by Lane | Poetry, Writing
Imagination acts as a vital building block for any creative endeavor. Described as the ability to dream up an image of something not actually present, imagination inspires creative ideas, inventions, and ingeniousness. When I ponder what to create, my mind pulls up...
by Lane | Spiritual Disciplines, Writing
Something about the beginning of the academic school year invigorates me. It might be because I was an elementary school teacher for two decades or that I’m a perpetual student myself. I inhale the excitement of learning. I listen to the joy bubbling up in my...
by Lane | Spiritual Disciplines, Spiritual Practices, Writing
As a young Christ-follower, I actively explored a variety of ways to know more about Christ. Knowing about Jesus became desiring to be WITH Jesus and I began to grasp that those are different things—knowing about and being with—yet both are vital to the soul’s faith...
by Lane | Spiritual Disciplines, Writing
As writers, we think we know what we need. We need an idea. Make that two. Or ten. Or twenty-two. We need a pen and a journal, or a keyboard and a computer, or maybe all of the above. And maybe we need just one more notebook. Or two. Or ten. Or twenty-two....
by Lane | Spiritual Disciplines, Spiritual Practices, Writing
We are formed by that which we think on, that which we encounter, that which we respond to each day. We know it’s transformative to enter into spiritual disciplines for they help us create holy habits which, in turn, move us deeper to the heart of our God. We...