Prior to attending the “Editing the Magazine” conference in Manila, I was a bit nervous that I was attending under false pretences. Much as I love Footprints, it is small fry really – it’s not even my day job, it’s something I do in my spare time as a labour of love, and I don’t [...]
After my last few posts sharing the inspirational Footprints story, a reader commented that there must have been disappointments along the way. So to give you a realistic picture of the Footprints journey, I thought I’d share just some of the challenges and failures …
Discouragement from within the body of Christ – When Footprints was brand [...]
And so began the Footprints journey … and what a journey it’s been. Twelve years ago, I knew very little about running a ministry, let alone putting a magazine together, writing articles, databases, advertising and promotion, webpages – I didn’t even have internet access!
It feels like my Father God himself has taken me under His [...]
And so it was on a ladies camp in September 1997 that the idea for Footprints was first conceived. At the time I had a 10 month old baby and a 3 year old. I thought there was no way I could pursue this dream at least until my children were at school – [...]
Over the years, my love affair with magazines continued. As a young woman, flatting and starting out in a career, I moved on from teen mags to “Cosmo”, “Cleo” and various mags aimed at career women.
When I got engaged, I converted to all the bridal magazines available; as a young married, I enjoyed titles such as “Family [...]