Christian Writer Author:
Joan Wester Anderson
Location:
Illinois
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United States
Email:
Joan@JoanWAnderson.com
Website:
www.joanwanderson.com
 Author and lecturer Joan Wester Anderson was born in Evanston, Illinois. She began her writing career in 1973 with a series of family humor articles for local newspapers and Catholic publications, and was a monthly columnist for two national magazines during the 1980s. She has published more than one thousand articles and short stories in a variety of publications, including Woman's Day, Modern Bride, Virtue, Reader’s Digest, and the New York Times Syndicate. Her 15 books include WHERE ANGELS WALK, TRUE STORIES OF HEAVENLY VISITORS, which was on the New York Times best-seller list.
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I've Written . . .
Where Angels Walk - Story Of The Week - April 10, 2009
Christian Column
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Angels
Fiction: False
Hello, angel friends.
Before sending you an Easter poem, I’d like to share a blog that I received from Ron McConnell of Xzone Radio. He had been going through a difficult period, as we all do from time to time, and was wondering if the stress would ever lift. “I was working downstairs in my office,” he says, “and suddenly felt this warmth all over my body as if I was being hugged by an unseen
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Guardian Angels - True Stories Of Answered Prayers
Christian Book Excerpt
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Angels
Fiction: False
It was a hot July day in 2003, and Susan Archie was in her back yard, looking at the big tractor her husband used when he cut the lawn. He had always promised to teach her how to drive it, but with all the outside chores in their rural home in South Carolina, he hadn’t gotten around to it yet. Right now he was working in front, but the back lawn needed cutting, and the tractor didn’t look all that
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New Book Available - Angels and Wonders: True Stories of Heaven on Earth
Christian Press Release
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Announcement
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Dear Earth Angel,
As you may have heard, Loyola Press is reissuing one of my angel books, formerly titled Where Wonders Prevail. The new title is Angels and Wonders. This book has always been one of my favorites, and if you missed it the first time around, you will probably want to add it to your collection now. This book seeks to capture true stories of heaven on earth, such as these:
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Where Angels Walk - Story Of The Week - May 8, 2009
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Angels
Fiction: False
Hello, angel friends. You are the best! Lots of you sent get-well cards and notes to JoAnn Cayce who is recovering from pneumonia, and they just made her day/week/month! I knew all I would have to do is to mention this, and you would respond. JoAnn says she has never received this much mail, and her energy has returned.
--Can you lend your collective goodness now to another need? An eight-
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Where Angels Walk - Extra Story Of The Week - May 22, 2009
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Angels
Fiction: False
Hello, angel lovers. Today there are NO announcements, just a very special story.
We often say, “I’ll pray for you!” But do we honestly believe that there is power in prayer, even more power when many are praying in unison? For those of you who responded to the call this past week, to pray for a little boy none of us knew, you were part of a miracle. Here’s the story:
It was an ordinary
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Where Angels Walk - Story Of The Week
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Angels
Fiction: False
Hello, angels. Just wanted to update you on the little boy, Isaac Frank, who you all prayed for after he was seriously burned in an accident this summer. Isaac's story will appear in their diocesan newspaper this week, written by his mom and grandmom, and if you could see a recent photo of him, even you would have a tough time believing how beautiful he looks. I say "even you" because---althoug
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Announcing updated Version of Where Miracles Happen
Christian Press Release
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Angels
Fiction: False
Dear Friends,
Do angels get together and decide how best to help someone? Or do they sometimes hang back and wait for us to do their work? Our regular angel story is not due til next week, but I'm mailing all of you because I'm hoping you'll help me.
This month, Loyola Press is publishing an updated edition of my book, Where Miracles Happen. This book, complete with eight new stories, wi
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Where Angels Walk - Story Of The Week Extra September 17, 2009, St Michael
Christian Column
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Angels
Fiction: False
Friends, I know that I shortchanged you last week by not sending an angel story. So today I'm going to send you an extra mailing. This too in NOT an angel story, but since we are headling into October, the official Month of the Angels in the Catholic church, I thought you would like to know about it. Maybe some of you easterners have been there.
My only problem here is that I sometimes have
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Where Angels Walk - Story Of The Week, October 22
Christian Column
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Angels
Fiction: False
Hello, angel lovers. Just a few announcements today and an extra blog (I blog occasionally for Guideposts.com).
