The other day I did things that were “extra” good with the kids with an attitude that didn’t match. Sin stinks. Anyway, it struck me that writing is sometimes like that, too, if we just translate attitude as style. Good content and a good project, but the tone spoils the effect. Sigh. Sin.
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From the beginning of this blog, I tried to think of resources that would serve Lutheran readers and writers. I knew some would take more research than others, and I presumed that a list of living Lutheran authors would be the most helpful. Tugging at the back of my mind was also the topic of small publishing houses.
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I’ve tried to contact everyone who was interested in working toward a theology of fiction. So, if you haven’t heard from me, check email or Facebook or contact me again. Thanks!
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I’ve been having ideas for novels lately, so I’ll share one with you today. So often parents raise children so that the children assume and expect that they will escape negative statistics, mediocrity, or normalcy. I suggest a novel that explores a young woman’s struggle, realizing she is fitting into one statistic after another. To add a soul-searching element that could also help people with practical issues, the author could directly address a single mother bringing her out-of-wedlock child to a disappointed congregation.
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I recently ran across an article with a nugget so profound that I’m still thinking about it. And, it happens to be written by a very sweet, endearing woman: Carolyn Brinkley, an LCMS deaconess who devotes much of her time to helping Lutheran military and chaplains overseas have much needed Lutheran resources.
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I’m struggling with a writing project, but I’ll share some important perspective. It’s perhaps prophetic encouragement in a double-sense, as you will see.*
*No inner-voices, soft or loud, subtle or screaming, were used in the inspiring exchange of religious comfort and discussion.
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Coincidentally considering my post yesterday, I now have a gripe with the English Bible as I know it. It’s a case where, essentially, an editor made a call and now I’m befuddled! It has nothing to do with salvation. It’s not exactly an “error” either, but, man, writers and editors are powerful, influential people, as this post will demonstrate. An editor made a call and the world is different because of it.
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Biblical editors. What connotations do you have with that concept? Generally when I think about people messing around with Scripture, I think of it in harsh, critical terms. Editing often means deleting. Deleting Scripture is bad, harmful, lacking trust in God’s wisdom while lauding our own. Tweaking text? Also problematic when considering the Word of God! At the same time, the Bible was assembled into a collection. There were probably ink stains and that says nothing about whether the content was authoritative. But, imagine with me, there was likely at least one original human editor of the Bible!
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