Do Hard Things on Amazon

Alex and Brett’s Do Hard Things made it all the way up to #5 on amazon.com during the intended sale day! This was an exciting surprise to find this evening since I haven’t been able to get online and check for a few days. It was quite amusing to find that a few enthusiastic Rebelution [...]

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Happy Resurrection Day!

My favorite hymn for my favorite celebration of the year (we sang it this morning… I was pretty happy ):
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Christ the Lord is Risen Today!
by Charles Wesley

1.Christ the Lord is risen today, Alleluia!
Earth and heaven in chorus say, Alleluia!
Raise your joys and triumphs high, Alleluia!
Sing, ye heavens, and earth reply, Alleluia!
2. Love’s [...]

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Sacrifice II

The Advent of a Prince
“Once there was a young prince, brave and noble as the land had known. One particularly fine morning, he set out on his horse to survey the affairs of his Father’s Kingdom. As he rode through the villages on the outermost edges of the Kingdom, he took note of the needs [...]

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Sacrifice

The Highest Love
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While homeschooling in elementary school, I read this poem, by Joy Allison, amongst other short works and stories as a reading supplement:
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“Which Loved Best?”
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“I love you, mother,” said little John.
Then, forgetting his work, his cap went on,
And he was off to the garden swing,
Leaving his mother the wood to bring.

“I [...]

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Hillsong El Salvador

Late last night, unable to sleep, I wandered upstairs to find my father in the family room praying and also sleepless. We listened to the music of Hillsong Australia for a while, trying to quiet our restless minds. As I sat there quietly sorting through my thoughts and letting God work with my proud heart, [...]

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Country Wandering

This week, as I was clearing my room to be painted a rather unfriendly shade of brown, I chanced upon an old file of papers from middle school. Most of my time at school was spent either in the library or filling notebooks full of free-writing. I have yet to find the full collection of [...]

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Political Ice Cream

A short editorial on Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream during our economics class sparked my interest last week. Then I discovered a small container of their “Neapolitan Dynamite” ice cream in our freezer, and decided to read a bit on the popular ice cream brand for myself.
After a quick search, I found that they do [...]

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How To Write ‘Good’

Most of these suggestions I borrowed, and a few I made myself. Yay!
1. Always avoid alliteration.
2. Prepositions are not words to end sentences with. And don’t start a sentence with a conjunction.
3. Avoid clichés like the plague (they’re old hat).
4. Comparisons are as bad as clichés.
5. Employ the vernacular.
6. Eschew ampersands & abbreviation, etc.
7. Parenthetical [...]

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