How a Christian Writer Should Research Topics

Good research is a science, really. There are clear steps to take and key things you do in performing good research. Then it becomes an art; knowing what bits and pieces to keep and which ones to throw out and how to fit all the pieces together to make the picture. It is important to […]

Put Your Pen to Paper, Christian Writer

When I think about writing about writing I feel so inadequate. No training No preparation No degrees or words or numbers behind my name. Yet for me writing is just as important as breathing. I’m up every morning listening for the still small voice to give me something worth talking about. There are times when […]

Secret Confessions of a Godly Writer

I have a confession to make. Well, two actually. I haven’t written consistently for months. As a writer hoping to take my craft to the next level, that’s detrimental. I need the practice to hone my skills and sharpen my writing. When I sit down to write, that blinking cursor taunts me. My second confession? […]

Prayer and Worship Through Your Writing

I was struggling in my prayer life. I was talking and talking and talking and, of course, talking some more, but God was not answering. Why was He not answering me?! I would spend ten minutes in prayer and be bored, distracted, and half falling asleep. I was frustrated and had no idea where to […]

A Much Needed Push (For The Christian Writer)

I’ll never forget that first day of class. It was my junior year of college and I enrolled in – what I thought – would be a blow-off class. Boy was I wrong. It was a communications class with a new professor by the name of Dr. Hensley. Hensley got up, stared at us until […]