“Live in Love; find your true reward” Subscription Information

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• Do you like my theological thoughts, but don’t care for my posts about creative writing?
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Keep reading for an explanation of the sort of content within each category. Click here to jump to a step-by-step explanation of how to subscribe (free or paid) and/or manage your existing subscription.

Category Explanation

Theology

This is the primary category on this site, and at-present the only category with any content that requires a paid subscription.

This category includes Biblical expositions:

• Revelation 1-22
• Joshua 1-12
• 1 John (in progress for PAID subscribers only)
• Various topical expositions

This category also includes

• Book reviews of popular (or important) Christian books.
• Gospel connections in popular movies and books.
• Comparative religion conversations.
• My own journey with Christianity and how my thoughts and beliefs have shifted over the years.

It also includes devotionals and exhortations:

• Better understanding Scripture
• Applying more of Scripture to more of our lives
• Being better witnesses of Jesus in this world
• What Christian love means and why it matters

Creativity

This is the second most populous category here. I used to have a second blog focused on this topic, but I wanted to be focused on one site instead of several. Creativity connects to Theology in the sense that “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth,” and “God created humanity in his image” (Genesis 1:1, 27). This means that we are glorifying God when we create–whether art, photography, fiction or nonfiction (and whether we are believers or nonbelievers).

Sometimes this category will also be categorized with Theological, but that will be the exception rather than the norm.

This category includes:

• Writing tips
• Fiction updates
• Book reviews (fiction or writing)
• Short stories
• Writing prompts

Politics

This is a relatively new category to the blog. I’ve touched on politics before over the years, but I’ve only recently started writing posts directly related to politics.

This category is related to Theological because a religious worldview underpins everything else a person believes; even if I don’t link political posts as also theological, the mentality behind my political thoughts can be found in the Theological side of this site.

This category is related to Creative because American Politics need a creative reimagining. Insanity is doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting different results; the pendulum swings every four years with no true forward momentum. If we’re going to see true progress as a country, we need to reassess:

• Our presuppositions
• Our view of other people
• Our morality
• Our history
• Our mistakes
• Prophetic voices from the past

The political side of my blog looks at all of these things.

Education

Closely related to politics (which includes the same explanation of how Theological and Creative categories relate) is Education. The answer to our education woes in this country is not to burn down the education system, but to draw creatively from the bullet points above (on politics) and apply them to Education.

At present (2/25/25) I have not yet written anything specifically on education, though I do have a whole list of brainstormed topics to write. Once I start writing them, those posts will give birth to other ideas and future Education posts. (These posts were all previously tagged with “Substitute Teacher.”)

But the type of content coming in this category:

• Classroom management
• Homeschooling insights
• English Literature guides
• History of education

Our plan is to homeschool our kids, so I want to create curriculum that pulls from the best of both the public school world and the homeschooling world in an effort to give our kids the best education possible. Our oldest is 3 currently, so we still have two years, but there’s no time like the present to get started!

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A Guide to Subscribing

If you’re new to WordPress, it can be a little daunting to subscribe and even pay money to support. You might have questions like:

• Where’s the money going?
• How can I trust it?
• How do I stop getting so many emails?
• Why am I not getting any emails?
• How do I switch to being a paid subscriber?
• How do I cancel my subscription?

I had to teach myself the ropes just to make this post, so don’t feel overwhelmed if you’re unsure how it all works.

In the steps that follow ( complete with images to illustrate the process for you), I will guide you through becoming a free or paid subscriber of live in Love; find your true reward:

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Become a Free Subscriber

1. Type your email and click the button

Sometimes there might only be a button to click. In these instances, the next step will be to type your email address.

2. Select “Free” when it asks you for your tier and then click “Subscribe for free”

3. Select which categories you want and click “Confirm selection”

4. Click “Got it” and Check your email to confirm your subscription

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Become a Paid Subscriber

1. Type your email and click the button

2. Select “FYTR Ministries plan”* when it asks you for your tier, and choose frequency of payments; click “Continue to pay”

* It is possible there will be more subscription options in the future than simply FYTR Ministries.

3. Fill out payment info and click “Pay Now”

(If you chose the yearly plan, it will say “$75.00 / year” at the top and “Pay Now ($75.00 / year)” at the bottom.)

4. Select which categories you want and click “Confirm selection”

5. Click “Got it” and enjoy your subscription

Manage Free Subscription

To manage your subscription, go to wordpress.com/reader. If you’re not currently logged in, log in. There, you should see the screen below (or one similar):

1. Click “Manage Subscriptions” in the bottom left corner

2. Click on [Site Title]

3. Manage your subscription

Options from this screen:

• Turn off emails or change how often you receive emails
• Select blog categories you want email notifications from
• Unsubscribe

Manage Paid Subscription

To manage your subscription, go to wordpress.com/reader. If you’re not currently logged in, log in. There, you should see the screen below (or one similar):

1. Click “Manage Subscriptions” in the bottom left corner

2. Click on [Site Title]

3. Manage your subscription

The category selection in the free plan is also available for the paid plan (see Step 3 in the Free Subscription instructions).

4. Click “Manage Purchases” if you want to update your billing information or cancel your subscription.

If you click “Unsubscribe” or you’ll see this message:

5. If you want to update billing details, click “Payment Methods”; if you want to unsubscribe and cancel future payments, click the arrow on the right side.

6. If you need to pause your subscription, click “Disable auto-renew”; if you want to stop financially supporting, click “Stop ____* subscription.”

* It is possible there will be more subscription options in the future than simply FYTR Ministries.

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If you redirect back to the “Manage Subscriptions” you’ll note that you’re still subscribed to the site, but now as a Free Subscriber:

7. If you want to remain as a free subscriber, you can close your browser and go about your day; if you want to completely cancel your subscription, follow the steps starting here.

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