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Dr.
Chrystie has published over 500 magazine and newsletter articles,
more than 140 newspaper columns, 50 poems, 2 computing textbooks,
and 3 children's stories; plus multiple devotions, science
fiction trivia and Bible learning puzzles, book reviews, and
web sites since 1980 -- while working full-time in the computing
industry for 16 years and teaching college part-time or full-time
since 1982.
Some of her recent articles
include:
- Into the Wind about kites and safe kite flying in the April 2002 issue of Clubhouse magazine for ages 8-12 by Focus on the Family.
- Lighting the Light Reading Club in the Summer 2002 issue of Church Libraries.
- Tips for Tapes and Flying High Kite Reading Clubs in the Spring 2002 issue of Church Libraries.
- When Your Friend Is Grieving in issue 125 Sept-Oct 2001 of Discipleship Journal.
- The Pilgrim Way about the relationship between Dante's writing of The Divine Comedy and the first Jubilee pilgrimage in 1300 A.D. in Christian History issue 70 vol. XX no. 2 May 2001.
- Training: An I.N.S.P.I.R.A.T.I.O.N.A.L. Approach in the Fall 2001 issue of Church Libraries.
- Singer/composer praises God's grace in his life in the October 4, 2001 issue of Word & Way.
- Appeal to Teens and Their Parents, Help Teens Grow in the Lord and Involve Teens in Your Library in the Fall 2000 issue of Church Libraries.
- Two monthly columns in the Northwest Christian Times as a part-time Christian news reporter for 3.5 years thus far.
When asked
where the ideas for my writing originate, I reply, "Many writing
ideas come during my personal quiet time Bible studies. I'm
also an avid reader of books and magazines. Sometimes I refer
to my journals from past years, there is so much material
there: teenage days of coping with an undeveloped polio-damaged
leg, weekends filled with singing at area church revivals
during college, traveling in summer singing tours, teaching
Kindergarten, marriage, then throat cancer, divorce from my
best friend, survival and coping, job retraining and success,
and remarriage to God's perfect choice for me (after age 40
ladies) complete with 3 wonderful step-kids (2 married) and
a little Shih Tzu named Cuddles. Life is full of ideas!
A Minnesota
transplant from Seattle, born and raised in the Missouri Ozarks,
and eldest daughter of a Southern Baptist pastor; I felt called
to write and speak, using my own interests and experiences
as grist for the mill. In 1998 I joined Toastmasters International,
earning ATM-Gold status and several speaking awards.
Jeanetta began giving Keynote
speeches and writing workshops at writing and speaking conferences
in 2000. "I really enjoy the process of writing: creating
and tinkering, rewriting and polishing, and sometimes breaking
long articles full of rabbits into 2 or 3 reasonably-sized
articles. When teaching and speaking, I use a personal amplifier
so people can hear my soft voice easily. My most urgent advice
for beginners is to write and speak from an overflowing vessel,
filled during ample time with God."
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