I recently experienced the breathtaking musical “Les Misérables” for the fifth time (spread over three decades), this time in Zurich, Switzerland. I came home deeply moved once more – and should have known better than to gush about a work called “The Wretched” to my teenage kids…
Discipleship
Epic Fail
How do you keep a reader’s interest past the first sentence of your blog post? You promise money. You hint at a scandal. Or you write about Rachel Held Evans.
Lessons From a Wren
Thanks to a branch-like wreath on our front door, we currently have a house guest, an adorable wren with five eggs of which the first hatched just yesterday. Despite my warnings to the family to be careful when opening the door, this morning the bird got caught by surprise and instead of flying to the nearest tree to wait for the door to close again, it flew inside the house…
Dancing with the Star
Keywords: Ballroom dancing – trust – following
Ballroom dancing has been a part of my life for many years. It’s special to my husband and me in many ways – a wonderful date night experience, a new body awareness, lots of fun and of course a chance to wear nice clothes and enjoy great music. And yet….
Blessed are you…
Keywords: Sermon on the Mount -humility – atheism – Nietzsche – The Chosen
Since the launch of my first novel just over a month ago, I’ve spent a lot of time in the world of sales and marketing. Honestly, I can’t stand it – like most authors and other artists. We feel deeply that our craft is about more than achieving, comparing numbers, and coming out on top…
This “Following Jesus” Thing
Keywords: faith journey – The Chosen – Nicodemus – taking up one’s cross
With the official launch of my first novel only weeks away, I’ve had to neglect writing for the sake of a million technical tasks related to publishing a book, and it has confirmed my suspicions of the past years: The actual task of creative writing is when I’m the happiest, and the rest is what I do so I can get back to it. And although I might not like the realization of how much of a writer’s job is taken up doing things other than writing, it still leads to a wonderful conclusion….
