As writers, we have a lot on our plates. We must know our craft well. We sometimes pore over our words to the point of obsession, struggling to release them into world for fear of being misunderstood, judged, or even just known. Now, we must also become authorpreneurs—the managers of our own careers, masters of marketing, social media, and even publishing….
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With all the voices out there, why add mine to the mix?
With so much noise on the internet and so many writers and others competing for eyeballs writers can wonder, Is there any hope that little I will ever be noticed, get any traction, build an audience? Do I have anything valuable to say that anyone else hasn’t already said? If we can’t find our “why” for writing, these haunting questions can rise to the…
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Wisdom Beyond Our Years, and Our Universe—Ours for the Asking
“Wise beyond his [or her] years,” we say of someone who lives by a wisdom we recognize as being beyond the scope of their own lifespan, or even this universe. What if that sort of wisdom were available to all of us? What if you could know things beyond the scope of your own natural ability to know, beyond your own…
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Don’t Go It Alone, We’re Not Meant To
We need each other. There is no shame in that. Even Moses needed Aaron and Hur to hold his arms up during a battle between the Israelites and the Amalekites, after the Amalekites attacked them. As long as he held up the staff in his hand, the Israelites kept winning, but when he lowered them, the tide turned and the…
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Out of the Pew: Physicality in Worship
I love Psalm 96 for so many reasons. In it, we are invited, along with all of creation, to engage our very beings in the act of worship and celebration of who God is. Note: this may require getting out of the pew! Having grown up Southern Baptist, these commands read to me like permission not only to feel what…
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Seeing Souls: Looking Beyond the Physical
Last week, as I sat on my front porch with a new friend, I was suffering injury: broken bones and a broken heart. Before my mishap, she and I had planned a a girl’s night out: a walk on the beach, then eating out at one of her favorite restaurants nearby. My physical injury made our plans impossible, as I was…
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