by admin | Oct 8, 2011 | Uncategorized
As I’m neck deep in editing and finishing up the last bits of my book, I’ve frequently been told my vocabulary ought, perhaps, to be toned down just a bit. I grew up on Jack Vance and Georgette Heyer, C.S. Lewis and Jane Austen. I have always loved to...
by admin | Sep 27, 2011 | Uncategorized
Psalm 121 A song of ascents. 1 I lift up my eyes to the hills– where does my help come from? 2 My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth. 3 He will not let your foot slip– he who watches over you will not slumber; 4 indeed, he who watches...
by admin | Sep 3, 2011 | Uncategorized
This morning I’ve been meditating on broken hopes … false idols, such as in Isaiah 30:12-15. These are the things I run to for help or fulfillment–the things I rely on. In the end, by God’s grace, they are shown to be false. They crack and...
by admin | Aug 19, 2011 | Uncategorized
Yesterday I discovered a peach that was moldy, a mere 36 hours after buying it. After cutting it open to see if any was salvageable, I realized it had been rotting from the inside out. The mold on the skin was only the most recent symptom of a rotten pit. How in the...
by admin | Aug 15, 2011 | Uncategorized
Today I’m in the middle of editing–not one of my favorite tasks. It’s much easier/more fun to edit when it isn’t your own work that you’re ripping to shreds. I’ve been looking at synonyms for “turn” for so long that...
