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When Creativity Feels Cluttered: Making Space to Create Again
I’ve always wondered what it would be like to have a personal chef. What a luxury it would be to have someone plan delightful meals, buy fresh ingredients, cook innovative entrées, side dishes, and desserts, plate them festively, serve them, and then clean up afterward. I’ve been cooking since...
Emmaus Was Never the Destination
This piece was first written as a poem nearly fifteen years ago, born out of a quiet meditation on the road to Emmaus and the mysterious ache of hearts set ablaze. At the time, it held more wonder than understanding—an attempt to name what it feels like to encounter the Word in the ordinary,...
Revision, Renewal, and the Writer’s Craft: Lessons from Lent
The season of Lent invites Christians to slow down and reflect; a time of "revision" in our spiritual lives. Traditionally, it is time for prayer and repentance as we move toward renewal and prepare our hearts for Holy Week and the hope of Easter. Lent encourages us to examine our lives, let go...
Is Christ Real to Me? 22 Questions for a Searching Soul
When two brothers, John and Charles Wesley, attended Oxford, they desired to deepen their faith. One iteration of that involved forming a small group with other Christ-followers to spur one another, to examine their lives in Christ methodically. John created twenty-two questions to serve...
Dust, Desire, & Deep Intimacy with Jesus: Lenten Invitation to Be with Jesus
Lent offers space to explore the depths of our dustiness, the raw regrets, the sad sorrows, the bitter, brittle places where healing needs to visit my soul yet again. We enter Lent within the safety of God’s great love for us. In this secure place, we experience His tender care when we reveal...
Bikes, Olympics, Writing- The Creation of Habits
For the past 241 days, from June 8, 2025, to February 3, 2026, I have hopped on my indoor exercise bike and pedaled for at least 30 minutes. That’s 34 weeks and 3 days. Over 163 workdays and 78 non-workdays, including 34 Saturdays, 35 Sundays, and 9 federal holidays, my indoor recumbent bike...
You Are Here: Finding Your Path as a Christian Writer
“You are here.” That visitor map wording helps me orient myself in unfamiliar places. When I enter an unfamiliar place, such as an airport terminal, art museum, national park, or mall, I appreciate this pause because it helps me locate myself and find my bearings. I lean in, looking for what’s...
Travel with the Magi: Imaginative Prayer on the Day of Epiphany
On this celebration day of Epiphany, I invite you to travel with the Magi through Matthew 2:1-12 using imaginative prayer. The Magi Journeying (Les rois, mages en voyage) by James Tissot God created our imagination and uses it for our good and His glory. We see this in artists’...
Advent, Mystery, and the Art of Spaciousness
Advent, Mystery, and the Art of Spaciousness: Writing with Gaps, Living with Gaps Advent arrives quietly. God comes gently in the stillness. He doesn't rush. It’s a season filled with unfolding mystery. God says, “My Presence comes in the spaces you do not fill.” He chooses empty...
Scanning the Aisles for Jesus: Waiting with Joy and Hope
Every camellia bush bursts forth with buds, waiting to blossom. Deep under the earth, roots hold seeds and bulbs secure, waiting for Spring’s arrival. Dragon-breath exhales hang in the air as I release my breath at first light. The cold air declares winter is here. The buds on the dogwood say a...
Reflections on Writing with Faith, Joy, and God’s Guidance
As the year draws to a close, it’s natural for writers to look back on the words we’ve written, including the ones we never quite managed to put on the page. Reflection is more than a tally of productivity. It’s a sacred pause — a moment to notice where God has met us in the creative process,...
Savoring Psalm 34:8 – O Taste and See
Savoring Psalm 34:8 Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good. King James Version Open your mouth and taste, open your eyes and see—how good God is. The Message Let's savor God's goodness as we see, hear, taste, touch, and smell the surprises He has crafted into the world His...
