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Write the Truth to Help Love Win

“The commandments, ‘Do not commit adultery,’ ‘Do not murder,’ ‘Do not steal,’ ‘Do not covet,’ and whatever other commandment there may be, are summed up in this one rule: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ “Love does no harm to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.” – Paul’s letter to the Romans, chapter 13 It was a busy week
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When You’re Tired

“How we spend our days,” Annie Dillard said, “is, of course, how we spend our lives.” How did you spend your day today? Did it fill you? Kierkegaard said our greatest source of unhappiness is our decision to be too busy–though we often refuse to see that as a choice. Are you like me and want to choose to live in the present
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Your Silent Battle

“We have met the enemy and he is us.” –Pogo, Walt Kelly Reading through my journal I see that back on December 4, I wrote about my process of writing my first new chapter since before I went freelance, over 4 years previous. I wrote it from pieces that started with the basic action and locations, then researched the locations
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Is Christian Art Useless?

Fellow Christian writers and artists, do you consider this a challenge? “Christian art is a knock-off.” Maybe? Maybe it depends on what we consider Christian art. How do we define Christian art? Are the rules different than for regular art? Probably they are, and that’s fair since “Christian” should involve some specific differences about what’s artistic and what’s not. So what does “Christian art”
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Confronting Harper Lee’s Monster

It came across our Facebook feeds yesterday: Harper Lee is releasing a new book! It had already been announced and discussed and when I told my wife, she said what we all thought, “Isn’t she dead?” Almost immediately there were suspicions about it all over the feeds. News and opinions went back and forth without much substance to go on.
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