One Day at a Time by Evan Kingston (Guest Post)
This Series is about the challenges writers face while working a day job and trying to make it as a writer. Today’s post is from Evan Kingston. He lives in St. Paul, MN. He runs the frozen department...
View ArticleOne of the cool things about being me is that I have a lot of really cool...
Strangely enough, a lot of my friends are coming out with their own books. I’ll share a few now and some more later. I really have been searching for a book like this for a long time. Go here to read a...
View ArticleCreativity Series: “Three-Part Harmony” by Nancy Nordenson
I. In the beginning, you have an image, a question, a word that won’t leave you alone. It keeps coming back. Knock, knock; here it is again. You pull out a notebook and make a note. A day or two later...
View ArticleCreativity Series: “Tiny Glory” by Kolby Kerr
When we read the Bible—if we read it well—we are never far from paradox. We are introduced to one in the opening act, just as God has set all the characters on the scene. We are informed that Adam and...
View ArticleCreativity Series: “The Active Creator” by Sam Mahlstadt
I am more writer than theologian, but neither by trade. However, as the concepts I learned during my education in the written word and my my experiences in the local church mingle, I’ve realized...
View ArticleCreativity Series: “What it is to be Us” by Kyle Burton
From the moment we acquire as toddlers the capacity to interact with our world, the best way to understand it is to imagine. As children we play with toys—blocks, dolls, action figures—or, if without...
View ArticleCreativity Series: “Tossing Ferdinand Magellan” by Tyler McCabe
Most writers I know have a pet metaphor for this station, the ultimately strange role of writer, and I suppose I do, too, though lately I have grown suspicious of it—or rather, him. I am considering...
View ArticleCreativity Series: “I Stand at the Untitled Piece” by Addie Zierman
The show at the Walker Art Center is called This Will Have Been: Art, Love & Politics in the 1980s, and I am struck. It’s the work of the first generation of artists to grow up with televisions at...
View ArticleCreativity Series: “God, the Artist, and the World” by Judith Hougen
When I was sixteen, my father retired from the military, initiating the last move of my childhood to a small town in Wisconsin. I was once again the new kid, the outsider seeking a space, a community,...
View ArticleThe Saviors of Literature? Neurohumanities vs. Psychology
Gregory Currie’s NY Times Opinion piece argues literature is dependent on psychology to prove its merit and use. He isn’t satisfied by leaning on the adage of faith (or even mystery, although so much...
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