Amy L Harden
Author and Speaker
My Personal Story:
I am married, the mother of five grown children, and the Nanny to five beautiful granddaughters and 4 grandsons. I served in the U.S. Navy for 13 years as a Navy Radio, Television, and Print Journalist. I have been married for 38 years.
Writing
My writing has primarily been non-fiction, research, and technical, but I love creative writing. My devotions and stories have been published in Guideposts, Focus on the Family, Arise Daily, and Crosswalk.com. My U.S. Navy Broadcast Journalist background provides me with experience in public relations, print and radio, and television scriptwriting, as well as technical writing. I am presently writing a historical romance novel. Sprinkle in blogging and some poetry.
Speaking
I am a member of Toastmasters International and the National Speakers Association. My speaking topics include God’s Call, life transitions, leadership, and faith-based topics, encouraging women and men of all ages. My Vision Boards workshops are sought after by churches, organizations, and women’s groups throughout the year.
I graduated from Regent University with a degree in Communications- Rhetoric and Communication Narrative. I worked at Regent University for ten years as the Communications Doctoral Program Assistant and then as the program’s Advisor, while advising the military and other programs offered at the school.
I encourage you to visit my LinkedIn profile for recommendations and details on my work experience.
I am a member of the AWSA, ACFW, ACFW Virginia, Word Weavers International, and Word Weavers Zoom Groups - Page 44 President.
My Life and Signature scriptures are:
Numbers 6: 24-26
“The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.” (NIV)
Psalm 139
“O LORD, you have searched me [thoroughly] and have known me. You know, when I sit down, and when I rise [my entire life, everything I do], You understand my thought from afar. You scrutinize my path in my lying down, and You are intimately acquainted with all my ways. Even before there is a word on my tongue [still unspoken], Behold, O LORD, You know it all. You have enclosed me behind and before, and You have placed Your hand upon me. Such [infinite] knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is too high [above me], I cannot reach it. Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? If I ascend to heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead), behold, You are there. If I take the wings of the dawn, If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea, Even there Your hand will lead me, And Your right hand will take hold of me. If I say, “Surely the darkness will cover me, and the night will be the only light around me,” Even the darkness is not dark to You and conceals nothing from You, but the night shines as bright as the day; Darkness and light are similar to You. For You formed my innermost parts; You knit me [together] in my mother’s womb. I will give thanks and praise to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, and my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from You, when I was being formed in secret, and intricately and skillfully formed [as if embroidered with many colors] in the depths of the earth. Your eyes have seen my unformed substance; And in Your book were all written The days that were appointed for me, When as yet there was not one of them [even taking shape]. How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How vast is the sum of them! If I could count them, they would outnumber the sand. When I awake, I am still with You. O that You would kill the wicked, O God; Go away from me, therefore, men of bloodshed. For they speak against You wickedly, Your enemies take Your name in vain. Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD? And do I not loathe those who rise against You? I hate them with perfect and utmost hatred; They have become my enemies. Search me [thoroughly], O God, and know my heart; Test me and know my anxious thoughts; And see if there is any wicked or hurtful way in me, And lead me in the everlasting way.” (AMP)
