The Christian life asks for mind’s attention and heart’s affection. – Justin Cofield, The Austin Stone
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Christianity
On Writing: Loaves and Fishes
Writing is like giving away the few loaves and fishes one has, trusting that they will multiply in the giving. – Henri Nouwen, from his Reflections on Theological Education
Writing – perhaps all art forms – dwell within the habitudes of uncertainty and bewilderment. I enter into the act of creating not knowing if I’ll create anything. A doubt underlies the thought: perhaps I’ve drawn my last drawing already, perhaps I have no more words to write. [Read more…] about On Writing: Loaves and Fishes
Worthwhile Things Take Work
Worthwhile things take work. – Jon Dansby, The Austin Stone
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Kickstarter: Write Right’s Emergency Hope Kit
A few years ago, I read an article about how writers and artists needed an emergency hope kit. They needed to remember their successes and the people who encouraged them. I loved the idea but found that an element was missing: the kit itself. [Read more…] about Kickstarter: Write Right’s Emergency Hope Kit
From There to Here: Integrity
in•teg•ri•ty n (15c) 1: an unimpaired condition : SOUNDNESS 2: firm adherence to a code of esp. moral or artistic values : INCORRUPTIBILITY 3: the quality or state of being complete or undivided : COMPLETENESS syn see HONESTY [Read more…] about From There to Here: Integrity
Who are You Writing for?
Of our greatest acts we are ignorant. You were not aware that you saved my life. – Emily Dickinson to Thomas Wentworth Higginson