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Tag Archives: forgiveness
Alone. But Not Alone.
Photo by Annie Spratt The Wishing Map is a full-length fantasy that is being posted episodically at this site. To read the previous episode, click here. To read the entire novel, begin here. Feeling completely alienated from their friends and from one another, Gina … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, The Wishing Map
Tagged adventure, Chronicles of Narnia, Disney, fantasy, forgiveness, love, siblings, teenagers
4 Comments
Hardness of Heart
Thought for the Week Do you suffer from Hardness of Heart?* Millions do. In fact, HOH is the world’s number one preventable cause of spiritual death. Progressive symptoms include but are not limited to: dull ears and dim eyes (Isaiah … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Humor, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith
Tagged 1 John 1:9, commercial, confession, Ezekiel 36:26, forgiveness, funny
41 Comments
Confessions of the Apostle Peter
Thought for the Week Yesterday, I wrote about my six monologues The Simon-Peter Chronicles, which are regularly performed at churches throughout North America and in other countries, particularly at Easter. Here is an abbreviated version of Peter’s final three “journal … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith
Tagged crucifixion, Easter, forgiveness, Good Friday, Jesus, love, thought for the week
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40 Years Ago Today
“A happy marriage is the union of two good forgivers.” ~Ruth Bell Graham Have you talked to your co-forgiver lately? 40 years ago today I met the woman I would marry.* Of course, I had no idea at the time. … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Memoir, Quips and Quotes
Tagged communication, dating, forgiveness, love, marriage, relationships, romance
93 Comments
I Forgive You for Not Being Perfect, Dad
My Real Memoir Mark Twain famously said, “When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have him around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Memoir
Tagged 1960s, Christmas, fatherhood, forgiveness, love, Mark Twain, My Real Memoir, parenting
56 Comments
This Little Light of Mine
A Filmmaker’s Journal Five years ago an independent production company agreed to finance my “compelling little story of forgiveness” as one of eight feature films for limited release to a faith-based audience. Thrilled, I wrote, directed, and produced the movie … Continue reading
Tips for Writers: Trust the Story
Experience is the most effective teacher (I learned more Spanish in three days in Barcelona than I did in two years of high school Spanish class). But one of the most interesting things about the human psyche is that we’re … Continue reading
Posted in Story Power, Writing
Tagged catharsis, empathy, forgiveness, Healing River, hero, Joseph Campbell, journey, tips for writers
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Another Thief on the Cross
Photo by My Ticklefeet I’d just finished a month-long gig, teaching acting in London and Stratford-upon-Avon, Shakespeare’s birthplace, and had said goodbye to the last of my students. It had been a heady time, suffused with history. I had tickets … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Memoir, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith
Tagged eternity, forgiveness, God, love, paradise, Shakespeare
59 Comments
A Hard School
Photo by Alex Conchillos My cousin Cody struggled his entire short life with depression, addiction, and soul crushing self-doubts. He learned to drive that wretched machine in a hard school. And yet in the midst of the struggle he found … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith
Tagged C.S. Lewis, eternity, forgiveness, God, grace, Luke 13:30, suicide
69 Comments