Burning Word Press
“…But His word was in my heart like a burning fire shut up in my bones; I was weary of holding it back, and I could not.
Jeremiah 20:9 (NKJV)
Founded by Megan Ellenberger in 2024, Burning Word Press exists to touch lives through the power of story. The goal of BWP is to publish a variety of books – including fiction, nonfiction, and poetry – that tell a story with purpose.
BWP seeks to provide readers with books that bring renewed awareness of God with us, one story, memoir, or poem at a time.
Recent Posts
Thoughts, ponderings, and behind-the-scenes stories.
Behind the Poem: Two Pieces of Wood
Welcome to the first “Behind the Poem” blog post, where I’ll be giving a bit of a story behind a poem from my book, Write Your Heart. Enjoy the glimpse behind the curtain of poetic words!
Around 1:00 in the morning, those of us who were participating in our youth group’s late night worship entered the dimly-lit sanctuary. From the sound booth in the back, our youth pastor started the music and I settled onto the carpet in the left corner of the stage, sitting in the shadows with my notebook next to me.
2024: One Step at a Time
2024 was the fastest year I’ve ever experienced, and looking back, it was filled with little things (like watching my 1-yr-old niece pet bluebells in the yard and seeing an otter while kayaking down a creek) and bigger things (such as watching the solar eclipse in my backyard with tears welling in my eyes in awe of God’s incredible creation). Will you join me on a journey through 2024?
Why “Write Your Heart”
I’m fairly certain that when I first told people the title of my poetry collection, they weren’t very impressed.
In all fairness, it does sound a little…sappy? Cliché? However, in reality, it is anything but.
It came from gentle instruction from Jesus.
God cares about what’s in and on our hearts, and He was calling me to write it out. To write to Him, and for Him. And so, when I decided my first book would be a poetry book, that is the title that pulled them all together.