Category Archives: on writing well

Two Thumbs Down

Posted on October 2, 2020 by RC

Neil Postman, in his delightful, albeit ominous, little book Amusing Ourselves to Death, draws an insightful comparison to two important dystopian novels. Utopian novels, of course, are those designed to show us edenic cultures. Dystopian novels show us hellish futures. … Continue reading →

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Columbo, Apologist, 10th Commandment, Bradbury’s Martians

Posted on September 9, 2020 by RC

Today’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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Literary DNA- My 23 Writers That Made Me Me

Posted on July 31, 2020 by RC

It takes one to know one. Among the realms in which this truism is true is the world of the writer. Writers know writers. While science-y things are well beyond my decidedly non-STEM minded mind I do have some skill … Continue reading →

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Lisa’s Purpose Driven Wife- God Gives Signs, Sin Stones, VII and The Old Man and the Sea

Posted on July 29, 2020 by RC

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Isolationism, Honoring My Dad & Writing Well

Posted on June 9, 2020 by RC

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Juggling Words

Posted on May 29, 2020 by RC

I know how to juggle. I’m no professional. Not even a gifted amateur. Just competent. I’m a better juggling teacher than I am a juggler. Because I learned this and learned it well- juggling is the art of throwing something … Continue reading →

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Ask RC- Why do you quote CS Lewis so often?

Posted on April 13, 2020 by RC

Because he is eminently quotable. Lewis most certainly wouldn’t have seen himself as embracing the same Reformed theology I embrace. Many are quick to pounce on his even more egregious errors, causing us to wonder if Lewis was even within … Continue reading →

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Y is for YHWH; Lord of the Flies; Giving Thanks in All Things

Posted on April 8, 2020 by RC

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Myth Made Fact

Posted on March 14, 2020 by RC

It is a holdover from our modernist past that we consider “myth” to be synonymous with false. We also tend to think it means “old.” Now in our postmodern maturity we’ve reached the conclusion that while myth is not true, … Continue reading →

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The Purpose Driven Write

Posted on February 12, 2020 by RC

You know it’s the right career for you if you can’t not do it. And so it is for both the aspiring writer and the working writer. Writers write whether anyone reads or not. It’s a compulsion, because the words … Continue reading →

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