This is an email written to me by my friend Jason. Every Saturday I am trying to post an email from him regarding postmodern Christianity, and on Sundays I will post my response. This is not a debate, but more a way of discussing some of the things that keep many people in my generation from getting involved in the church or Christianity.
Continue reading “Emails From a Christian in Exile: Redefining Community”
Today’s guest post on dreams is brought to you by Chase, a writer living in Jackson, Tennessee. Enjoy!
I am known for my dreams, that wild theater of illusion that plays every night in my sleep, but I’d rather people know about another dream I have.
Continue reading “When Your Dream Means Giving It All Away”
Grandma sat down on one of the patio chairs. We all lounged out there and talked, told old stories about grandpa. We talked about his affinity for ridiculously wild dogs and brown vans and how he wore his hat cockeyed on his head. We remembered how wild he was. When I went with him on those early mornings to market, he always smelled like black coffee. Continue reading “An Excerpt From “My Amish Roots” (my family history book)”
Anything we read for pleasure we read because it interests us. One would think, since this is so, that the first question any young writer would ask himself, when he’s trying to decide what to write, would be “What can I think of that’s interesting?” Oddly enough, that is not a very usual first question; in fact, when one points out to young writers that it might be, they often react with surprise. – “The Art of Fiction” by John Gardner
Continue reading “How Do You Decide What to Write?”
Last week I did something I never thought I’d do: with some help from our Amish friend Rebecca, I butchered five of our chickens. The whole time I was thinking about ways that butchering chickens is like writing – sounds strange, I know. Here are a few of them: Continue reading “Five Writing Lessons I Learned From Butchering Chickens”
As usual, just about every single one of your sentences could lead us on a long rabbit trail of enjoyable discussion. Here are a few things that jumped out at me:
You wrote that “All Christians assume the Bible is the Word of God because the Bible says so…” Two things regarding this: first of all, recent surveys show that a shockingly low number of Christians believe the Bible to be the inerrant word of God. Continue reading “Some Thoughts On Yesterday’s “Email From a Christian in Exile””
