Because everyone loves a good story
the cup: a poem for Good Friday
This is a Good Friday meditation that I penned several years ago. The style is in grateful appreciation of Gerard Manley Hopkins’ influence, but the content is that of indescribable awe of a Savior who would choose to drink the cup of wrath in our place.
Stage One: The Ordinary World
Luke Skywalker does farm chores for his Uncle Owen on Tatooine. The Pevensie children begin their Narnian adventure in the quiet old house of Professor Kirke. Harry Potter starts out in a cookie cutter house on Privet Drive.
That is to say, every adventure begins in an Ordinary World.
What is The Writer’s Journey?
I really want this to be an interactive series, so each post will end with a question. Today’s question is: “Think of one story (book, movie, show, myth, whatever) that you’ve really enjoyed. What is it, and what do you like about it?
I’m Gonna Let It Shine
This morning I was reading in Luke 11, and among many other marvelous truths packed into that chapter, God was showing me one powerful truth through two great analogies.
What Is This Blog Even About?
If you’ve been keeping up with my blog since its auspicious inception about a week ago, you have probably been wondering what in the world this blog is even about.
Satisfaction in the Mundane
Everyone wants to live a good story. And lately I was thinking about that while chopping a heap of vegetables.
A Meditation on Lift-the-Flap Books and Jesus
I don’t know what started me thinking about this topic today, but for some reason, lift-the-flap books reminded me of Jesus. Now, I’m not usually one to come up with far-fetched analogies, stretching my comparisons as thin as the gum on the world’s largest bubble. (Just kidding. I did that one on purpose.) But as I thought about these books in relation to Jesus, it rang true in my heart that this is one way I’ve encountered and enjoyed Jesus.
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