Words, God, and Me

Today I pasted words. My friend Erin sent me all these cool little pieces of art last year, and I’m still fascinated by them. I began flipping through them. As I did, four words stood out to me. Play. Health. Freedom. Abundance. I believe this is what God has...

Commercial or Literary or Both?

Today, Dave Long is discussing something worthy of your writerly time: He writes: Because there’s two different “kinds” of books you can sell. One is acceptable and one is looked at askance. And we’ll spend the next couple of days talking about...

Dave’s words of wisdom

Dave, of Faith*in*Fiction fame said this about the picture below (where he expounds his wisdom to a captivated Lisa Samson): You can actually see the wisdom pouring forth. I didn’t think digital cameras could capture...

Odds and Ends

Odds and Ends: I took this picture in Paris last winter. I just LOVE this photo of a photo because you see folks with arms raised, experiencing freedom on the backdrop of a barred fence. What a contrast. If you are living in a prison of sorts, meditate on this...

When God Descended at ACFW

I felt like I’d brushed my feet on holy ground, as if I’d been time-machined back to Jacob’s era where a ladder stretched heavenward while angels danced up and down toward glory. It began simple enough–in a Marriot breakout room, Lisa Samson...