Be Still?
Be still and know that I am God . . . That line from Psalm 46:10 is one of…
February 6, 2020Be still and know that I am God . . . That line from Psalm 46:10 is one of…
February 6, 2020It is the dawn of a new year, even a new decade, and people are talking about goals. I…
January 6, 2020As I am writing this, it is the week of Thanksgiving. I am moving. My wife and I coordinate…
December 6, 2019I bought a guided journal a month ago, and I have written in it every day thereafter. I deserve…
November 6, 2019I spent the better part of yesterday evening, into the night, grading analysis essays. As I marked up the…
October 6, 2019Your not going to like what I say. You might feel like pulling you’re hair out. I am assuming…
September 6, 2019I was ministered to by a bathroom cup a while back. One day I was getting ready for work…
August 6, 2019What do a whale, a worm, and a writer have in common? Remember the story of Jonah in the…
July 6, 2019Has an event ever “snuck up on you” and you did not feel prepared for it? I have attended…
June 6, 2019People plan, God laughs. One of my favorite quotes in all the world is “People plan, God laughs.” Now,…
May 6, 2019“Love is at the root of everything . . . love or the lack of it.” This quote is…
April 6, 2019If I have learned anything from writers conferences and other instruction, it’s that writers like me need a platform—a…
March 6, 2019If you give a writer a deadline, he is going to open a document to start typing. Once he…
January 25, 2019Since it is the dawn of a new year, let’s discuss those dreaded resolutions. I have been resolving to…
January 6, 2019The other day in my Interpersonal Communication class, we talked about “acoustic space,” which is the distance your voice…
December 6, 2018“What do you write?” Sit down with a group at a writers conference or anywhere else writers gather, and…
November 6, 2018Clutter: (verb) to crowd something untidily. I have a confession to make: I am a clutter person. I once read an…
September 6, 2018Has your writing training “ruined” you in some ways? Do you notice plot holes, awkward point-of-view changes, and overly-predictable…
August 6, 2018The other day I got a rejection letter for a writing submission. Oh, and, by the way, the sky…
July 6, 2018I just returned from Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference, and there was much talk about how most writers…
June 6, 2018I recently heard a discussion about pop culture “landmarks”– movies or television shows that have made a lasting impression…
May 6, 2018Throughout April and early May last year, in the lead-up to Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference, writers flooded…
April 9, 2018I grew up in the ‘70s and ‘80s, and I have always had a theory about families and entertainment…
March 7, 2018A new year is normally a time of reflection, of goal-setting, of looking forward to possibilities. That’s normally the…
February 7, 2018It’s a new year, and we all know what that means: resolutions! Love them or hate them, we all…
January 6, 2018