by Lane | Advent, Writing
“Waiting is an art that our impatient age has forgotten. It wants to break open the ripe fruit when it has hardly finished planting the shoot.” -Dietrich Bonhoeffer For the one who creates, waiting may be the hardest space to occupy during the creative...
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, 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 | Easter, Writing
The loss of Jesus slams me to the ground. I tremble at the puzzle of all of this new way. Yes, He appears but He doesn’t stay. I want to go back to what we had before. Unsure of next steps, I return to familiar places and do familiar things. Stuck, I tuck...
