live really of the grid. Maybe someday.

Well, congrats on the anthologies! I have seen the book, it's on my massive TBR ;-D

Max wrote: "Wow, great questions!

Personally, I know my family tree back five generations. Beyond that I do not, however, there are several orthodox jewish families that claim to be able to trace their family lines back to Levi! An"

Well, thanks you for the answers! :D

I think it's cool that a lot of the things that I automatically associate with Jews are still there. I know a lot of Jews aren't really believers anymore, and it's always sad when a people lose their cultural heritage, you know? My country kinda has that going on right now.

Yeah, I remember reading up on Ham a while ago. Not a nice family at all.

The more celebrations the merrier if you ask me ;-) The only reason we go light on Christmas is because we already have two major Dutch celebrations in November and December involving lots of gifts and candy lol

Thanks for the answer (again), it's really cool that I finally know them now!

Hi everyone, I'm costas Ioannou and I am a new author. I published my first Christian Fantasy novel this summer titled Creator's Call. I am 39 and live in Cyprus. I'm married with 2 children. I am a follower of Jesus Christ and try to live my life for Him.
I enjoy horse riding and do my best to press on in my faith.
Currently, the verse that is on my mind is Isaiah 26:3
"You keep him in perfect peace
whose mind is stayed on you,
because he trusts in you."

It's great to be a part of this group.

Hey everyone, I’m Jennifer Kropf and I published my first Christian fantasy book in Nov. 2020 called A Soul as Cold as Frost (Its a Christmas novel! It’s like a cross between The Chronicles of Narnia and the story of The Nutcracker.)

I’m 33, Canadian, and this is the first group I’ve ever been a part of on ŷ������. So thanks for inviting me!
Glad to meet you all. 😊

My favourite book of the Bible is Esther.

Jennifer wrote: "Hey everyone, I’m Jennifer Kropf and I published my first Christian fantasy book in Nov. 2020 called A Soul as Cold as Frost (Its a Christmas novel! It’s like a cross between The Chronicles of Narn..."

Hi, and welcome to the group! Congrats on your book; it sounds really exciting! Is it here on ŷ������?

Ooo, I loved reading Esther as a kid. I need to reread it again soon; I just recently finished Ruth.

Jennifer wrote: "Hey everyone, I’m Jennifer Kropf and I published my first Christian fantasy book in Nov. 2020 called A Soul as Cold as Frost (Its a Christmas novel! It’s like a cross between The Chronicles of Narn..."

Lillian wrote: "Jennifer wrote: "Hey everyone, I’m Jennifer Kropf and I published my first Christian fantasy book in Nov. 2020 called A Soul as Cold as Frost (Its a Christmas novel! It’s like a cross between The C..."

That's so cool!

nice to meet yall!

Nice to meet you!

Oh,.....Did I mention I may be obsessed with Wolves :)))

Costas wrote: "Hi everyone, I'm costas Ioannou and I am a new author. I published my first Christian Fantasy novel this summer titled Creator's Call. I am 39 and live in Cyprus. I'm married with 2 children. I am ..."

Hi! Welcome to the group! That's so exciting that you got your book published! Congratulations!

Welcome to you all and nice to meet you guys ;)

Welcome to the group! 😁

Welcome welcome!

Lillian wrote: "Costas wrote: "Hi everyone, I'm costas Ioannou and I am a new author. I published my first Christian Fantasy novel this summer titled Creator's Call. I am 39 and live in Cyprus. I'm married with 2 ..."

Thanks, it's a great feeling. I give God all the glory as he helped me through the whole process in so many ways.

Hi everyone!
Sorry for the late to the party post, I thought I already had lol

I’m Olivia.
I’m in my mid 20’s
I was born and raised in Arkansas, USA.
My husband, two littles, and I have a farm.

