the life creative
Disappointment was what I felt when I checked Lisa-Jo's site for this week's Five Minute Friday prompt. I didn't join up last week, and was looking forward to the community and inspiration. Here's my attempt to participate, despite my lack of prompt. I still followed the rules: write for five minutes, and don't go back and... Continue Reading →
Each morning they picked up their bread from the ground, for forty years. On a journey they weren’t expecting, impatient with God’s misdirection and seeming neglect, the Israelites harvested the honey-flavored wafers that fell like snow each morning with the dew. They’d never seen anything like it, which is how it got its name: manna,... Continue Reading →
All she needed to do was make a single cake. The fire cracked and snapped beside her, as she carefully measured out the remnants of flour and oil. For days she had watched as the supply dwindled, numb to the reality of what was ahead. They would die. With nothing to eat, nowhere to go,... Continue Reading →
When was the last time you sat and watched Bob Ross? You know, the Happy Little Trees guy? He's a staple on public broadcasting. With his symmetrical afro and soothing tones, he astonishes me with his ability to create a tranquil nature scene on canvas in under an hour. As a child I remember sitting... Continue Reading →
This is my last week of guest posters! I hope you have enjoyed getting to know some new people around the blogosphere as much as I have loved introducing them to you. Today my guest writer comes to you all the way from Johannesburg, South Africa! Sanelle shares her story of faith in God when all... Continue Reading →
What is it about human nature that makes us so concerned with the lives of others? A trip through the check-out line at the grocery store inevitably includes bombardment by numerous publications, ones that make their money spreading the latest gossip about celebrities. Who's dating who? Can you believe they wore that? Guess how she... Continue Reading →
I thought God messed up, or I heard Him wrong. Why did He have me get a degree in Ministry & Leadership from a bible college, if He was then going to give me a desire to pursue writing? Shouldn't I have a degree in that? Then He whispered, "You're calling is ministry, your vehicle... Continue Reading →
The new year smell is starting to fade. What once appeared shiny, flawless and brilliant is slowly slipping into dull, scuffed and ordinary. Words, resolutions, goals that brought a sense of hope, destiny and purpose now have to be lived out in the day-to-day. We're a little over one week into 2011, how are you... Continue Reading →
I'm having trouble concentrating today. There's random jumbling around my head. So forgive the unpolished words and crazy flow...this is me without my makeup on: I'm excited because I was asked to be a regular blogger for the Fresh Brew blog at Ungrind.org! When I first started out writing, the editor there, Ashleigh, was the... Continue Reading →
