Tag: inspiration

Get Courageous

Posted on July 10, 2017 by

kenkuhlken Posted in Writing and the Spirit

When I was in graduate school at the University of Iowa, I read in the college newspaper an interview with the director of the Playwrights’ Workshop. The reporter asked for his advice to would-be playwrights. His response was so outrageous,…

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Love Better

Posted on July 20, 2016 by

kenkuhlken Posted in Writing and the Spirit

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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What Would Jesus Do?

Posted on October 15, 2015 by

kenkuhlken Posted in Writing and the Spirit — No Comments ↓

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…

Inspiration or Imagination

Posted on June 29, 2015 by

kenkuhlken Posted in Writing and the Spirit

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,…

Inspired?

Posted on March 27, 2015 by

kenkuhlken Posted in Writing and the Spirit

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…

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A Masterpiece

Posted on February 28, 2015 by

kenkuhlken Posted in Writing and the Spirit

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…

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Tag: inspiration

Get Courageous

Love Better

What Would Jesus Do?

Inspiration or Imagination

Inspired?

A Masterpiece

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