Here’s a little poem since I haven’t posted one in awhile. Comments to follow.
Entries Tagged 'inspiring' ↓
Intentions Matter More than Law and Culture
February 12th, 2008 — christianity, poetry
Oulipo Style Meme - Christianity Is So Predictable
February 6th, 2008 — christianity, meme, reading
L. L. Barkat tagged me for an interesting meme that reminds me of the Oulipo group (especially N+7 poems). Yes, their site is in French. No, I don’t speak French, and you don’t have to either to appreciate the 1-2-3 meme.
Here’s what I had to do.
A White-Knuckle Topic - Genetics, Evolution, Creationism, and the Head of the Human Genome Project
February 4th, 2008 — faith and work, interviews, thehighcalling.org
A few months ago, I had the opportunity to interview Francis Collins for TheHighCalling.org. (You can read part one here.) Dr. Collins is the author of the New York Times hardback and paperback bestseller, The Language of God.
As far as I’m concerned, this book should be required reading for all Christians.
One of the Greatest Theologians of the Century Talks about Writing
January 31st, 2008 — christianity, faith and work, highcallingblogs.com, thehighcalling.org, writing
At Laity Lodge, we’ve had a close connection to J. I. Packer for many years. Every year, I get the chance to hear this man speak and open the Scripture. At first, his style seemed dry to me, but gradually I came to appreciate the incredible wisdom he has. One Laity Lodge director described listening to Packer as being something akin to drinking from a firehose.
In the first ever posted Laity Lodge video, here’s J. I. Packer describing his calling to write. (I’d be curious what you think of the video, too.)
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=cjKONESC_Ls[/youtube]
Ignite the Average Joe, One Slob at a Time
January 28th, 2008 — blogtour, christianity, faith and work, highcallingblogs.com, marketing, networking
At FastCompany this month, Clive Thompson asks, “Is the Tipping Point Toast?” He makes a good point that “your average slob is just as likely as a well-connected person to start a huge new trend.”
Why should any readers of GoodWordEditing.com care?
Trying to Figure Out Your Place in Life?
January 24th, 2008 — christianity, faith and work, interviews, parenting
Tina Howard, aka spaghettipie, interviewed me recently for her blog Stewardship Living, in which I hand out advice with shameless self-importance. Like this:
I’m Not a Brand and Neither Is My Blog
January 17th, 2008 — faith and work, poetry, writing
I love Randy Ingermanson. Let me just start there. I’m very excited to be presenting at Mt. Hermon with L. L. Barkat in part because it means I also get to participate in Randy’s fiction workshop. In fact, I finally went and got Oxygen, a book I’ve been meaning to read for sometime.
That said, I found myself resisting Randy’s latest post at Advanced Fiction Writing…
Good Words for High Calling Bloggers
January 11th, 2008 — blogging, highcallingblogs.com, networking, thehighcalling.org
50,000 words each week. That’s how much people are writing as participants of HighCallingBlogs.com. A new draft of a nonfiction book about faith and work–each week! How awesome is that?
Gordon and I are slowly getting a handle on the gargantuan task of managing the network of HighCallingBlogs.com.
My Three Year Old Sings About Rum and Rock Monsters
January 7th, 2008 — christianity, thehighcalling.org
Does that make me a bad father? The children’s ministry told me about it kindly on Sunday morning. “Your son taught us a new song,” they said.
My son broke out into song right there…
How Can Christians Gauge the Culture Better?
December 19th, 2007 — christianity, publishing
Gabe Lyons, author of the new book unchristian says, “Just be there.” That’s right. Show up and participate in the culture. Be in the world, not of it. Get out of the cocoon, and make friends with Hollywood, Broadway, and Fifth Avenue.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMflS_pRnVo[/youtube]
Update: Thanks to L.L. for catching my ridiculous stupid typo in the headline. “Gage” for “gauge.”
