Sunday, August 12, 2012
Thursday, June 14, 2012
CLICHES AND BUZZ WORDS
Writing comes in very handy.
Keeping a jar of 'life's goodies' atop a mantle, for everyone to taste and see-- zests my write-brain soaring. My pen gets down to business, constantly journaling. Maybe, I'm like you. who believes this: "What makes life enjoyable? It's, writing. It's like food-for-the-soul."
Similar to talking, music, and cappuccino. Writing is the kind of an on-the-spot vocalizing your thoughts to make sense to your listener. It's the lyrical form of vocal inflections in your brain--characterizing the point of view of people around you. It's that kind of wonderful doping-influence of words that projects your inner voice-- in your writing. A voice that you get the hang of word-working ingrained in your system. Writing content becomes your anthem-- that you dearly love-- raising your flag of allegiance to the Creator and Giver of words. Forever thankful.
Are you passionate about writing? Like raising heartbeat after every extra-strength coffee? It's a mix of nervousness and inspiration. Responsibility with joy.
With writing, it allows me more time to reflect on my thoughts. And then, dig into my 'jar' on the mantle. And with art and skill of proper use of words-- I have a piece. Sweet to my taste!
Here's a short story that won second place-medal in my level. Brace yourself, it might be a 'tongue-in-the cheek' piece which might be hard to swallow. Nevertheless, enjoy the treat.
View the story. Click here. Thank you. Blessings!
The FaithWriters Writing Challenge and contest for Christian Writers!
Keeping a jar of 'life's goodies' atop a mantle, for everyone to taste and see-- zests my write-brain soaring. My pen gets down to business, constantly journaling. Maybe, I'm like you. who believes this: "What makes life enjoyable? It's, writing. It's like food-for-the-soul."
Similar to talking, music, and cappuccino. Writing is the kind of an on-the-spot vocalizing your thoughts to make sense to your listener. It's the lyrical form of vocal inflections in your brain--characterizing the point of view of people around you. It's that kind of wonderful doping-influence of words that projects your inner voice-- in your writing. A voice that you get the hang of word-working ingrained in your system. Writing content becomes your anthem-- that you dearly love-- raising your flag of allegiance to the Creator and Giver of words. Forever thankful.
Are you passionate about writing? Like raising heartbeat after every extra-strength coffee? It's a mix of nervousness and inspiration. Responsibility with joy.
With writing, it allows me more time to reflect on my thoughts. And then, dig into my 'jar' on the mantle. And with art and skill of proper use of words-- I have a piece. Sweet to my taste!
Here's a short story that won second place-medal in my level. Brace yourself, it might be a 'tongue-in-the cheek' piece which might be hard to swallow. Nevertheless, enjoy the treat.
View the story. Click here. Thank you. Blessings!
The FaithWriters Writing Challenge and contest for Christian Writers!
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Saturday, May 5, 2012
Monday, April 30, 2012
"The Jesus I Never Knew"
Traditional bookmarks. Conventional inserts. Do your children make them? Carefully draw them, and with your help, laminate
the priceless gifts? They are presents for their book- wormy mommy. Bookmarks. They can never be a-thing-in-the-past. At least, not in my domain of home-teaching
kingdomette. I hope to keep that passion for reading real pages and pages
of words in published paperbacks and hardbounds. And pages of letters written
by conventional, old-fashioned letter-writers.
Whatever you call them in this day and age of ebook
technology, books that you collectively stand in your not-only-three-book cases,
and read them voraciously, depending on the mood—are they, your books, still a
living, growing favorite in your family?
Here's another bookmarked piece of interest. My desperately
thinking brain has been in it since my mind laid eyes on it—for the last three
weeks. Yeah, it’s new in my hand. But the concept and facts are as old as more than five millennia
of writings. Writings and history of a people through ages. It’s about the Creator
of the universe who chose to become like this people. Whose own humanity rooted
from the unpopular- next- to-nothing
town of Natzeret in Galil (Galilee). That turned
the world upside down. It’s insane, as
the unbelieving critic puts it.
Cute little bookmarks my children gave me leafed-in through the
pages and chapters. The 2,000 years of history covered up in this book is both exhilarating
and disturbing. But I still drink its portraits of the Saviour like water,
since I learned about Philip Yancey's, "The Jesus I Never Knew". I
thought I knew Him!
It's not a friendly book though. The book was neither intended to flatter anyone, nor lift itself up above the Holy Writ. It's a
tough-skin read. But I’ve risked it. If you are the kind that asks too many questions, and is
prepared to accept hard facts-- but facts gentle to digest and absorb--then, this book is for you to read and accept the challenge. Here, you encounter facts
that many of us do not pay attention to-- Facts only the Biblical writers and
historians put careful, fearful study and record. Bless them!
I’m neither a Biblical writer, nor a wannabe
historian, far from it. If you are the kind that just cannot simply afford to brush
off issues that may add to your treasury of wisdom and knowledge of the Son of the
living God, then this book, “The Jesus I Never Knew” is worth reading and bookmarking.
It’s a gentle book. You'd want to "touch every stone and turn them over" to check it out for
yourself. As you do that, you'd not be disappointed in what you'd find out. You'll come out of your "comfort zone" with the sense of freedom for finding out the truth yourself.
Count yourself challenged. Why?
This book is void of the fluffy stuff. My old beloved biases, blinders,
critical blandishment of knew-it-all were lovingly taken away since I’ve seriously
studied the Scriptures in its plainest meaning : What God really meant from His
heart. I’ve seen the Saviour anew and
fresh as how God laid out His words to be understood! This book, is like one of the tools I value
and add in to my toolbox for building.
Read it like a little child. And you’ll attempt to take a few more baby steps, drawing and delighting nearer to the heart of the Father in heaven.
Read it like a little child. And you’ll attempt to take a few more baby steps, drawing and delighting nearer to the heart of the Father in heaven.
Just
as the rain water comes down in drops and forms rivers,
so
with the Scriptures: one studies a bit today
and
some more tomorrow, until in time the understanding
becomes like a flowing stream.—Song of
Songs Midrash Rabbah 2:8
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