Indulge me for a moment. I’ve been stewing on this idea for awhile, and I’m not exactly sure how it’ll pan out. Fiction writers talk about pantsers vs. plotters. Plotters have it all mapped out, outlined, and then just write according to the outline. Pantsers write by the seat of their pants. They don’t haveContinue reading “Indulge Me For A Moment”
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How To Be A Full-Time Author
I know people who make a living from their writing. A couple are fiction authors; a couple are nonfiction authors; a couple are freelance writers. Right now, I am not one of those people. I want to be one of those people. My Quest to Become a Full-Time Author Actually, I plan to be oneContinue reading “How To Be A Full-Time Author”
Making Old Things New
Old you vs. current you. Along the road of life, you pick up frameworks that are helpful for a time, but then they aren’t helpful anymore. You pick up beliefs that are helpful for a time, but then they aren’t helpful anymore. You pick up behaviors that are helpful for a time, but then theyContinue reading “Making Old Things New”
Haggai (2)
In the previous post, I wrote about a single line in chapter 1 of Haggai. Today, I want to talk about the book as a whole. Believe it or not, I wrote about this book almost nine years ago. But today is a new day. The ancient Jewish tradition has a phrase about turning theContinue reading “Haggai (2)”
Haggai
A few days ago, when writing on Lamentations, I mentioned that I would circle back to this line. In Lamentations, it read: Let’s take a good look at the way we’re living and reorder our lives under God. Here, in Haggai, it reads: Take a good, hard look at your life. Think it over. I’m noContinue reading “Haggai”
The Bible Jesus Read
I just finished the book, “The Bible Jesus Read” by Philip Yancey. I give it two thumbs and two big toes up! Find a copy and read it. You’ll be rocked. As for what I learned from it: Too much to post here. I will say I have a newfound appreciation for the Old Testament.Continue reading “The Bible Jesus Read”
Omer Redden 