Writing tips The Truth of our Stories – by Frederick Buechner IN THE LONG RUN the stories all overlap and mingle like searchlights in the dark. The stories Jesus tells are part of the story Jesus is, and the other way round.…
Writing tips A Place to Belong I met Julie Witmer at Hutchmoot several years ago. She’s from Pennsylvania. She has an English gardener’s certificate, and called one day to ask if she could give…
Writing tips Surrendering to Time Perhaps the kindest—and most helpful—review I ever received came from Mary Rose O’Reilly, author of The Barn at the End of the World: “I can imagine that [Elizabeth] has…
Writing tips Viewpoint and tense What do I work with when I’m in this left-brain stage? Well, as a storyteller, I sketch out a plot as best I can. I’ve usually free-written about characters, giving…
Writing tips I was forced to listen I sit on my favorite rock, looking over the brook, to take time away from busyness, time to be. I’ve long since stopped feeling guilty about taking being time; it’s…
Writing tips Christian art? Christian art? Art is art; painting is painting; music is music; a story is a story. If it’s bad art, it’s bad religion, no matter how pious the subject. If…
Marketing tips, Publishing tips, Writing tips Purpose or Passion? Here’s What Research Says Leads to Higher Performance By Keith Reynold Jennings, {grow} Contributing Columnisthttps://businessesgrow.com/2020/08/19/purpose-or-passion/
Uncategorized Existential Dizziness Some are questioning whether the churches they grew up in have anything to offer them as they make their ways in a culture of many cultures with many views of…
Marketing tips “Hey check this out” There’s another cost that creators tend to miss too: How much does it cost for people to find your work? To read the reviews or read an article about it?…
Writing tips It takes years to write a book To comfort friends discouraged by their writing pace, you could afford them this: It takes years to write a book - between two and ten years. Less is so…
Writing tips Have a Checklist It can be helpful to have a checklist, particularly once you’re in the middle, most engaged stage of work. The middle is often a muddle, and if you have some…
Uncategorized A character who has a passionate desire In Art in the Zen of Writing, Ray Bradbury says that all you really need for a story is a character who has a passionate desire. The character and the…
Writing tips A Christian artist Why is it that I, who have spent my life writing, struggling to be a better artist, and struggling also to be a better Christian, should feel rebellious when I…
Writing tips I miss a lot The fact that we need so much help understanding what we are looking at is a lesson in itself. How often do we assume that we know what we are…
Uncategorized The Hostility Toward Bible Study Teachers by Rick Jordan https://greatbibleteachers.com/the-hostility-toward-bible-study-teachers/
