If I could sit down with each of my favorite authors for an hour, do you know what question I would ask every one of them? What influences have shaped your writing? Today I’m going to begin answering that question for you, because I imagine many of you would ask the same question. There … Read more
Day One I brace myself, expecting it to be bad. I’ve been preparing myself for the past week to do this. It’s something I need to do, for me. I know it will be hard. I know it will be painful. I know it will be emotional. But I need to. For me and for … Read more
Oh, Abba, Can I just stay here in your arms? Here with you in the shelter of your wings? Can I just hold on to you with my face buried against you to hide my tears? Can I just stay up here and hide away with you in the Word and prayer and song? There … Read more
Confessions of an Economic Hitman hit the literary scene in 2004 as a controversial but highly acclaimed work. In Confessions, John Perkins tells his nearly 30-year-old story about hit job as what he called an “economic hit man”, or “EHM.” Perkins relays the circumstances surrounding his entry into the position of an EHM and takes … Read more
It is like the dawn. It creeps up, slowly, gently, softly, like the sun creeping its way up over the horizon. At first it is no more than a glimmer, a hint of light pervading the darkness. But then a hint becomes a ray, a ray that spreads across the sky painting not just one … Read more
Forgive me, Lord, for the things in this world I’ve put security in Forgive me, Lord for the things I’ve held on to Unwilling to let go Forgive me, Lord, for the things in my heart I’ve been so blind to Forgive me, Lord, for the things in my life I’ve taken control of Lord … Read more
Nothing was the same anymore. It was as if some strange melody had turned from harmonious to dissonant, its eerie chords setting the mood. The stranger peered in through the glass walls that separated him from the young woman. She was nearly trembling, her eyes wide with an uncertain fear as she scanned her transparent walls. He … Read more