I’ve never had any STRANGE pets, there’s just been.. large quantities lol

Well. In most cases I would say I’m more a listener. I love people watching and noticing details (and I’m awful at StArtInG conversations) but once I’m comfy and there’s an interesting subject or something funny.. here we go(like now apparently) haha

Interesting places I’ve been:
Road-trip to Utah. The more eastern part of the state, sand was everywhere and hardly any vegetation of any kind. We had a run-on joke ”Oh look, it’s a bush�� whenever we’d see anything with resemblance.
Alaska is beautiful. We went hiking once and just as we got back to the vehicles, the sun was setting. Realizing it was 11:30 PM was so strange.

Places I really want to go:
All the British isles, New Zealand, camping in Montana, and Switzerland during Christmas time.

A few of my fave things:
Otters, roller-skating, pen pal-ing, the color green, drawing, hand-crafts, Italian food

Fave words:
Ornitorrinco (Spanish for platypus), derringer, indigo, and words with lots of layers of meaning(historically, linguistically, spiritually, etc)

Fave books:
-sigh- I have so many different levels of favorites though�� but
Dawn Treader-CON, CS Lewis and
Jane of Lanternhill-LM Montgomery are definitely in the top 5 though

Fave books of the Bible:
Philippians, James, and Psalms.

Verse I’m clinging to right now:
Ps 103:1-5 “Bless the Lord, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name!
Bless the Lord, O my soul,
And forget not all His benefits:
Who forgives all your iniquities,
Who heals all your diseases,
Who redeems your life from destruction,
Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies,
Who satisfies your mouth with good things,
So that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.��

Biggest accomplishments (so far):
Beginning to lay the foundation of my kiddos appreciating/loving God
Farm life
Saying “yes�� to God about things I wasn’t sure about


Thanks for the add Lily!(:

Kara wrote: "Oh,.....Did I mention I may be obsessed with Wolves :)))"

I can tell!! :D

Costas wrote: "Lillian wrote: "Costas wrote: "Hi everyone, I'm costas Ioannou and I am a new author. I published my first Christian Fantasy novel this summer titled Creator's Call. I am 39 and live in Cyprus. I'm..."

Congratulations on your release!!!!!!!!!

Olivia wrote: "Hi everyone!
Sorry for the late to the party post, I thought I already had lol

I’m Olivia.
I’m in my mid 20’s
I was born and raised in Arkansas, USA.
My husband, two littles, and I have a farm...."

nice to meet you!

Jennifer wrote: "Hey everyone, I’m Jennifer Kropf and I published my first Christian fantasy book in Nov. 2020 called A Soul as Cold as Frost (Its a Christmas novel! It’s like a cross between The Chronicles of Narn..." Your book is available through my library in digital form!! Congratualtions!

Hi everyone!
I’m Rine, I’m 22 and I’m French.
I like arts (illustration, ballet, songs, classical music and such).
One of the coolest place I’ve been to is The Old Lyon district. Me and my sister had so much fun imagining scenes. It’s a treasure for history lovers and writers.
I speak French (obviously) and English mainly.
I just graduated!
I am more of a listener than a talker but it really depends on the person I’m talking to.

I don’t really have a favorite book yet 🥲 I have to read more and this is why I’m joining Gr groups. Although for BOTMs the group I’m active in ask to choose books appropriate for all ages, so most of the time it’s clean, some subjects are not what I want to read. So I’m happy I found a new active Christian group!

I’ll finish with this verse:

«Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.»
‭‭Acts�� ��4:12�� ‭KJV‬��

Thank you for this group Lily!

Grace wrote: "Lily wrote: "Hello and welcome! I'd love to know more about you! What's your name? How old are you? Where are you from? What are some of your hobbies/interests? What's the coolest place you've been..."

Thanks for joining, Grace!!!

Oh, I didn't know you liked to go by Gracie! Whoops 😅 Is dual enrollment very difficult? I chose the AP path so I don't know if it's too late for me to switch to dual enrollment but I kind of want to!!

