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Snippet Sunday – Let It Go and Come Alive

I’ve done a sad amount of story writing this past week, and what I do have is either full of spoilers or not particularly well-written (the latter is probably mostly me being self-conscious, but whatever), so instead you’re getting the beginning of a blog post I shared Friday on the group blog I’m part of, Our Mind Palace. I’ll link to the full post at the end.

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I don’t like letting go of things. Any of my close friends can back me up on this. I hate relinquishing any sense of control, even if I know that I don’t really have control of a thing and it’s hurting me to hold onto it and I can’t actually do anything about said thing. It’s not even easy to hang on to the things I have no control over; it would be so much easier to just “let go and let God.” But do I? Nope.

Something that has helped me to some degree with this is listening to and thinking about Continue reading “Snippet Sunday – Let It Go and Come Alive”

The Power of Art

The Power of Art

Art is a powerful thing. Sometimes it doesn’t feel like it. Sometimes it feels like it’s simply words on a page or paint on a canvas or notes on the air. Other times, it’s impossible to miss how powerful it is. Other times it hits you like a train, bringing you to tears or making you grin uncontrollably. Art is much more than the sum of its parts. Art has the power to spawn emotion in a reader, viewer, listener. I know this first-hand, both from being so affected by art, and by seeing the reactions that my friends have when they read my writing.

“With great power comes great responsibility.” As artists, we have great power, but we have to be careful Continue reading “The Power of Art”

Building a Firm Foundation

Building a Firm Foundation

You see those ruins in the picture? They’re still standing. Why? Because they have a firm foundation. They were built to last. They were built to withstand rain and wind and time in general. Obviously the whole building hasn’t survived, but a large section of it is still there, and it’s because of that foundation.

Nearly everything in the Bible is a foundation for something. The fall was the foundation for sin and the need of a savior. If Passover hadn’t happened, Jesus wouldn’t have had the last supper with his disciples. If God hadn’t Continue reading “Building a Firm Foundation”