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Pay Your Dues

Posted on March 17, 2017 by

After his victory over the tempter in the wilderness, Jesus returned in the “power of the spirit.” In other words, Christ had to face temptation before the full power of the spirit was available to him. Likewise, we may need…

Posted in Writing and the Spirit Tagged with: graduate school, Iowa Writers' Workshop, writing

Love Better

Posted on July 20, 2016 by

kenkuhlken

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…

Posted in Writing and the Spirit Tagged with: inspiration, love, love your enemies, the power of love, writing

Hell

Posted on January 15, 2016 by

kenkuhlken — No Comments ↓

I have trouble envisioning either heaven or hell. And I’m increasingly coming to understand St. Paul’s comment in 1 Corinthians 15:19, “If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.”…

Posted in Church for Writers Tagged with: heaven, hell, purgatory, writing

The State of the Union

Posted on February 1, 2015 by

kenkuhlken

I listened to President Obama’s state of the union address. A wise old friend of mine split the world into two kinds of people — those of good will, and the others. Mister Obama appears to be a person of…

Posted in Church for Writers Tagged with: Christ, Isaiah 61, President Obama, the state of the union, writing

I’m and artist and so are you

Posted on August 18, 2014 by

kenkuhlken

An Artist? “We are God’s art, created in Christ Jesus to do works of beauty, which God has prepared in advance for us to do.” Ephesians 2:10 “So God created mankind in his own image… male and female…” Genesis 1:27.…

Posted in Writers and Writing Tagged with: art, beauty, God, love, truth, writing

Why Write?

Posted on June 11, 2014 by

kenkuhlken

A prologue: Though I have plenty (probably too much) to say about many subjects, I need to limit my blogging or else give up other pursuits, such as writing novels or helping with my Zoe’s softball. I’d rather limit. A…

Posted in Writers and Writing Tagged with: creativity, fame, fortune, getting ideas, spirit, writing

Clerks and Errand Boys

Posted on February 1, 2014 by

kenkuhlken

The other day I read about a writer for Guns and Ammo magazine who was abruptly fired after an article of his questioned the notion that any regulation of guns was unconstitutional. Apparently advertisers suggested that if the writer stayed,…

Posted in Writers and Writing Tagged with: Apocalypse Now, B. Traven, Kurt Vonnegut, Marlon Brando, writers, writing

To Theme or Not to Theme

Posted on November 9, 2013 by

kenkuhlken

To Theme or Not to Theme My new novel, The Good Know Nothing, scheduled for summer 2014 from Poisoned Pen Press, not only has an overall theme, it uses the theme as its title. Being so forthcoming has concerned me,…

Posted in Writers and Writing Tagged with: novels, Paul Auster, short stories, The Good Know Nothing, themes, writing

Give It Up?

Posted on July 8, 2013 by

kenkuhlken

I was finishing draft five or six of a novel and wondering how many times more I would go through and make changes, when I realized I had best give it up or I might still be working on it…

Posted in Writers and Writing Tagged with: Dashiell Hammett, novels, Raymond Carver, revising, short stories, writing

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