Francine Rivers
Francine Rivers
Francine Sandra Riversis an American author of fiction with Christian themes, including inspirational romance novels. Prior to becoming a born-again Christian in 1986, Rivers wrote historical romance novels. She is best known for her inspirational novel Redeeming Love, while another novel, The Last Sin Eater has become a feature film...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
CountryUnited States of America
believe pride would-be
You said go to her, and I let pride stand in my way. You said she needed me, and I didn't believe. You said love her, and I thought it would be easy.
believe dont-believe
How is it possible to hold such anger against something you don't believe in?
father believe finding-happiness
I used to believe the purpose in life is to find happiness. I don’t believe that anymore. I believe we are all given gifts from our Father, and that our purpose is to offer them to Him. He knows how He wants us to use them.
age encouraged journal time until wrote
Well, I always wanted to write from the time I was very little, and my mother encouraged me. She wrote a journal from the time she was 15 up until about the age of 76.
characters life
The goal is to have every character take on a life of his or her own. Sometimes characters will come into the story that I haven't planned.
days job work
Like everyone else, there are days when I don't want to go to work. However, writing is a job like anything else.
I'll often dream about characters before I start writing their stories.
freedom general historical issue market needed worked
I actually worked in the general market for many years writing steamy historical romance, and I had more freedom in the Christian market than I ever did in the general market to write about any issue that I needed to write about.
change jesus lives love
When we love like Jesus does, lives change for the better.
allow job
My job is to allow the character to live and breathe - and become as real to the reader as he or she is to me.
christian fiction hard issues lives speak tear
I want to see Christian fiction speak to the hard and real issues that tear people's lives apart.
head knowledge raised
I had been raised in the church, but I wasn't a Christian. I had a lot of head knowledge but no heart knowledge.
book exciting faith favorite love spent statement year
My favorite book is 'Redeeming Love.' It was my first as a born-again Christian, my statement of faith, and the most exciting year I've spent writing anything.
became bringing faith late life questions start
I became a Christian late, in my late 30s, so I had a lot of things that I was bringing into my Christian life that I regret. And I had a lot of questions about faith, so that's where I start when I write.