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October 2013

October 25, 2013

[Snapshots from Oak Ridge] The Still Point

We live in a heavily wooded neighborhood with an unfortunate preponderance of oak trees. Oaks...

April 2012

April 27, 2012

Patheos (& Other) Peeps: The Festival of Faith and Writing

Every Friday, I post a link to a blog post, sometimes written by one of...

April 25, 2012

A Haiku About Gallbladder Surgery (Yes, Really)

Rather frequently, someone asks me if I ever expect to write fiction. My answer: To...

April 23, 2012

A Few of Many Good Words Spoken

I returned yesterday from the biannual Festival of Faith and Writing in Grand Rapids, Michigan....

April 12, 2012

Writing 101 (for the Kindergarten Set)

It's been a busy week of speaking engagements for me—one radio interview, one TV interview,...

April 06, 2012

A Poem for Good Friday

For the epigraph in my book No Easy Choice, I chose a stanza from Wendell...

March 2012

March 16, 2012

And Now, a Poem About Ice Cream

Golly, things get heavy around here sometimes, don't they? They do. I'm feeling the weight...