Release The Dragons! (My Writerly Quest)
One night, a scene snuck up on me. I imagined a boy running in a marvelous wood all alone. He was twelve (of course, because I was...
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Sep 27
What I Believe
Introduction A few months ago, I read two confessions of faith for the first time. For years, I have desired a confession of faith but...
Sep 9
The Gospel
What is the gospel? How can we be made right with God? The most important thing to know in this life is the answer to those questions....
Aug 2
A Coyote Adventure
A thrill of triumph swelled through me as I slipped through the barbed wire fence. At last, back in familiar territory . Early that...
Jun 8
Bumblediah Nimbley
Bumblediah Nimbly loved to build. Every morning he sat up in his stump house, his mind buzzing with ideas. He stood one and a half feet...
Dec 30, 2023
A Dear Old Friend
" Above all shadows rides the Sun" -Samwise Gamgee Some stories are like old friends. You read them over and over again throughout the...
May 20, 2023
First And Final Words
First sentences? First sentences are sometimes the most exciting and delicious part of a book. You pick up a story all bound up in a...
May 6, 2023
All Things Well
Introduction This might be the last Holiness post I do, but I hope this one will be as much a comfort to you as it has been to me. A...
Apr 6, 2023
Jack Zulu and the Gandalf Character
Jack Zulu and the Waylander's Key is one of those stories that feel like they’re written just for me. As you might already know,...
Mar 17, 2023
A Bit Of Everything
Everything is a different sort of book from what I usually read. I don't think it would be exaggerating to say I never read contemporary....
Mar 13, 2023
Distinct Doctrine
When the word "doctrine" is mentioned it’s easy to envision dry complicated statements written in giant, unreadable books. It tends to...
Feb 24, 2023
Assumptions, Bombs, and Strawberry Shortcake
This is from The Austere Academy in The Series Of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket. I do not own this book so I have no picture to...
Feb 18, 2023
Glorious Lamb
More than a year ago I developed an interest in eschatology. I have been raised with a certain end times stance, but I only knew some...
Feb 11, 2023
Fear No Evil
When I first read the Ashtown Burials by N.D. Wilson I did not like them very much. I remember disliking the attitude of the main...
Feb 3, 2023
Light And Humility
Last time I shared a J.C. Ryle quote it spoke of the fight of a true Christian against sin. I talked about how after salvation every...
Jan 27, 2023
A Chocolatey First
And here is the very first quote ever to be included in my commonplace journal, and yes, it is about chocolate. Admittedly, I have often...
Jan 20, 2023
A Holy Violence
A few years ago when my two brothers and I were baptized our dad bought each of us a copy of a book called Holiness by J.C. Ryle. He...
Jan 13, 2023
Brooms and Soap Suds
I warned you somewhere that some of the quotes I post here would be silly. This could count as a silly one, but it’s also one of those...
Jan 3, 2023
What Is A Commonplace Journal Anyway?
“Oh, Susan, there is no such thing as a common day. Every day has something about it no other day has. Haven’t you noticed?” - Anne of...
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