I wrote this during NaPoWriMo this past spring. It’s probably one of my favorites. =) Where have you come from, child of stars? What power glows in that beating heart? What far-off sun do you call home? What songs are coursing in your bones? Why do you wander here, lost …
Well, I’m back. Hello again! I know I haven’t blogged very much this summer, so I’m just going to do a wrap-up post for the entire summer and hopefully that will also serve as explanation for why I’ve been rather absent. Things That Happened I wrote a book | …
I’m a huge fan of nonfiction, but my first love was stories. I’m a firm believer in the power and necessity of stories (and all kinds of art!). They’re immensely valuable for Christians. With that in mind, here are four of my favorite fiction books and series, with comments. (and …
Guys guys guys guess what! It’s been ages since I posted anything fiction… but finally I have a new short story to share! And it was actually published on Story516, my friend Zach Sollie’s new website. It was inspired by friendship and coffee shop aesthetics and Story516’s theme word for …
A central theme of this blog is, of course, creativity. I’d call myself an author, writer, artist, or poet as the mood strikes, and so would many of you. As has been mentioned elsewhere, many times, there’s a dearth of good Christian (mainstream) art. However, many artists and writers and …
I just started reading through Ezekiel, first because I’m in between Bible study projects, and second because I started reading through the whole Bible last January and I’d rather like to finish it sometime. The other day I was in Ezekiel 6. Like so much of this book it’s denouncing …
The first time I listened to Sara Groves’ song “Scientists In Japan,” I laughed. It’s a rather quirky, whimsical illustration of how technology is moving forward, of our collective surprise as again and again “you see science fiction ain’t fiction no more.” That’s why it caught me by surprise when …
Yesterday I had a post published on TheRebelution that I thought might be encouraging for you, since I know a lot of people who follow this blog are fellow writers and creatives, and we all want to change the world. =) We tend to think that the world is only …
Hard to believe it’s the last week–last day, actually–of this year’s NaPoWriMo. It always goes by so fast. I’ve grown up in Florida, but it feels like I’m just now beginning to appreciate the beauty that is my state. And as much as I can’t wait to go to school …
I was very conflicted on which poem to post this week. Honestly, most of what I wrote wasn’t that great, or else not something I’d ever share. The business of writers is words; but words need to have something behind them. You can’t just write for the sake of “being …
