Publications and Prizes: Poems, Devotions, Hymns, Short Stories
Southern Ontario Chapter of the Hymn Society—Royal Canadian College of Church Organists
Winner, 2021 Hymn Writing Competition
— Life Is a Road to Parts Unknown
21 Days of Christmas – Fiction Lover’s Devotional Book (BroadStreet Publishing)
— The Last Ember
Who Knew – Catskill Literary Journal
— Speck of Dust
Christian Publishers Poetry Prize
— My Forever Lord
The Secret Place
— Family Circle of God
— Brightness After Rain
— Birds and Berries
— Mary, Martha, Me
— Truth in a Tree Stand
— New Treasures in Old Words
— Many Voices, One Lord
— Never Out of Sight
The War Cry
— A Lamb in the Wilderness
— Family Circle of God
Tanka Journal
— (I gave you no name)
— (cask of aging wine)
ChristianBibleStudies.com (Christianity Today)
— Give It Up for Lent (adapted from Giving It Up for Lent)
Epitaphs (Inner Child Press)
— (epitaph)
Worship in the City (hymnal, United Church of Canada)
— Jesus Walks on City Streets (hymn text)
The Upper Room
— Store Up God’s Word
ChristianDevotions.us
— Pitfalls
Angels Cried
— Through Two Unblackened Eyes
Walton Writers’ Works: From the Catskill Mountains
— Al Zimmer Comes to Call
— Through Two Unblackened Eyes
The Lord, Our Wonderful Healer
— My Forever Lord
Twist of Fate
— The Wind and The Spirit
Penned from the Heart
— The Wrong Goal
— Love to Die For
— You Loved Me First
— On Eagles’ Wings
— Brightness After Rain
— God’s Chosen Soil
— No Better Than Weeds
— Released!
— Mary Martha Me
— Ripening on the Vine
— A Never-Ending Supply
Gathered Treasures (Chaplain Publishing – Order with promo code olin15 for 15% discount)
— The Even-Steven Gift
— A Daughter’s Disbelief
Godspace (Mustard Seed Associates)
— Forever, Not Forsaken
Time of Singing: A Journal of Christian Poetry
— After the Prayed-For Rain
— Bullfrog Billets-Doux
— Visiting Time
— (other people’s wars)
— (sparse sapling shadows)
RISE (Chaplain Publishing – Order with promo code olin25 for 25% discount)
— The Right Road
— Not Alone
Shadows and Light: To Benefit Women’s Aid
— Through Two Unblackened Eyes
Sacramental Life
— Indigo Christmas
Doxology: A Journal of Worship and the Sacramental Life 
— Prayer for Healing
— I Sing Your Soul into Heaven
Parnassus
— Withdrawal
— Self
— Spring I
— Spring II
— Spring III
Dear Linda,
A friend of mine gave me the book “21 Days of Christmas” as a gift last week, and this morning I read your story “The Last Ember”. This story was a reminder for me of my own attempt at suicide many years ago and how God saved my life too. Since that time, He has totally flipped-turned-my-life-upside-down in a most wonderful way, and the reminder of that very low point in my life and the subsequent transformation was very encouraging for me today. Thank you, Linda!
May God continue to bless you bunches as you surrender to His direction every day!
Knowing God and Making Him Known,
Dianna Bariou
12/13/15
Thanks so much for sharing your experience, Dianna. A story like The Last Ember might sound cheesy and unrealistic, but you’re living (thank God!) proof that the Lord really does offer rescue to desperate souls. I’m glad it gave you a chance to remember and rejoice. And I hope it encourages others to act with compassion toward the struggling ones.
Blessings galore,
Linda
P.S. Please share your thoughts on the book’s forum, if you haven’t already done that. There are so many people who need to hear from someone who came out the other side of desperation, by God’s grace.
http://fictiondevo.com/forums/forum/21-days-of-christmas/