I’ve been wrestling with this question lately. And I’ve known my answer, but I’ve hesitated to post it here. After reading “When Commerical Christian Publishing was Bad for My Soul” by Ed Cyzewski yesterday and reading the post “Art and Fear” by Karen Salyer McElmurray this morning, I feel like the time is right to share these …
I recently read a fascinating article in The Atlantic called “The Death of the Artist – and the Birth of the Creative Entrepreneur.” The article traced how the definition of “an artist” has changed throughout history, and maintained that “the notion of the artist as a solitary genius—so potent a cultural force, so determinative, still, of …
Two years ago I started reading a bunch of Christian bloggers. I started learning who the talented writers and the popular bloggers were. Severals of these writers published books, which I read. I experienced wonder. I saw beauty in a lot of this writing. I was inspired. I also experienced jealousy. But jealousy can be …
Continuing my reflections on the Southern Festival of Books . . . The third panel I went to at the festival was called Circling Faith, which involved the editors and a couple of the writers published in a book called (you guessed it) Circling Faith: Southern Women on Spirituality. I like the term “circling faith.” …
I was thinking about Lent a few days ago and wondering what spiritual book I might read this Lent, when a thought hit me: I don’t want you to read something. I want you to pray. Whether that thought came from me or God, I don’t know. But I couldn’t shake it off. My mind …
