Wednesday, January 5th, 2011

Yes, Questions Asked

There are at least two meanings for “ask”:
1. To make a request or petition of
2. To inquire
I ask (#1) God for many, many things.
I ask for pruning. (“Lord, purge anything that You don’t want in me.”) I ask for death to self. (“Lord, may it truly be not I, but [...]

Monday, May 3rd, 2010

The Sincerity of Pretense

High Calling Blogs Book Club:
The Right to Write:
An Invitation and Initiation into the Writing Life,
by Julia Cameron, Chapters 7-9
Laura Boggess leads our discussion (and links to other posts) here.
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In her chapter called “Mood,” Cameron teaches us that we cannot wait to be in the mood to write before we write. The chapter begins, “I [...]

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

High-Resolution Love

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“You’re the best!”
“Thanks for everything!”
“I love you for all that you are!”
Give me love expressed in any way, and I’ll take it! Yet how much more valued would someone feel if the declarations are more specific—more detailed. At Secret Whispers we are in Song of Solomon 4, and Yvette speaks of [...]