---I know you like to be aware of good resources. I've got friends, a married couple, who would be great to have on your list. Bob and Cheryl Moeller are primarily marriage experts (parents of 6 and a dog) and conduct retreats and marriage preparation classes, as well as speaking
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Where Angels Walk - Story of the Week, December 18, 2009
Christian Column
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Angels
Fiction: False
Hello, angel lovers. This is the last of our stories for 2009. Is it my imagination, or did this year fly by? We have a serious prayer need this year: our friends, the Cayces---who we help support in Thornton, Arkansas---have a son Daniel, who is himself an earth angel. Many of us have watched him grow up, and develop ministries there, collecting blankets, baby food and toothbrushes as his spe
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Where Angels Walk - Story Of The Week - June 17, 2010 In the Flames
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Angels
Fiction: False
Not much news these days. Perhaps the angels are taking a rest. Here's a story:
"Yesterday I had a car accident on my way home with Emma,"Lisa Trowbridge's March, 2009 email to her friends began with this startling news. "This is hard to write," she went on, "yet the message is important." So important that she wanted everyone to share it.
As Lisa explained, she and her four-year-old dau
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Where Angels Walk Story of the Week - Alert from the Angel Website
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Angels
Fiction: False
Hello, friends. Our Story of the Week is not due until November 6th, but we have a job to do right now. Those of you who are new to the mailing list might not have heard of JoAnn Cayce and her ministry to the poorest of the poor in Thornton, Arkansas. Many of us---as earth angels would do--- help this community with clothes and other needs all year. In a few weeks I would usually be sending you
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News - Angel And Wonders is Amazon "Pick"
Christian Press Release
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Angels
Fiction: False
Just to let you all know that my book ANGELS AND WONDERS (formerly titled WHERE WONDERS PREVAIL), is a "pick" this week on Amazon.com. In case you have been meaning to get it for yourself or a friend, but just haven't gotten around to it yet (I know all about that!) the book will probably never be cheaper. We authors need your help to keep going. Just click on the following:
We recommend: Ang
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Where Angel's Walk - Story of the Week, December 8, 2010
Christian Column
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Angels
Fiction: False
Dear Friends, This morning, when I realized that I had sent out the same story as last time (Robin Leach's amazing Christmas) I knew that I was supposed to discuss this subject with all of you---the topic of being TOO BUSY. (And when TOO BUSY, making dumb mistakes.)
I find myself in this predicament, attempting to do everything and still have time to enjoy "retirement." I also have developed so
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Where Angels Walk - Story of the Week, February 19, 2011 - ANGEL IN HIKING BOOTS
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Angels
Fiction: False
Angels don’t always announce their arrival. And sometimes the helper is an ordinary person acting like an angel. Either way, they change our lives. Tammy Kline would agree.
Tammy, her husband Rich and several others had embarked upon a climb on the Grand Canyon. An experienced hiker (and married to one), Tammy had never had a serious problem climbing hills in Colorado. But now as the group
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Where Angels Walk - Story Of The Week, June 13, 2011 - Angel on Her Lap
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Angels
Fiction: False
Hello, angel friends!
Yes, it has taken me a long time to resume our story, but I had a good excuse! Two friends went to visit the Cayce family in Thornton, Arkansas, our Earth Angel ministry, and I was hoping to get a long and detailed update that I could pass along to you. So far we haven't done it, but I will have it for you next time (to those of you who are new subscribers, I will explai
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Where Angels Walk - Story of the Week, October 15, 2011
Christian Column
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Angels
Fiction: False
Talk about embarrassed. Last week I mentioned that I was trying to keep this mailing at a professional level. I then sent the story around without "cleaning it," a process that I know how to do, but occasionally forget. It left weird signs on the message, causing many of you to think that your email was in trouble. Fear not---you are fine. And if I remember to prepare the mail correctly, I'll
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Where Angels Walk - Jan 13 Story Time
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Angels
Fiction: False
Hello, friends. Today a little child will lead them. (And do stay warm :)
"Of course I didn't see anyone, but the feeling that you get when you know they are near...." Heidi Taylor runs out of words. Like others who want to share their experiences with angels, she is filled with joy.
It all started when Heidi, the mother of six, read an angel book, WHERE ANGELS WALK. She realized that her
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