You're going to have to help me understand the Song of Solomon hahaha. I read it because someone asked me about it once and when I got done, I just sat there, like, "Wait. What?!"

Also, I didn't you played the piano! That's really cool! And I talk to myself a lot too. Like a LOT 😂😂😂

Jesse wrote: "I’m Jesse! Thanks for the invite, Lily. I’m from Australia, and some of my favourite hobbies, are reading, Skateboarding, and watching all the movies and shows I can!
I’ve been to a few states in A..."

Wowwww, Jesse I think you've been to more states in the US than I have and I literally livee here! 😂 But seriously, you should come to Wisconsin sometime! We've got the biggest waterpark in the Western Hemisphere over here! AND it's in a town with the biggest concentration of water and theme parks per capita than anywhere else in the world! AND the water park I was talking about before is called Noah's Ark! 😉 Pretty awesome, huh?

What did Rick Riordan say?? I'm starting to think I shouldn't try his books lolll. Anyway, welcome to the group!!!! I'm so happy you joined!

Mary-Therese wrote: "Hi everyone! I'm Mary-Therese, I live in Illinois, I am the oldest if 5(1 brother, 4 sisters). My favorite word is either cobblestone, liquid, or scoop(random, I know, lol). I am definitely a talke..."

Mary-Therese, welcome!!! This is really random, but I literally thought you were an adult until I saw your pf and bio lolll. Maybe it's because of the eldest of five thing, though! (Cuz that would make you pretty mature.)

Mary-Therese wrote: "Hi everyone! I'm Mary-Therese, I live in Illinois, I am the oldest if 5(1 brother, 4 sisters). My favorite word is either cobblestone, liquid, or scoop(random, I know, lol). I am definitely a talke..."

Mary-Therese, welcome!!! This is really random, but I literally thought you were an adult until I saw your pf and bio lolll. Maybe it's because of the eldest of five thing, though! (Cuz that would make you pretty mature.)

Carina wrote: "Hi everyone! My name is Emily, but I’ve gone by the pen name of Carina Shephard so long that I’m pretty much stuck with it now. 😂 I’m from the Midwest, but I’ve been to most of the states in the ce..."

Your real name is... Emily?! 😮 That's so crazy! So would you respond better if someone called out to you and said, "Emily!" or if they said, "Carina!"?

Ooh, what's it like majoring in biology with like you disagreeing with macroevolution and such? (If you do disagree with macroevolution)

Denali wrote: "HEEEEEEYYYYY EVERYONE I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS GRRRROOOOOUUUPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So my name is Denali Christianson! I'm 16 and I'm from Middle Earth. (I know, I know. So cool, right? X..."

DENALI!!!!!!!!! I'm so happy you joined!!! One of the biggest reasons I had the courage to make this group is because you made one!!! I had an idea to form a fantasy group but just with other Christians because I loved the talks I was having with you lol (crazy as they were) and wanted to have lots more xD

"Oooo cool facts about me... Other than weapons? Hmmm..." 👈 LOL

"I'm actually more of a listener (even though it doesn't seem like it from this uber-long rant you're reading right now!)" WHAT. WOW. I would neva, eva have guess that! 😱🤣🤣

Hehehe I just had to torture you lol. Isaiah 43:1-2 is a good one, tho!!!

The Jesus Fandom wrote: "Hi! I'm Vanya, I'm 17 years old and I'm from the Netherlands, but right now my family lives on Madagascar as missionaries. I love making videos for my YouTube channel, reading and walking my dog (w..."

Hi Vanya!!! (Your name is totally new to me! Does it means something? Mine just means... Lily... yeah xD) Oh, I was snooping around your YouTube channel the other day loll and it looks awesome!

Awww girl, you are NOT a burden. At all. And if anyone makes you feel like that, then the feeling is totally wrong. 💙💙💙

Also, I love that verse, too! It gets to me every time!

