Matt Ewart

Joy isn't something you can buy. It's something that God grows in your heart. But in the midst of work stress, health issues, family struggles, and your own self-doubt, living with increasing joy can feel like a hard, if not impossible, challenge. What if you could find joy no matter what you face? Each of these devotions will plant a seed of joy in your heart to help you develop . . . day by day . . . a life marked by peace and joy. So dig deep into the truth in these pages, and see how the Holy Spirit grows joy in you

Jump-start your day with God's wonderful Word As you spend a couple of minutes each day with these Grace Moments devotions, you will see more and more that his mercies are new every morning and that in his Word is encouragement, wisdom, forgiveness, reassurance, insights, and strength. These devotions will encourage you to believe in the incredible value of reading and hearing the Bible and of unpacking the treasures that God has stored there for you.

From the Foreword: I wrote my first stories over 25 years ago on a Kaypro 4 - a squat, 23-pound beast of a computer that ranked among the most popular PCs of the early 80s. I must have been in first or second grade, which explains but doesn't quite excuse my habit at the time of writing in all caps. While the material itself is gone, the feeling - an almost conspiratorial sense that I was getting away with something - has never quite faded. And now, with no fewer than seven contributors making this anthology possible, I think I've finally found my conspiracy. New worlds have a nasty habit of vanishing without scaffolding and support, after all. Score one for the enemies of entropy The Mirrored Hall runs the gamut from urban fantasy and science fiction to horror and satire, and I couldn't be more proud of what we've accomplished. Here's to many more. Editor and Contributor Ian Morgenheim