Bad Blake is my favorite Hollywood pilgrim of 2010. When I first met him through a RedBox-acquired DVD of Crazy Heart, I didn’t see a pilgrim at all. Blake just smoked, chased and...
This is your day to say, "If poetry is good for business, then poetry is good for me."
I walked into the classroom. No books on the shelves. Linoleum floor, cracked. No area rugs. Crayons, paper, glue, scissors, blocks? Nope. Well, at least there were desks and a blackboard. ...
I needed to see my work with a craftsman's eye if I was to turn the corner into the second half of my life.
Matt Damon plays the title role in the movie Good Will Hunting. At one point, Will's therapist challenges him to accept his math genius and use it. But Will resists. He says, "I...
As C. S. Lewis once observed, "We may ignore, but we can nowhere evade the presence of God. The world is crowded with Him. He walks everywhere incognito."
God is the giver of the creative gift, and it was he who decided the world needs—can't do without—our unique contributions.
The nomadic Israelites worshiped God in a tent—of gold, silver, bronze, stone, fine woods, and leathers. To create the tent and its lavish furnishings, God appointed Bezalel—a skilled craftsman...
This morning I sat out back and read the final chapters of The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation into the Writing Life. My son joined me on the deck with his...