Ella wrote: "Hi everyone! I have a lot of names (a LOT). But here I go by Ella. It's short for my first name, Malielani, which means "peace from heaven" in Hawaiian.

I'm a graduated Christian homeschooler. I w..."

ELLA!!! :DDD (🠐 that is an emoticon for a sideways, very happy face hehe)

Wait. You're one of thirteen?!?!?! Did I read that right?! You have twelve siblings?!?

Ooh, we should talk weapons in our "letters"! I didn't know you had an interest in them, that's super cool!!

I think you're really amazing already!! Much more amazing than me, at least 😅 None of us are gonna be perfect anytime soon, but there's graceeee!! 🙂

Awwww the ant thing is straight-up the most adorable thing I've heard all day!!! This is random, but it reminds me of when I used to drag my sister (I only had one at the time) to make mud cakes with me and pretend it was hot chocolate because I loved hot chocolate but I'd only had it once lol

Hahaha whoopsies!!! Admit it, though, everyone likes the questions! 😁😂😂

Tasha wrote: "Hi, I'm Tasha Van Kesteren. I'm a Christian writer, photographer, and blogger. I'm 15 and live in Ontario Canada. Hobbies/interests are writing, photography, blogging, and of course reading.
Three..."

Hi Tasha!!! Welcome! :) Ooh, if you see this, you should tell me more about Ignite! I've been kinda on the fence about that one, but you listed it alongside some other really good authors!

P.D. wrote: "Hi, P.D. Atkerson. I don't really know what to say, besides I love reading, writing, and being sarcastic.😜"

Eeek, loveeee sarcasm! 😍

ava wrote: "-Hi, I'm Ava and I'm in 8th grade. I love to read, ride horses, write, play with my dog, and spend time with my family and friends.
- Coolest place I've been to is either Jacksonhole WY or Yellows..."

Hiya Ava!!! 👋 Welcome and thanks for introducing yourself!!! I lovee TFP and LotR too! (Haven't read Little Women yet, though.) I did watch the movies, so I know about Laurie! 😉

Sophia wrote: "Heya, everyone!!! My name is Sophia and I'm a 16 year old from Malaysia! I looove all my books and pretty much can't live without my kindle (well, I guess I can but let's not go there-), and I love..."

Sophia, welcome!!!! Thanks for joining!

Oooh museums!!!! Finally someone who gets how cool they are!! You should definitely go to the Met Museum in NY sometime if you can!! I had a change to go to NYC for two days and I literally spent all of it in that place 😅😅😅

What's it like living in Malaysia? This is why I like the internet so much, because then you get to meet sooo many new people and find out what it's like to live in a whole bunch of different places!

Ooh, another clean romance reader!!! I love it!!! I was literally SO happy when I found out clean romance was a thing! Because before I thought all romance was, yk, like icky, so I hated the genre but not anymore!

Max wrote: "Hello all!

I am Max B. Sternberg and I am a Christian Fantasy Indie Published Author. I have always been a reader of fantasy, but as I became a Christian twelve years ago, my tastes have changed t..."

Welcome, Max! I would love to know what it's like to grow up Jewish but then convert to Christianity! And what do you think of Messianic Judaism? And do you have your testimony written out anywhere? I'd love to read it if you do!

Abbigail wrote: "(Thanks for the invite, Lily!!)

Hey! I'm Abbigail, but everyone just calls me Abbi; I'll be 18 in a couple of weeks, and I live in Alberta, Canada. I'm a crazy bookworm and it sometimes exasperate..."

Hii Abbi!!! Happy early birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🎂🥳

I exasperate my family too 😂 I'm always talking about new books or overreacting to books or wanting to buy new books or obsessing over how beautiful the covers of books are or asking them whether or not a book smells good 😂🤦

Is there a difference between Scottish Gaelic and normal (or Irish?) Gaelic? I don't know much about the language lol, only that I learned a bit of it in Irish dancing class but now I've forgotten everything

WOW. A novel in one week?!?! That is amazing!!! You should totally go back to it when you can!

