Speech, Life
April 28, 2017

Everyone who comes into my room asks the same question, “Who are those people on your wall?” I explain that I like to have pictures of people, so I can talk to them. Make you look less crazy than just talking to the wall, you know. And then I go onto explain who these people actually…

Christianity, Faith
April 26, 2017

A while ago, my youth pastor explained the following passage: “For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” -Matthew 11:30 [And just to clarify: this is Jesus talking here.]   Say what?! Since when is Christianity easy?! This Jesus-stuff is hard, so what is He talking about? My youth pastor shared a story…

April 24, 2017

Genre: Romantic Suspense You’ll like this if you like: The Left Behind series, Rapture-Related Stories, Reignited Romances, or Assassination Attempts. Cleanliness: The main character, Angel, works at a bar, and it’s mentioned there are women dressed as mermaids and wearing bikinis. Her boss keeps asking her to sleep with him. The hero and heroine have…

historical tradition modern
April 21, 2017

If you could make any historical tradition modern, what would it be? Social dancing? The concept of courting? Medieval tournaments?

April 19, 2017

Do you ever feel under qualified to share spiritual insight with others? Or to give people advice, especially concerning topics that you’ve yet to conquer? Today, I’m going to cover why despite this, you should still reach out to others and share what God’s given you.   We’ll start with the first reason, the selfish…

Fantasy World
April 14, 2017

If you could come up with the name for a fantasy world, what would it be? Or if you’ve already come up with a name/invented a world, what is it?

God, Love, Trials
April 12, 2017

God is very unique in how He expresses His love. For me personally, I’d rarely ever do something that would put me on bad terms with someone, even if perhaps doing so would be for their own good. And if I could, I would prevent my family and friends from ever facing trials. Or I’d…

Fantasy Fairytale YA
April 10, 2017

Genre: Fantasy Fairytale YA You’ll like this if you like: Sympathetic, Multi-Dimensional Villains, Evil Queens, a Heart-Breaking Backstory, or Tragedies. Cleanliness: Catherine, the future Queen of Heart, kisses a man while she’s being courted by the King, but she makes it explicitly clear to her cat, Cheshire, that should she ever get married, she intends…

Purpose
April 5, 2017

“People don’t buy what you do; they buy why you do it,” says Simon Sinek in his TED talk How Great Leaders Inspire Action. A purpose is the most important thing you will ever have, because ultimately, it determines the course of your entire life. It seems that if someone’s purpose motivates them enough, they…