This April marks the 20th anniversary of National Poetry Month. To celebrate, let’s gather up the names (and books, if possible) of living Lutheran poets & hymnists. Send them to me by comment or Facebook, and I’ll add them to my Lutheran Authors page in April. And, for now, here’s a little writing exercise (for you grownups) and a writing contest for homeschooled kiddos ages 7-19. The Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA for short) has three creative angles that will be sure to be a lot of fun, whatever your age.
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Mother’s Day Contest
I’m always happy to broadcast writing contests, so here is another one for your consideration: He Remembers the Barren is hosting a Mother’s Day Contest. That blog has been a Lutheran voice comforting the infertile and wrestling with difficult questions for five years now! And, who hasn’t been assigned to write an ode to your mother? (Actually that practice is newer than you likely realize, in part due to the romanticizing of motherhood when maternal mortality was so high in the 19th century or so.) Anyway, I also happen to know that if you’ve ever wondered about the new novelist publishing through CPH . . . Continue reading
Voting now open . . .
But no voting for politicians here! Just an update from our previous post. Go here to vote for your favorite theologically-correct Valentine! Contest runs until February 13th.
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Lutheran Valentines!
Who says writing can’t be fun or funny? Not me! I am pleased to pass along news about the second annual “Contest for the Best Theologically-Correct Valentine,” hosted by the ladies at “Sister, Daughter, Mother, Wife.”
Scraps of Poetry
A piece of paper can be a beautiful thing. A little scribbling later, and you never want to throw it away. Whether they are your own words or someone else, those smudges and bleeds have tapped into something. Continue reading
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