I've read several times not to blog about your blogging. Cardinal sin, that, mostly because people want to know how to do things: how to achieve bliss, how to find happiness, how to discover God or orgasms or the next big thing, each of them in five easy steps (or less). And a …
Spinning…
Truth is…I’m spinning. Anybody else spinning with me? It’s hard to be honest about that spinning, because frankly, life works better when spinning is at a minimum, and balance reigns. What do I mean by spinning? I mean this: to sit at my computer (surrounded by an office of books on Christian faith, creativity, writing, …
On Living Longer Than Dad
I have now lived ten days longer than my father. As we flew to Hawaii on Friday, April 12, I was thoughtful of another date: July 23, 1988, was Jimmy Joe Berryman’s 19,707th day, and his last. April 12, 2013 was Jeffrey William Berryman’s 19,707th day. All that day, I reflected on the fact …
Thriving: A Good Hub of a Word
Themes for the New Year abound. Commitment, focus, discipline, simplicity, gratitude, service...there are many ways to frame a reorientation of living. Here's the one I've settled on as a hub for the work of my various writing platforms. Thrive. Funny word, thrive. Makes me think of "hive." Which leads me to images of buzzing …
June was for Blogging
Just as an experiment in putting words out into the universe, during June I blogged every day. That's 30 straight days, at least 400 words, most often more like 800. That's between 12,000 and 24,000 words, the equivalent of a small (very small) book. June was remembering how different we all are, the war that …
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