For the last 36 years (since my first article was published in 1981), I have been learning the art and craft of writing and the “tricks...

For a number of years, every time my wife and I traveled to Florida to visit her parents, as we turned into their street, we passed an...

His life’s ministry was sharing with others, especially aspiring teachers, the wisdom and knowledge that he had gained so that they...

The other morning, while I was toiling through my regular routine on the treadmill and struggling with arthritis-pained knees, toes, and...

Well, I’ve taken that first step (actually several steps) on that long journey of fulfilling one of my perennial resolutions: to read...

For example, perhaps you’ve heard about the hapless headline writer and his (or her) editor who allowed the following blooper to slip...

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In this age of “instantness,” however, we’re all tempted to expect things, well, instantly. We have instant coffee, instant tea, instant...

One learns to write by writing. But it never hurts to have guidance from someone who has already proven themselves successful at the...

By now, you know the point that I’ve been driving at in the previous four posts. Others overcame great obstacles and wrote in spite of...

The Bible tells us that the apostle Paul was arrested, tried, and punished multiple times for the sake of the gospel. He was whipped five...

At first, back in seventeenth-century England, Bunyan was just a tinker, an itinerant small businessman who sold and repaired metal...

Continuing our survey of some famous writers who refused to use their circumstances as an excuse not to write, today we consider another...

My book just got many steps closer to being published! I learned over the weekend that the cover design is complete, and the book will be...

Today, I take a brief glance backward to August 28, 2015, when I posted this article, my first effort at blogging. Much has changed since...