Comments on: The Writing Challenge http://victoriagaines.com/2006/11/29/the-writing-challenge/ Light for the Writer's Soul Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:17:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Victoria http://victoriagaines.com/2006/11/29/the-writing-challenge/#comment-1759 Victoria Thu, 07 Dec 2006 17:56:41 +0000 http://victoriagaines.com/2006/11/29/the-writing-challenge/#comment-1759 Sure do appreciate all your comments and insights. Thanks for visiting, David, Liesl, and Bonnie (Macromoments). Sure do appreciate all your comments and insights. Thanks for visiting, David, Liesl, and Bonnie (Macromoments).

]]> By: Macromoments http://victoriagaines.com/2006/11/29/the-writing-challenge/#comment-1657 Macromoments Fri, 01 Dec 2006 16:46:32 +0000 http://victoriagaines.com/2006/11/29/the-writing-challenge/#comment-1657 Vicki, this quote is a lot to digest. I believe it's true in many areas. A study (by the Barnum group, if I remember correctly) shows that young adults have dropped out of church by the droves, and one reason ("experts" believe) is that they were taught to react but to not ask why. Believing is one thing, but knowing how to step out and untangle problems with God's help is another. We need to think of why we believe as we do, or our witness to the world comes off sounding stilted, as if we have been force-fed our faith. Vicki, this quote is a lot to digest. I believe it’s true in many areas. A study (by the Barnum group, if I remember correctly) shows that young adults have dropped out of church by the droves, and one reason (”experts” believe) is that they were taught to react but to not ask why. Believing is one thing, but knowing how to step out and untangle problems with God’s help is another.

We need to think of why we believe as we do, or our witness to the world comes off sounding stilted, as if we have been force-fed our faith.

]]> By: Liesl http://victoriagaines.com/2006/11/29/the-writing-challenge/#comment-1644 Liesl Thu, 30 Nov 2006 18:40:30 +0000 http://victoriagaines.com/2006/11/29/the-writing-challenge/#comment-1644 Thank you for this thought provoking quote. I believe my calling is to artists in the fringe element. I will be doing a Poetry Reading at the Rogue Festival in Fresno, CA in March 2007. My poetry is not infused with Christian themes necessarily. I am a believer. God has been working on my life since my youth - but I spent many years on the fringe myself. My poetry is honest. It is gritty and sometimes very painful. Yet - as my life turned around through God's Grace, my writing softened and changed focus. I'm hoping this will come across in my art. I don't think I'm supposed to be a blatant evangelist - but an honest artist, able to give an answer for the hope I now have - if someone should ask. How's that? Thank you for this thought provoking quote. I believe my calling is to artists in the fringe element. I will be doing a Poetry Reading at the Rogue Festival in Fresno, CA in March 2007. My poetry is not infused with Christian themes necessarily. I am a believer. God has been working on my life since my youth - but I spent many years on the fringe myself. My poetry is honest. It is gritty and sometimes very painful. Yet - as my life turned around through God’s Grace, my writing softened and changed focus. I’m hoping this will come across in my art. I don’t think I’m supposed to be a blatant evangelist - but an honest artist, able to give an answer for the hope I now have - if someone should ask. How’s that?

]]> By: David Meigs http://victoriagaines.com/2006/11/29/the-writing-challenge/#comment-1631 David Meigs Wed, 29 Nov 2006 17:50:24 +0000 http://victoriagaines.com/2006/11/29/the-writing-challenge/#comment-1631 I agree with Billy Graham, our generation has dropped the ball. Until Frank Peretti, Christian fiction was practically nonexistent. But the kids today seem to get it. I am so impressed with what I see. I know it has lit a fire under me. I agree with Billy Graham, our generation has dropped the ball. Until Frank Peretti, Christian fiction was practically nonexistent. But the kids today seem to get it. I am so impressed with what I see. I know it has lit a fire under me.

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