Aw I love when authors reply to you! It makes me super happy!!

Oh I so get you with the nostalgia! I don't think it happens to me with books but with some other random stuff, I just can't stand it for some reason.

Anyway, I'm so happy to have you here and I hope you find this group helpful (and entertaining lol)

Jordynn wrote: "Hello! I’m Jordynn! I’m a junior in high school, I love sleep, am obsessed with reading, Christian, fangirl, and love Tim Burton and Jim Henson movies. If you get me started with Tom Holland or Tim..."

Hey Jordynn! Thanks for introducing yourself! And I love how you included how you love to sleep XD

Lillian wrote: "Hi Lily! Thanks so much for the invite!

I'm in my early twenties, I love crafting (needle felting, card-making, and origami to name a few), I'd say I'm more towards the introvert side, and the coo..."

Hey Lillian!! You're very welcome! :) <33 Thanks for introducing yourself and I'm really excited to have you here!!

Lily wrote: "Max wrote: "Hello all!

I am Max B. Sternberg and I am a Christian Fantasy Indie Published Author. I have always been a reader of fantasy, but as I became a Christian twelve years ago, my tastes ha..."

lol thank you Lily! Nice to meet you too!

The short testimony is on

The long testimony is at a shared blog at

Grace wrote: "I play piano too! Currently working on my NYSSMA piece ;(

i don't like NYSSMA- it's so stressful and i always end up playing songs i don't like for it"

Oh goodness, I remember those! We have an equivalent here in WI called WSMA (and then there's WMTA too). Don't you get to pick what you wanna audition with, tho?

Mary Emma wrote: "Lily wrote: "Mary Emma wrote: "Hi, I'm Mary Emma! I'm a 28-year-old speculative fiction writer who lives in Michigan. Obviously, I love books. (Should I even bother saying that? I'm guessing we all..."

Well, she had better thank you for that! XD <3

Max wrote: "Lily wrote: "Max wrote: "Hello all!

I am Max B. Sternberg and I am a Christian Fantasy Indie Published Author. I have always been a reader of fantasy, but as I became a Christian twelve years ago,..."

Thank you!!

I'm Kendra. 14 yrs., aspiring music artist, song writer, cat adorer, pianist, wannabe novel writer, lover of people, more of a listener, borderline intro/extrovert, I like musicals (Babs Streisand, anyone??), and me favorite bible book is prob. Matthew... then Psalms, besides the Torah, then Proverbs, then Lamentations, and Enoch is sooooo cool if you count it as scripture!!!!!

COOL!!!!! Nice to meet you Kendra!!!

Thanks! you too Kara!!🤗

Love your username, Kendra! (I also play piano!!!!)

Nice to meet you! I’m also 14!

Lily wrote: "Abbigail wrote: "(Thanks for the invite, Lily!!)

Hey! I'm Abbigail, but everyone just calls me Abbi; I'll be 18 in a couple of weeks, and I live in Alberta, Canada. I'm a crazy bookworm and it som..."

Thanks, Lily!! Haha, yay, I'm not the only one!! My book obsession is... well, I wouldn't say its unhealthy; but its crazy. I have three bookshelves in my bedroom and I need another one because I don;t have any more room for the books I've bought recently. Not good, lol.

There is a difference between Irish and Scottish. I've heard that sometimes they can understand what the other dialect is saying since they are very close. For example, to say 'hello and welcome, my friend' in Scots Gaelic, it'd be 'Halo agus failte, mo charaid.' In Irish, it'd be 'Dia duit agus fáilte, a chara.' So, slightly different. I'm still very much of a beginner, so I'm not always the best at catching differences if I hear gaelic being spoken. =)

Haha, thank you! I might in the next couple weeks/months as I don't have much else to do, haha. Just gotta mend those plot holes and gaps!

I know, right?? It's the best!!!
Thanks again for sending me the invite link!