I’ve decided that since we have church on Thursday nights that this will be my “easier” blogging day – I’ll post something that I already have written, or a simple post with a picture and a quote or something like that. I think I might allow myself to do that 2-3 times a week so […]
Writing
Blogging Goals
Those of you who are used to the irregularity of my posting may have been slightly surprised at the fact that I posted two whole days in a row, so I thought I should explain the reasons for my unusual behavior. Last year, as some of you may know, I participated in NaNoWriMo – (National […]
Connections
The familiar sound of the white jeep slowing, pausing in front of our mailbox, and then driving away reached my waiting ears. I bounded across the porch, took one step down and then vaulted over the other two onto the grass. Over the lawn I flew, then leap, leap, leap, down the bank, across the […]
Captured
The hammers strike against the strings and I feel the vibrations seep through the keys into my fingertips as I press forcefully down on them. The notes enter my ears, while the words of the hymn arrangement I am playing swirl through my mind – comforting, challenging, rebuking me. My practice consists of playing a phrase of […]
Introducing: Poem of the Week
I never used like poetry. I thought it was schmaltzy. But then one day I read a poem by James Whitcomb Riley, and I discovered that it contained not a speck of schmaltz, but rather was musical and folksy, and I liked it. With that beginning, my opinion of poetry gradually changed and I learned […]
The Paradox of Good Friday
It is something of a paradox that the day we remember Christ’s death on the cross is called “Good Friday.” I can’t think of any other day in history that could have been so incredibly good for some people, yet so incredibly bad for others. It’s interesting to think about the different groups of people […]