Category: Creativity
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How to Strengthen Your Character’s Interior World
Every compelling character has two stories — the one happening around them and the one happening inside them. Plot may move the narrative forward, but a character’s interior world is what gives the story its heartbeat — the quiet motivations, wounds, hopes, and contradictions that make them feel real. If you want readers to stay,… Read more
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What It Means to Be a Christian Writer Today
There has never been a more complicated, noisy, opportunity-filled time to be a Christian writer. We live in an age of endless content, instant publishing, algorithm-driven visibility, and a constant pressure to produce. And yet, for Christians who feel called to write — whether fiction, nonfiction, poetry, devotionals, essays, or anything in between — the… Read more
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When Creativity Feels Small: Why the Quiet Work Still Matters
Some days, creativity feels like a roaring river. Ideas rush and words tumble. Colors and concepts spark faster than you can catch them. And then there are the other days. The slow and quiet days. The nothing-is-happening-and-I’m-not-sure-I-have-anything-left days. If you’ve lived a creative life for more than five minutes, you’ve met both types. But here’s… Read more
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May’s Top Reads: Storms, Snark, Stewardship, and the Steady Thread of Hope
May showed up with a little attitude, and apparently you were here for it. The snarkiest post on my entire site claimed the #1 spot this month, which feels both poetic and hilarious. And tucked among May’s top reads is one of my cornerstone pieces, quietly doing its faithful work in the background. This month’s… Read more
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A Christian Guide to Faith and Art
There is a quiet ache that lives inside every artist — a longing to make something meaningful. Something beautiful. Something that reflects the deepest parts of who we are. Whether you write, paint, sing, photograph, design, craft, or create in ways no one else sees, you know this ache. It’s the tug toward expression. The… Read more
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The God Who Meets Us in the Middle of the Work
This month, you clicked most on stories about identity, creativity, courage, calling, and the God who meets us in the middle of our work — whether that work is writing, parenting, healing, or simply trying to understand the world we’ve been placed in. April surprised me. Not because these ten posts rose to the top… Read more
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A New Christian Fantasy Film Worth Watching: The Lost Healer
Every now and then, a creative project crosses my path that makes me sit up a little straighter — the kind that blends imagination, courage, and faith in a way that feels both fresh and deeply familiar. That’s exactly how I felt when I discovered The Lost Healer, an independent Christian fantasy film being developed… Read more
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A Faith‑Rooted Reminder: Your Words Don’t Need to Be Perfect
TLDR This is your faith-rooted reminder that showing up to write, even imperfectly, is an act of faithfulness. God doesn’t ask for flawless words. He asks for a willing heart. Your presence matters more than perfection. Why Writers Don’t Need Perfect Words to Begin Sometimes the bravest thing a writer can do is simply show… Read more
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March Lessons: Creativity, Calling, and the God Who Keeps Writing Us into His Story
In this March Lessons reflection, I explore the ten most-read posts on my blog and the themes they revealed — creativity, calling, identity, hope, and God’s faithful presence. This month’s insights trace how God shapes us through story — both the stories we live and the ones we inherit. March arrived like the turning of… Read more
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February Lessons: Joy, Hope, and the God Who Meets Us in the Middle of Our Stories
This post highlights the key themes from my most‑read articles of February — joy, hope, creativity, healing, peace, and the surprising ways God meets us in the middle of our stories. February has always felt like a hinge month to me — a quiet turning from winter’s stillness toward the first hints of spring. It’s… Read more