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Emilie Griffin

Author Bio:
Emilie Griffin, who writes about work and spirituality, worked at major ad agencies in New York City and New Orleans, winning fifty awards for creativity. Now in Alexandria, Louisiana, she has written fifteen books on spiritual life. Emilie is active with Renovaré, an international movement for Christian renewal and the Chrysostom Society, a writers group.

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4.26.09(Personal Reflection)

Workplace Gifts and Ice Cream Flavors >

The spirit of the Lord . . .

4.27.08(Bible Reflection)

Can Leaders Sit On the Back Row? >

Learn how to whisper and how to shout.

10.7.07(Personal Reflection)

You Can If You Think You Can >

Being in a fish bowl sounds great until it happens to you. But one particular incident taught me a lot about attitude.

10.8.06(Personal Reflection)

Deplorable Professions >

For years, I worked in advertising (my day job) and wrote books about Christian faith. But I didn't despise one kind of work and love the other.

6.25.06(Personal Reflection)

The Crooked and the Straight >

How in the world, by what wild stretch of imagination, did I come to experience God in the secular work of advertising? It's simple.

6.27.04(Personal Reflection)

Something in Common >

Recently, I led a retreat at Pecos Abbey in New Mexico with Glandion Carney. Both Glandion and I are members of the Renovaré Ministry Team, a Christian Renewal Movement that leads retreats and conferences around the USA and overseas. Some folks at…

11.23.03(Personal Reflection)

Thanks for the Mishaps >

August was odd for me. Pleasant things happened, of course, but I also had two inconvenient mishaps. First, while attending a week-long fiction workshop on the St. John's College campus at Santa Fe, I had to rush to the emergency room at 5:00 a.m.…

10.13.02(Personal Reflection)

Blessed are the Somebodies >

Martin Luther King, Jr., was somebody. On that, few people disagree. Born in Atlanta in 1929, he whizzed through school, skipping both ninth and twelfth grades. His college entrance exam score was so high that he entered Morehouse College at…

9.29.02(Personal Reflection)

The Pebbles Are Tricky Right Along Here >

For some time now, I have thought of myself as a spiritual writer and am confident enough, when someone wants to know, "Emilie, what do you do?" I say, "I'm a writer." And the person says, "Oh, what do you write about?" And I generally say, "spirituality,"…