You sit sometimes for hours or days at a time struggling to squeeze every bit of creative juice into words. Then you take this word-juice pulp and try to blend it into some sort of readable smoothie of sentences hoping your readers develop a love for the flavor and come back for more. The reader … Continue reading Writing Chronicles: Why do I Write?
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The Courage to Come Out
I am not a member of the LGBTQ+ community. I do not pretend to understand the struggles and challenges of people who are in this small but growing tribe of people. Someone I know does, and they are the reason for writing this blog. Last week (this was written on August 19th, 2019) a person … Continue reading The Courage to Come Out
The Failing Media and the Loss of the Middle Ground
The shootings of last week in El Paso, TX, and Dayton, OH, revealed a lot about the current climate and the limits our society has set before it foments over in just anger demanding change. I sincerely hope we will get some gun regulations passed in this country. But this is not a post about … Continue reading The Failing Media and the Loss of the Middle Ground
My Second Conversion: The End of My Biblical Idolatry
There is coming a day when the truth will set all Christians free. There is an idol we have set up; an idol few believe exists and fewer believe should be torn down. The idol is the modern Christian calf or rather a tome of gold with gilded pages. It is seen as the arbiter … Continue reading My Second Conversion: The End of My Biblical Idolatry
The Tricky Business of Love
Ah, love. Isn't wonderful? It is no coincidence that God in Christ makes this the top priority when they tell us to love God and love others. I would argue the Old Testament, especially the prophetic section claims that we love God by loving others. We are to love our neighbor as ourselves. But who is our neighbor exactly? Jesus did … Continue reading The Tricky Business of Love
Gazing through Opaque Windows 