Earlier when I asked if there were any books on Christian writing, someone answered that books on writing were books on writing. A book on Christian writing would be like a book on Christian auto mechanics. This was a clever picture. I immediately thought of Robert Pirsig’s book, Zen And The Art of Motorcycle Repair.
There is a sense, of course, in which that is absolutely true. Writing is a craft. We would not expect subject matter to effect it. Most of us have been moved by art depicting Christian themes, but who would write or read a book on Christian painting or sculpting?
However, there is more to what I am thinking than that. There is something about weaving writing into our spiritual disciplines that is on a different plane. There is more to learning to listen for the voice of God, hearing His voice, sensing His direction, than writing a tweet on fixing a fuel pump. I have been reaching for this in this Writing Prayerfully blog. But I believe a book, written by a clearer thinker than I, would help Christian writers connect with the Holy Spirit in ways that will shake the Earth in these crucial days.
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Monday, March 19, 2018
Sunday, March 18, 2018
SEARCHING FOR A METAPHOR
I am hoping you may be able to help me. I am planning to write a book on Hope. And I have decided to start a blog on hope to find out how some of my readers are stirred by the concepts. I think I will call it, the blog not the book, The Anchor of the Soul.
So, how can I clearly and cleverly tell people what I want to do? If I use an old metaphor, it will come across as a cliche’. I am aware that writers are often much more horrified by cliches than are readers. But most of you are writers. Especially for you I need something fresh. Spying out the land, feeling out my audience, or testing the waters, will hardly do. So do any of you have ideas? Please let me hear them.
http://theanchorofthesoul.blogspot.com/
httphinkinginthespirit.blogspot.com/
http://watchinginprayer.blogspot.com/
http://writingprayerfully.blogspot.com/
http://daveswatch.com/
So, how can I clearly and cleverly tell people what I want to do? If I use an old metaphor, it will come across as a cliche’. I am aware that writers are often much more horrified by cliches than are readers. But most of you are writers. Especially for you I need something fresh. Spying out the land, feeling out my audience, or testing the waters, will hardly do. So do any of you have ideas? Please let me hear them.
http://theanchorofthesoul.blogspot.com/
httphinkinginthespirit.blogspot.com/
http://watchinginprayer.blogspot.com/
http://writingprayerfully.blogspot.com/
http://daveswatch.com/
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