From Writing and the Spirit: In church, Olga said she believed that when people prayed for her, the prayers were effective because the people who prayed loved her. A light flashed in my dim brain and I saw that prayers…
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Love Better
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What Would Jesus Do?
Jesus would tell a story. When my son Cody was 14 and more troubled than I can write about and keep from feeling my heart break all over again, I gave him a Bible. I had only recently begun attending…
Tagged with: Buechner, finding inspiration, how do I get inspired, inspiration, St. Paul
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Inspiration or Imagination
William Blake believed every word he wrote came from God. I’m not so blessed as that. Most of my words come from my imagination. I’m not convinced distinguishing between imagination and inspiration is critical to our stories or our lives,…
Tagged with: dark forces of h=nature, Garcia Lorca, imagination, inspiration, William Blake
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Inspired?
I go to a church where people occasionally stand (or remain sitting) and bring a prophetic word. And I suspect the inspiration they receive that prompts these outbursts may be of identical substance to the inspirations that seem to compel…
Tagged with: artists, Christianity Today, church, Holy Spirit, inspiration, prophecy
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A Masterpiece
Long ago, in Chico, California, I was with students in a taco shop after a creative writing class I taught at the state university a few blocks away. A student, a black-haired beauty incongruously named Mord, said, “Writing is so…
