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Do you love to write? Are you looking for a place to publish your writing? Then this may be for you!


The Kingdom of God is at hand! Writing has tremendous power, and we can use its power to advance the Kingdom of God. The pen is mightier than the sword. Kingdom Pen magazine is a PDF publication organized, lead, and primarily written by Christian young people with a passion to write for Christ and advance His kingdom through their work.

Are you a young writer looking for encouragement, helpful articles on writing, and examples of writing from other young people on a similar quest for God’s kingdom? Kingdom Pen’s mission is to encourage such young people and to provide ...

Board Game Name: Dominion Expansions
Publisher: Rio Grande Games
Approximate Retail Price: $45.00







Over a year ago, I received the base set of “Dominion” for Christmas and immediately fell in love with it. Now, over 100 plays later, this fantastic game has only continued to grow better and better. While the base set contains all that anyone needs to enjoy the game, Rio Grande has released several expansions to the base set for even more variability in the action cards available each game. In this article I’ll be giving my thoughts on each expansion and ranking them from worst to best. If you haven’t yet played this excellent game, please ...

With the November presidential election fast approaching, the Republican candidates make the full circuit of televised debates. Since the debates have a near monopoly on how voters see the candidates, much of their potential presidential nomination stands to be won or lost at these discussions. Due to the number of candidates (now down to four), the candidates must work hard to stand out amongst an ocean of commentators, candidates, and criticisms. Who is the best debater? Who has those one-liners that cause standing ovations in the crowd or causes boos to burst forth against President Obama? Some argue that history professor and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich has utilized the debates most effectively. His use of emotion, credibility, ...

Every so often, I sit down with a good old children’s book. Children’s books are great for a variety of reasons. First, they are shorter than what society now expects us high-achieving high school students to read. Often, they are only fifty to a couple hundred pages long with short chapters and simple language. Second, they have happy endings. Everyone loves a happy ending. Except Shakespeare. Third, children’s books are nostalgic. Fourth, and most important, children’s books have pictures. So a couple days ago, I sat down with one of my all time favorite children’s books—The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes. The story is not only wonderfully endearing and heartfelt, but the pictures are beautifully illustrated. Plus, the book contains only ...

Because Jordan, our regular Girls Spotlight Columnist, is off with a great team of TPSers in Thailand, I, her favorite editor [Not that anyone thought otherwise] will be filling in for her this issue. No worries though, she'll be back next issue.
-Your Friendly Spotlight Editor [Emily Apgar]

All around TPS, you'll hear veterans talking about the “good old days” of TPS. Well, I'd like you to meet what some would call a “TPS Newbie” who is just as awesome as all the old folk we have around here. Ladies and Gentlemen, meet Hannah Gill: A 15 year old VA native and 1^st year TPSer.

For only being in her first year, Hannah didn't hesitate to dive right in! She's currently taking seven classes from TPS: French 1, ...