Well, this was a bit of a stumble. Busy week, busy week. On Friday, I took a side-trip to write a blog article (namely this one, which I think a lot of you have already read). Then on Saturday, my congregation held a community cookout, which was a lot of…
After a heated and emotional series of debates earlier this week, the Confederate flag that flew at South Carolina’s state capitol was lowered from its flagpole and taken to a “relic room.” This move came as a direct result of the slaughter of nine people in a historic black church…
This is post 19 of 19 in the series “The Darkshire Woods Story” A fantasy story using the RPG story-telling game “Fiasco.” Darkshire Woods: The Heir – The Set Up The Characters of “The Heir,” a Darkshire Woods story The Heir Part I – “The Adoption” The Heir Part II…
So I tried something new with this book: That’s the corkboard in Scrivener for The Iron Staff Book 1. This is the first time I’ve written a complete book with that particular program. Or rather, it will be the first time I write a complete book using Scrivener. I probably…
A few months ago, I found an interesting article by Rachel Held Evans about the lady described in Proverbs 31. In it, she laments the fact that apparently, in some circles, people hold up the description in Proverbs 31 and use it to say, “SEE!?!? This is what a good…
This is post 18 of 19 in the series “The Darkshire Woods Story” A fantasy story using the RPG story-telling game “Fiasco.” Darkshire Woods: The Heir – The Set Up The Characters of “The Heir,” a Darkshire Woods story The Heir Part I – “The Adoption” The Heir Part II…
Okay, it’s been a while. I’ve got no excuse. I’ve been a bit lazy. But it’s time to knuckle down. I need to focus. I need to land this thing. I’m talking about the first draft for The Iron Staff Book One (still looking for a title for this thing).…
This is post 17 of 19 in the series “The Darkshire Woods Story” A fantasy story using the RPG story-telling game “Fiasco.” Darkshire Woods: The Heir – The Set Up The Characters of “The Heir,” a Darkshire Woods story The Heir Part I – “The Adoption” The Heir Part II…
When I was younger, I was terrified of tornadoes. I don’t know why that was, exactly. I was never actually in one, but I had heard plenty about them. I knew how dangerous they could be. Minnesota is at the northern edge of Tornado Alley, which means that while we…
This is post 16 of 19 in the series “The Darkshire Woods Story” A fantasy story using the RPG story-telling game “Fiasco.” Darkshire Woods: The Heir – The Set Up The Characters of “The Heir,” a Darkshire Woods story The Heir Part I – “The Adoption” The Heir Part II…