My interviews
with women of God.
There is a ton of things that I could share, but this
‘interview’ will explain how Grace Point! eMagazine
came to be, and how God is using several things that
I love to do to create it.
So, even though I am writing about myself, in
keeping with the spirit of the article, I will play both
parts of interviewer and interviewee.
PPM: How did you get inspired to publish an e-magazine?
Rebecca: I have always loved books and
magazines, and loved to read. When I first saw
the concept of a flipbook about two years ago, I
loved it, but wasn’t sure what to do with it. Ideas
would come and go, but nothing stuck. Then,
almost a year ago, in the summer of 2014, I was
given a copy of this *bookazine, by a friend and
our host at the time.
Not only did I thoroughly enjoy the content, but
I immediately told my husband, “I want to do
something like this!” The bookazine published by
the American Bible Society brought out my
creative side, but I still did not have any course
of action directed by the Holy Spirit. So, I waited
for God to move me in the way He wanted me to
go with this new-found desire of my heart.
Several days went by, and the look and feel of the bookazine kept coming to my mind. I read
every superbly written article, being drawn into the content by the picture that represented it
and, from a design standpoint, realized how the pictures were impacting my perception of the
article; how they made the article seem complete. I began to look at e-publishing platforms,
magazines specifically, and the desire to create an online magazine kept coming to me
stronger and stronger. But, I had to be sure it what was developing in me was a ‘God-thing’
and not a ‘me-thing.’ So, I continued to wait for Him to tell me something, one way or the
other.
Then, about three weeks after being given the bookazine, I had a dream....
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*a publication that combines elements of both a book and magazine
photo credit/ABS website