I was a new youth pastor and had just preached my guts out at our Friday night service. And I thought I’d done a fine job. My wife was not impressed. “You just preached that sermon like ___________________ (a popular prof at the Bible college I’d just graduated from). You even sounded like him, and …
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We like distractions. These little ‘entertainments’ take our mind off of more important and pressing issues at hand. Who has time to care about the plight of mankind when we have to ask the question “Is it politically correct to say mankind, or should it be peoplekind?”
Whether you are writing a university paper, an email to a colleague or a sermon for this Sunday morning, there are times when the words and ideas just aren’t flowing. Like drinking a very thick milkshake, no matter how hard you try, you just can’t draw the goodness out! I’m in the middle of writing …
I have a confession. I’m an addict. And the drug of choice is fountain pens. Ok, all drama aside, I love to write with vintage (and nu skool) fountain pens. The way the ink flows out of the pointed nib onto the paper is reminiscent of something from years gone by-when people actually wrote things …